Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. STOMBAUGH. No. I forget how many different shades of green I found
in this blanket. Under the circumstances, I considered the exact
number of no particular significance. But we will say it might be
possibly eight different separate shades, and the fibers I found from
the blanket matched some of these shades. Not all of them; but there
might be a medium-green fiber that I found in the bag, which I matched
with a medium-green fiber from this blanket. It might have been one
that had a yellowish-green tinge to it, which I also matched with the
yellowish-green tinged cotton fibers from the blanket.
So unless the colors match absolutely, there is no match.
Mr. EISENBERG. Do you recall how many green cotton fibers you found in
the paper bag?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. I have here in my notes "several"--
Mr. EISENBERG. Yes?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. I have here in my notes "several light green cotton
fibers," which would be approximately two or three.
Mr. EISENBERG. Do you recall whether they represented two or three
different shades?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes; they were all different from each other but each
matched the cotton fibers in the blanket.
Mr. EISENBERG. So you had two or three cotton fibers of two or three
shades of green in the bag, and they matched against these two or three
of the seven or eight shades of green cotton which were in the blanket,
is that a correct recapitulation?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. And you say there are 50 to 100--approximately--green
shades of cotton that can be distinguished under the microscope?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes; I would say that is true. This would vary from dark
green, of course, all the way up to light-pale green.
Mr. EISENBERG. Did you find anything else within the bag, Mr. Stombaugh?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. No, sir; that is all I found inside the bag.
Mr. EISENBERG. Now, what do you think the degree of probability is, if
you can form an opinion, that the fibers from the bag, fibers in the
bag, ultimately came from the blanket?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. When you get into mathematical probabilities, it is
something I stay away from, since in general there are too many unknown
factors. All I would say here is that it is possible that these fibers
could have come from this blanket, because this blanket is composed
of brown and green woolen fibers, brown and green delustered viscose
fibers, and brown and green cotton fibers.
Now these 3 different types of fibers have 6 different general colors,
and if we would multiply that, say by a minimum of 5 different shades
of each so you would have 30 different shades you are looking for, and
3 different types of fibers. Here we have only found 1 brown viscose
fiber, and 2 or 3 light green cotton fibers. We found no brown cotton
fibers, no green viscose fibers, and no woolen fibers.
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