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
First a malachite green stain. This merely determines if there are
any unbleached fibers, or if they are all bleached. I found that on
both Commission Exhibit 677, the paper sample obtained on November 22,
and the paper sack, Commission Exhibit 142, that they are almost 100
percent unbleached fibers.
Then I stained other samples, with a stain known as Herzberg stain. It
is an iodine-iodide stain, which will distinguish between rag fibers,
chemical wood fibers, and ground wood fibers by different coloring. The
chemical wood is stained blue, rag fibers are stained red, ground wood
stained yellow.
I made and studied specimens or slides of fibers from Commission
Exhibit 677, the known sample, and from Commission Exhibit 142, the
paper sack, to see if the fiber composition is similar. What that means
is, is this chemical wood, is it coniferous or deciduous, are there any
rag fibers in there or are there any ground wood fibers in there, and
I found here the fiber composition was similar and essentially it is a
coniferous woodlike pine. There were a few stray rag fibers, which I
think were probably accidental, and a few stray ground wood fragments
in there.
Mr. DULLES. Let me get clearly what is similar, that is the paper bag,
Exhibit----
Mr. CADIGAN. 142; the paper comprising that sack and the paper
comprising the known sample obtained November 22, Exhibit 677.
Mr. DULLES. Right.
Mr. CADIGAN. The papers I also found were similar in fiber composition,
therefore, in addition to the visual characteristics, microscopic and
UV characteristics.
Mr. EISENBERG. "UV" being ultraviolet?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes, sir. Then I had a spectrographic examination made of
the paper from the sack, 142, and the known sample secured November 22,
Commission Exhibit 677.
Spectrographic tests involve, of course, burning the substance and
capturing the light on a photographic plate to determine what metallic
ions are present. This was done by our spectrographic section, and
again the paper of Commission Exhibit 677, the paper sample, secured
November 22, was found to be similar spectrographically to the paper of
the sack, Commission Exhibit 142.
Now, these were additional tests, the original examinations, under
visual and ultraviolet light were made by me on November 23, 1963.
Fiber analysis and the spectrographic examination were conducted on
March 25, 1964.
Mr. EISENBERG. Have you now reviewed all the points in which you
compared the paper sack obtained from the TSBD, Exhibit 142, and the
known sample obtained on November 22, Exhibit 677?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. Did you find any points of nonidentity?
Mr. CADIGAN. No; I found none.
Mr. EISENBERG. They were identical on every point on which you measured
them?
Mr. CADIGAN. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Cadigan, did you notice when you looked at the bag
whether there were--that is the bag found on the sixth floor, Exhibit
142--whether it had any bulges or unusual creases?
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