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
In the Caucasian race, the cuticle, in other words, the layer of scales
around the outside of the hair, is medium to thick.
In the Negroid hair the cuticle is very thick. In the Mongoloid hair
the cuticle is very thick.
Pigmentation in the cortex, which gives the hair the color, in
Caucasian hair is very fine to coarse and is very evenly distributed
throughout the cortex of the hair. In Negroid hair the pigment is
medium to coarse, but the big difference is that the pigment granules
are clumped together, leaving large white-gapped areas throughout the
cortex of the hair.
In the Mongoloid hair, the pigment is medium to coarse but it is
very heavily distributed throughout the hair. As you can see, in the
Caucasian hair the cortex is relatively light. In Negroid hair it is
clumped, and in Mongoloid hair it is dense.
Mr. EISENBERG. Mr. Chairman, may I have this chart admitted as 669?
Mr. DULLES. It is admitted as 669.
(Commission Exhibit No. 669 was marked, and received in evidence.)
Mr. EISENBERG. You have a chart here "Racial Determination of Hairs,"
and no subcaption, is that right?
Mr. DULLES. You haven't asked for this other to be admitted, have you?
Mr. EISENBERG. No; I will ask after he has finished with it.
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Occasionally we will run into situations in hairs,
where we cannot determine with any certainty whether or not the hairs
are of the Caucasian or Negroid or Mongoloid race, by examining it
longitudinally, and we have to make a cross-section of the hair. If
we make a cross-section of the hair it is the same as taking a banana
and cutting off a very thin slice of the banana and placing it under a
microscope and examining it. We find in the Caucasian race the hairs
are oval in shape. In the Negroid race the hairs are flat, and have
a flattened appearance, and in the Mongoloid race they are perfectly
round. This is another characteristic which we use in determining the
racial origin of hair.
Mr. EISENBERG. May I have this chart admitted as 670?
Mr. DULLES. Yes.
(Commission Exhibit No. 670 was marked, and received in evidence.)
Mr. EISENBERG. Was it definitely established in your mind as a result
of the various characteristics you have explained that the hairs found
in the blanket were Caucasian hairs?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, sir; they were all Caucasian hairs.
Mr. EISENBERG. Did you examine those hairs and compare them with any
known samples to determine whether they might have come from any
specific individual?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes; I did.
Mr. EISENBERG. What was your conclusion on that score?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. I examined the hairs found on the blanket and determined
that most of them were limb and pubic hairs. In other words, they
originated either from the leg or the arm or from the pubic area. I
found several head hairs on the blanket also.
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