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. SPECTER. Were the characteristics of the fragment identified as
Commission Exhibit 842 consistent with having come from the fragment
heretofore identified as Commission Exhibit 569?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you set forth from the records of the FBI, if
you have those before you, the chain of possession of the fragment
identified as Commission Exhibit 842, please?
Mr. FRAZIER. Commission Exhibit 842, that is the one from Governor
Connally's arm, was delivered to me in the FBI laboratory on November
23, 1963, by Special Agent Vincent E. Drain of the Dallas Office of the
FBI, who stated he had secured this item from Capt. Will Fritz of the
Dallas Police Department.
I do not know where Captain Fritz obtained it.
Mr. SPECTER. Referring back for just a moment to the coat identified as
that worn by Governor Connally, Mr. Frazier, was there any observable
angle of elevation or declination from the back side of the Governor's
coat to the front side of the Governor's coat?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; there was, approximately a 35-degree downward
angle.
Mr. SPECTER. Measuring from----
Mr. FRAZIER. That is----
Mr. SPECTER. Back to front or front to back?
Mr. FRAZIER. From back towards the front.
Mr. SPECTER. How about the same question as to the Governor's shirt?
Mr. FRAZIER. I would say it was approximately the same angle or
slightly less. I think we measured approximately 30 degrees.
Mr. SPECTER. Was that from the front to back or from the back to front
of the Governor's shirt?
Mr. FRAZIER. That would be from the back towards the front. Downward
from back towards the front.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. Dulles, those questions complete the ones which we
have to ask, sir.
Mr. Frazier, one additional question: Do you have any knowledge through
any source whatsoever of any bullets or bullet fragments found anywhere
in the vicinity of the assassination other than those which you have
already testified to, which were in the car, or the whole bullet from
the Connally stretcher or the fragments from Governor Connally's wrist?
Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir; I have never heard of any nor have any been
submitted to me.
Mr. SPECTER. During the regular processing of the FBI examination in
this case, would all such bullets or bullet fragments be brought to
you for examination in accordance with your assignment to this matter
generally?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; they would.
Mr. SPECTER. Were any metallic fragments brought to you which were
purported to have been found in the head of President Kennedy?
Mr. DULLES. Or body?
Mr. SPECTER. Or body of President Kennedy?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes; they were.
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