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. MANDELLA. No; I couldn't tell. I couldn't tell especially on steel
or on wood here whether it is fresh or not. By itself of course too,
with nothing around it, you couldn't tell. It is impossible, as a
matter of fact.
Mr. EISENBERG. I hand you Commission Exhibit No. 649, which consists
of a piece torn off of a cardboard type of box, and appearing on that
is a powder impression under a tape, of which you have seen actually a
photograph, Mr. Mandella.
Mr. MANDELLA. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. If you had developed that impression, do you think you
would testify as to relative freshness?
Mr. MANDELLA. In this case, with this cardboard, in my own
experience--I assume the medium used here is powder----
Mr. EISENBERG. Yes; I believe so.
Mr. MANDELLA. To develop it. If it comes out this fresh, I would have
to assume that it was left there recently. But how recently I can't
pinpoint that.
Mr. EISENBERG. Within 3 days?
Mr. MANDELLA. Oh, definitely I would say within 3 days.
Mr. EISENBERG. Within 2 days?
Mr. MANDELLA. Yes; I would say within about a day, a day and a half,
because the cardboard is very porous and it would normally draw the
oils, the perspiration, and it would disappear.
However, we do have an impression here with powder. That means that it
was quite fresh, in my own opinion anyway.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Mandella, I can see that you have taken notes,
numerous notes on the fingerprints, including those you didn't
identify. I wonder whether we could introduce those as a Commission
exhibit, rather than going through those one by one. Would you part
with those? We could supply you with a copy later.
Lieutenant MOONEY. I have the rough. It will only take us a couple
minutes to----
Mr. DULLES. We would be very glad to give you a photograph copy of it.
Mr. MANDELLA. That is all I need. That is fine. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. You are handing me two pages, and these contain your
original notes concerning the fingerprints?
Mr. MANDELLA. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. These contain your notes not only as to the fingerprints
you identified, but those which you did not identify against a known
print which you were given?
Mr. MANDELLA. That is right. There were quite a few fingerprints that
didn't belong to Oswald. However, they belonged to one another.
Mr. EISENBERG. That is to say, you found two prints which were
identical to each other?
Mr. MANDELLA. That is right.
Mr. EISENBERG. Two latents which were identical to each other?
Mr. MANDELLA. That is right, but to whom they belong I have no idea.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Chairman, may I have these notes admitted as
Commission Exhibit No. 662?
Mr. DULLES. It shall be admitted as Exhibit 662.
(Commission Exhibit No. 662 was marked for identification, and received
in evidence.)
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Mandella, is there anything you would like to add to
your testimony here?
Mr. MANDELLA. Nothing other than what I already mentioned.
Mr. EISENBERG. I have no further questions.
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