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
But I would say these fibers were put on there in the recent past for
this reason. If they had been put on there say 3, 4, 5 weeks or so ago,
and the gun used every day, these fibers would have come off.
Am I making myself a little more clear?
Mr. EISENBERG. Yes; you are making yourself clear; yes.
Now, looking at Exhibit 139, the weapon, and Exhibit 140, the blanket,
do you think it is possible that the bulge you described before, which
you marked "C," might have been caused by some component part of 139,
the rifle?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes. At the time I found the hump in the blanket which I
believed you have marked point C.
Mr. EISENBERG. That is point C on the replica piece of paper you have
folded up, marked Exhibit 663?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. I checked the telescopic sight on Exhibit 139, and noted
that the approximate length and general shape of the scope----
Mr. DULLES. Exhibit 139 being the blanket?
Mr. EISENBERG. Being the rifle.
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Were approximately the same so far as length and shape
went, and at the time I thought to myself it is quite possible the hump
in the blanket could have been made by that telescopic sight.
Mr. EISENBERG. Did you attempt to match up the rifle into the blanket
to see if that could be true?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. No; I didn't want to handle the rifle any more than
possible. I took a ruler and measured the scope and then compared the
measurement with the hump in the blanket and it was approximately the
same.
Mr. EISENBERG. What about the relationship, the spatial relationship
of the scope to the end of the gun, as compared with the spatial
relationship of the hump in the blanket to the end of the blanket? Were
those matching?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. From the way the blanket was folded at the time, and
from measuring this, and not using the gun itself and putting it in
contact with the blanket, just from measurements, I determined it is
possible that the scope could have made the hump. In other words, the
gun could have fitted in there. But I couldn't be absolutely certain on
any of this. This is just from measurements.
Mr. EISENBERG. And visual comparison?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. And visual comparison; yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. Is there any further information you would like to
give us concerning your examinations of the paper bag, the rifle, the
blanket, or the shirt which we have discussed this morning?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Just the fibers I removed.
Mr. DULLES. Are you going to go into the relationship of the fibers
that were found in the jagged edge?
Mr. EISENBERG. Yes. Mr. Stombaugh, did you attempt to determine the
origin of the fibers which were caught in the butt plate of the rifle?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, sir; I did. I tried to match these fibers with the
fibers in the blanket, and found that they had not originated from the
blanket, because the cotton fibers were of entirely different colors.
So I happened to think of the shirt and I made a known sample of the
shirt fibers.
Mr. EISENBERG. What does that mean?
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