Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. PAINE. It was in front as I recall it; this was the buzz saw I was
talking about, right here.
Mr. JENNER. Right here the witness is pointing to the right hand upper
middle section of the photograph.
Mr. DULLES. Is this the first location of the package?
Mrs. PAINE. It was over on that side of the garage, towards the door
or----
Mr. DULLES. The first location of it?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Toward what door, Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. PAINE. Toward the front of the garage.
Mr. JENNER. Where did you see it on the second occasion?
Mrs. PAINE. Part of it in front of this work bench, one right under
this box here.
Mr. JENNER. Put a double X here, between this workbench and this
bandsaw.
Mrs. PAINE. On the floor.
Mr. JENNER. The workbench and the bandsaw to which the witness is
pointing are on the left hand side of the photograph, the bandsaw being
about the upper middle. Is that correct?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. The package was farther to the interior from the bench.
Mr. JENNER. It was toward the back rather than toward the door?
Mrs. PAINE. It was the other side of the bandsaw so it was farther to
the interior than its first location.
Mr. JENNER. I offer in evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 429 the
document which the witness has identified which in turn was identified
as Commission Exhibit 429.
Mr. McCLOY. It will be admitted.
(The photograph referred to, previously identified as Commission
Exhibit No. 429, was received in evidence.)
Mr. JENNER. For the record, I am placing the rifle in the folded
blanket as Mrs. Paine folded it. This is being done without the rifle
being dismantled.
May the record show, Mr. Chairman, that the rifle fits well in the
package from end to end, and it does not----
Mrs. PAINE. Can you make it flatter?
Mr. JENNER. No; because the rifle is now in there.
Mrs. PAINE. I just mean that----
Mr. JENNER. Was that about the appearance of the blanket wrapped
package that you saw on your garage floor?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; although I recall it as quite flat.
Mr. JENNER. Flatter than it now appears to be?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. But it is not a clear recollection.
Mr. JENNER. You have a firm recollection that the package you saw was
of the length?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes, definitely.
Mr. JENNER. That is 45 inches, approximately. You had no occasion when
you stepped on the package----
Mrs. PAINE. I stepped over it.
Mr. JENNER. You always stepped over it?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes; until the afternoon of the 22d.
Mr. JENNER. By accident or otherwise, did you happen to come in contact
with it?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. You don't know whether there was anything solid or hard in
it?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. DULLES. Did it look about the way this package looks?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. McCLOY. Except for the fact it had some cord around it?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Representative FORD. When it had some cord around it, did the way it
was tied pull it in or distort the shape?
Mrs. PAINE. No; it didn't distort the shape.
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