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. LATONA. It could. I mean in the sense that somebody else's prints,
the people opening them if they didn't take the time and effort to
protect themselves, they could have left their prints there. I don't
know how that was done.
Mr. DULLES. Do you recall whether the testimony shows whether the boxes
were presumably filled when they were originally moved from their
normal place in the Book Depository to the window?
Mr. EISENBERG. I think they were, although I haven't read the testimony.
Mr. DULLES. I am not sure there is testimony on that point but I think
that is the general assumption.
Mr. EISENBERG. Based on reproduction photographs we have seen----
Mr. LATONA. That is the understanding that we have, that this was the
depository for new material. I think there was new material in these
boxes. They were simply stored there.
Representative BOGGS. They wouldn't have acted as a very good rest had
they been empty.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. EISENBERG. Back on the record.
Mr. Chairman, may I have this photograph of the latent palmprint
admitted as 643?
Mr. DULLES. It shall be admitted.
(The photograph referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 643, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. EISENBERG. Can you show us where on the box, the box 641, this
latent palmprint appears?
Mr. LATONA. The latent palmprint appears on box A, Commission's Exhibit
641. It has been indicated by a red arrow.
Mr. EISENBERG. Can you mark that arrow with an "A"?
Mr. LATONA. The red arrow is being marked "A."
Mr. EISENBERG. That points to the palmprint of Lee Harvey
Oswald--identified by you as being Lee Harvey Oswald's, is that right?
Mr. LATONA. That is right.
Mr. EISENBERG. Let the record show that Mr. Dulles and Mr. Boggs and
Mr. Murray are looking at the actual print marked "A," or marked with
an arrow next to which is written the letter "A."
Mr. MURRAY. I see what appears to be a print; yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Dulles and Mr. Boggs?
Mr. DULLES. I also see what appears to be a print.
Representative BOGGS. I see the same thing.
Mr. DULLES. And it is too big in my opinion to be a fingerprint.
Mr. EISENBERG (addressing Mr. Latona). Did you prepare a photograph
also of the fingerprint which appears on this box----
Mr. LATONA. Yes; I did.
Mr. EISENBERG. 641, Mr. Latona?
Mr. LATONA. Yes; I did.
Mr. EISENBERG. And is this a true photograph of that fingerprint?
Mr. LATONA. It is.
Mr. EISENBERG. May I have this admitted, Mr. Chairman, as 644?
Mr. DULLES. This is a fingerprint now?
Mr. EISENBERG. Yes; which also appears on the box that Mr. Latona just
testified as to, 641.
Mr. DULLES. Has he identified what fingerprint?
Mr. EISENBERG. Did you testify that this was the fingerprint----
Mr. LATONA. No.
Mr. EISENBERG. Did you identify this fingerprint as belonging to a
given individual?
Mr. LATONA. Yes; I did.
Mr. EISENBERG. And that individual was?
Mr. LATONA. Lee Harvey Oswald, and it is the right index fingerprint.
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