Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. FRAZIER. When the tie was examined by me in the laboratory I noted
that the neck portion had been cut from one side of the knot. However,
the knot remained in apparently its original condition. The only damage
to the tie other than the fact that it had been cut, was a crease or
nick in the left side of the tie when you consider the tie as being
worn on a body. As you view the front of the tie it would be on the
right side. This nick would be located in a corresponding area to the
area in the shirt collar just below the button.
Mr. SPECTER. As you now indicate on your own tie, you are indicating on
the portion of the tie to your right?
Mr. FRAZIER. If it was on my tie it would be on the left side of the
tie.
Mr. SPECTER. Your left side.
Mr. FRAZIER. The left side of my tie. There is a nick on the left side
of the tie if you consider it as left and right according to the person
wearing the tie.
Mr. SPECTER. Does the nick in the tie provide any indication of the
direction of the missile?
Mr. FRAZIER. The nick is elongated horizontally, indicating a possible
horizontal direction but it does not indicate that the projectile which
caused it was exiting or entering at that point. The fibers were not
disturbed in a characteristic manner which would permit any conclusion
in that connection.
Mr. SPECTER. Is the nick consistent with an exiting path?
Mr. FRAZIER. Oh, yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Is there any indication from the nature of the nick as to
the nature of the projectile itself?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Is the nick consistent with a 6.5 millimeter bullet having
caused the nick?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes. Any projectile could have caused the nick. In this
connection there was no metallic residue found on the tie, and for that
matter there was no metallic residue found on the shirt at the holes in
the front. However, there was in the back.
Mr. SPECTER. Did any of the other----
Mr. DULLES. Excuse me, on the back of the coat?
Mr. FRAZIER. The shirt.
Mr. DULLES. Back of the coat and on the shirt?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did any of the other items of President Kennedy's clothing
which you have heretofore referred to contain any indications at all of
any bullet holes or any other type of holes?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. Frazier, did you have occasion to examine the clothing
which has heretofore been identified in prior Commission proceedings
as that worn by Governor Connally on November 22, 1963?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; I did.
Mr. SPECTER. I now hand you what purports to be the Governor's coat,
and may the record show that has been heretofore marked as Commission
Exhibit No. 683?
(At this point the Chairman left the hearing room.)
Mr. DULLES [presiding]. The record may so show.
Mr. SPECTER. Have you had opportunity heretofore to examine that coat?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; I have.
Mr. SPECTER. What did your examination reveal with respect to the back
side of the coat?
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