Oswald's sack in the Sniper's nest.

[Tim Nickerson]

Did Studebaker fingerprint CE142 before the rifle was found?

I don't know. Probably not.

[Jerry Freeman]

The bag was carried at full length in order to limit any further smearing of prints.

Mr. BALL - What did the package look like?
Mr. FRAZIER - Well, I will be frank with you, I would just, it is right as you get out of the grocery store, just more or less out of a package, you have seen some of these brown paper sacks you can obtain from any, most of the stores, some varieties, but it was a package just roughly about two feet long.

Mrs. RANDLE. What I remember seeing is about this long, sir, as I told you it was folded down so it could have been this long.
Mr. BALL. I see. You figure about 2 feet long, is that right?
Mrs. RANDLE. A little bit more.
Mr. BALL. A little more than 2 feet.

 
 


 

[Colin Crow]

I don't know. Probably not.

Do you think Studebaker opened it up, fingerprinted it, then refolded it and placed it in the SE corner prior to Johnson and Montgomery first noticing it?

If not then it has to be after the rifle was found. Do you agree?

[Tim Nickerson]

Do you think Studebaker opened it up, fingerprinted it, then refolded it and placed it in the SE corner prior to Johnson and Montgomery first noticing it?

If not then it has to be after the rifle was found. Do you agree?

He and Day got to the TSBD at 1:12 and the rifle was found at 1:22. That makes it unlikely that he dusted the bag before the rifle was found.

[Colin Crow]

He and Day got to the TSBD at 1:12 and the rifle was found at 1:22. That makes it unlikely that he dusted the bag before the rifle was found.

So you believe, like me, that the observation of the bag as variously described by Montgomery and Johnson took place after 1.22pm?

[Tim Nickerson]

So you believe, like me, that the observation of the bag as variously described by Montgomery and Johnson took place after 1.22pm?

I neither believe it nor disbelieve it. I simply don't know.

[Colin Crow]

Some more information about the discovery of CE142 from Montgomery in an interview for Larry Sneed's "No More Silence".



He recalled the bag was not in the position originally described to the WC in the various testimonies.

Another nugget from Montgomery......



Was CE142 really fingerprinted on the 6th floor before being taken out by Montgomery?