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
When I received the blanket in the laboratory, I noticed, when I put
the blanket down flat, it had an area that was humped just like this.
Mr. EISENBERG. You have put a pencil underneath?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. And you have picked it up an inch or two, you have made
a hump of about an inch or an inch and a half up from the rest of the
blanket, is that correct?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes. But it was very slight and you could hardly notice
it, but I happened to look at the blanket from a distance and saw the
hump and went over to measure it. But we tried to photograph it and we
just couldn't get it. We tried various ways of lighting.
So I made a notation in my notes regarding that slight hump.
Mr. EISENBERG. Now, just to make the record clear, the hump was 10
inches long, and therefore you felt that the object immediately causing
the hump must have been approximately 10 inches long, is that correct?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes. The object causing the hump itself.
Mr. EISENBERG. But could it have been attached to an object which was
longer than 10 inches, or could it have been attached to an object,
running underneath the object causing the protrusion, which was longer
than 10 inches?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, sir.
Mr. EISENBERG. Okay. That is what I think was the source of the
confusion earlier.
Now, you placed this mark "C" on this paper illustration, Exhibit 663.
Does that--does the placement of the mark approximate the general area
where you found the hump?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, approximately, according to my notes. It could be
to the left a little or to the right a little. This isn't to scale.
Mr. EISENBERG. One last question on the blanket, Mr. Stombaugh. Could
you form any opinion as to the quality of the blanket?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Well, the composition of the blanket being mostly
viscose, a very cheap synthetic, indicated to me that it was an
inferior blanket, relatively inexpensive.
Mr. EISENBERG. Could you determine whether it was a domestic or a
foreign product?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. No, I couldn't.
Mr. EISENBERG. It might have been either?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Could have been either, yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. Now, Mr. Stombaugh, I hand you a photograph which is
labeled on the bottom "C 11, Commission Exhibit 150." It is a color
photograph of a brownish textured shirt, long-sleeved, with a hole in
the right elbow, and I ask you whether you recognize the shirt that is
pictured in that photograph?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, I do.
Mr. EISENBERG. Can you see your mark anywhere on that?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, my mark is in red, initials "PMS" are in the collar
of the shirt.
Mr. EISENBERG. "PMS" being your initials, Paul M. Stombaugh?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, sir.
Mr. EISENBERG. May I have this photograph admitted?
Mr. DULLES. It will be admitted, 673.
(The photograph referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 673, and
was received in evidence.)
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