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. STOMBAUGH. In Exhibit 667, I have a photomicrograph of a root of
a human hair. Now, this hair has died and has fallen out naturally,
you can tell by the shape of it here. The follicle has just come right
along with it. It is starting to shrivel. If this hair was a healthy
hair and had been forcibly removed, this root would have been collapsed
and twisted. It is very characteristic, it is easy to tell whether a
hair has been forcibly removed or whether it fell out naturally.
Mr. EISENBERG. Suppose it is cut, suppose the hair was cut, can you
tell that?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, we can tell from looking at the tip of a hair
whether it has been cut, burned, crushed, and whether it has been cut
with a sharp instrument, such as a razor, or whether it has been cut
with a dull instrument.
Mr. EISENBERG. Were these hairs cut, the hairs in 140, that you found
in Exhibit 140?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Some of the tips of the head hairs had been cut, but the
limb hairs and the pubic hairs had not.
Mr. EISENBERG. But they all had roots on them?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. They all had roots on them.
Mr. EISENBERG. Getting back to the blanket for a moment, as to the
composition, you testified that there were woolen, viscose, and cotton
fibers. I don't recall whether you said that there were green and brown
fibers of each type of textile?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, each type had green and brown fibers.
Mr. EISENBERG. Now, also getting back to the shape of the blanket when
you received it, the shape of 140 and its folds, we had discussed a
crease which you marked "C," which you said was caused by an object 10
inches long, and we discussed whether the object was 10 inches long or
could have been longer.
How long was the crease "C"?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. The crease "C," the hump in the blanket itself, was
approximately 10 inches long.
Mr. EISENBERG. And did that run--as the blanket is folded, and looking
from "A" to the general area of "D"--and putting "A" at the left-hand
side--can you tell us how that crease ran, did it run from left to
right or from top to bottom?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. It ran from left to right.
Mr. EISENBERG. It ran from left to right, and about 10 inches long?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Approximately 10 inches long.
Mr. EISENBERG. As I recall, you testified it was caused by a distortion
in the fibers, that is to say, the fact the crease was still present
even though there was no object in the blanket was caused by a
distortion of the fibers?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, sir; the fibers had been stretched in this
area--not the fibers, the yarns.
Mr. DULLES. Can one see that on the blanket itself?
Mr. EISENBERG. Let's take a look at 140, Mr. Stombaugh, and see if it
is still present?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. If I can find where it was here. I doubt if it will
still be present because the creases on the edges of the blanket are
gone. I can't tell. It has been folded so much. No. I can't see it.
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