There is a distinction then, as I gather from your testimony, an understandable one, between the comparison of hairs and, say, the comparison of fingerprints, because obviously the hair that you find on the victim has left the assailant and, therefore, you are not looking at the same hair but you are looking at a different hair?
Mr. Stombaugh. That is correct.
Mr. Dulles. And that, therefore, distinguishes testimony in regard to hair, we will say, with regard to fingerprint examination?
Mr. Stombaugh. Yes, sir; that, and also a fingerprint will remain the same throughout one's life. It will never change. A hair will.
Mr. Dulles. I see.
Mr. Stombaugh. You can see my hair, I am starting to get white at the temples. Mine is changing characteristics.
Mr. Dulles. We all do.
But is there—let's say you examine 100 hairs, let's say, that are found on the victim, and 100 hairs that are different hairs that are found on the assailant; let us say that there are certain characteristics common to all of these hairs.
Do you get my question? Let's say 10, not 100, whatever number you want to take.
Mr. Stombaugh. Ordinarily, you would find one or two.