Charred Documents, Their Handling and Decipherment. A Summary of Available Methods for Treating Burnt Papers

Donald Doud is an Examiner of Questioned Documents who is associated with John F. Tyrrell in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has been a lecturer on various training programs for investigators, prosecutors, and attorneys at universities in the mid west, and his present paper is based upon his lecture given at the 7th Annual Arson Investigators Training Course at Purdue University. Mr. Doud is a member of the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners and has participated in various programs of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences where he has also read a paper on this subject.-EDITOR.