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. EISENBERG. So that any printing here would have been put on
subsequent to the time you prepared them?
Mr. LATONA. That is correct.
Mr. EISENBERG. Referring specifically to a photograph I take at random,
which is No. 35, is this your handwriting?
Mr. LATONA. It is not.
Mr. EISENBERG. None of the printing appearing on the back of that
photograph?
Mr. LATONA. It is not.
Mr. EISENBERG. Let the record state that, as will be dealt with
later, this printing was put on by Mr. Mandella of the New York
Police Department. Now in the case of box D, of which there are two
photographs, 7 and 13, could you state which was the photograph of
Oswald's print?
Mr. LATONA. Thirteen.
Mr. EISENBERG. Just to reiterate, in no case did you put writing on the
back of these photographs?
Mr. LATONA. I did not.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Latona, did anyone else in the FBI examine the
objects which you have been discussing today----
Mr. LATONA. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. To determine whether the fingerprints of Lee Harvey
Oswald appeared on them?
Mr. LATONA. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. What was that person's name?
Mr. LATONA. His name is Ronald G. Wittmus.
Mr. EISENBERG. Was his examination conducted independently of yours?
Mr. LATONA. It was.
Mr. EISENBERG. Who conducted the examination first?
Mr. LATONA. In the case of the wrapping paper, I did. In the case of
the boxes I believe he did.
Mr. EISENBERG. And the rifle?
Mr. LATONA. I conducted the examination of the rifle.
Mr. EISENBERG. The lift from the rifle?
Mr. LATONA. Yes; directly.
Mr. EISENBERG. And the----
Mr. LATONA. Brown wrapping paper.
Mr. EISENBERG. In any case when you conducted your examination first
did you tell Wittmus of your conclusions?
Mr. LATONA. I did not.
Mr. EISENBERG. When Mr. Wittmus conducted his examination first did he
tell you of his conclusions?
Mr. LATONA. No.
Mr. EISENBERG. Were his conclusions the same as yours?
Mr. LATONA. Ultimately, yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. When you say, "ultimately"?
Mr. LATONA. When the whole thing was completed.
Mr. DULLES. There was no difference of views between you at any stage?
Mr. LATONA. No, sir.
Mr. EISENBERG. Did anyone who examined these various objects--as to
which you have testified--in the FBI laboratory come to a conclusion
different from the one you did?
Mr. LATONA. They did not.
Mr. EISENBERG. Were there any identifications of fingerprints as being
Lee Harvey Oswald's in addition to the ones which you have given us?
Mr. LATONA. There were a number of identifications effected with latent
prints developed on personal effects.
Mr. EISENBERG. No, sir; on the material you have testified as to today.
Mr. LATONA. No; there were no others.
Mr. EISENBERG. Were any prints found--were the three fragmentary
prints found on the rifle, which were not sufficient for purposes of
identification, in any way inconsistent with the prints of Oswald which
you found?
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