SOMERTON MAN: TAMAM SHUD: THE TORN SLIP MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS > THE IMAGES> PLUS HOW IT WAS TORN OUT

 MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS IMAGES....

The following images were taken by Adelaide University lab staff approximately 12 years ago. The images were focused on the microscopic marks, fibers, and makeup of the material that comprises the Tamam Shud torn piece.  The tools used to examine the torn slip back in 1949 would not have shown this level of detail with such clarity.

TAMAM:

FIBRES: 

STAINING:

WRITING? :

PINK STAIN:

INK CLOSE:

BLUE FIBER:

HOW THE SLIP WAS TORN OUT:

This is for those that are unfamiliar with the case, the following images show how the TAMAM SHUD slip was torn from the page. The paper use here is not the same but it should be enough even for the most inexperienced to get the idea. Here's the process:

1. THE PAGE:

2. PINCH AN EDGE:

3. START TEAR:

4. TEAR IN PROGRESS:

5. TORN OUT PIECE: 

It's quite simple really, I demonstrated this about 12 years ago I think, whilst I was part of the Adelaide University's Facebook Group. 

So, it's no big deal, it would have been easily torn out, in 1946  the Earl Theater in the Bronx was the venue for a meeting between Harry Gold and Pavel Fedosimov where two matching torn pieces were used as part of the identification process. The date was Thursday December 26th, 1946.

You can find more in the FBI vaults or here  in this post dated 2017