For what it is worth….
From the TV show Caught on Film (COF) – “Infamous Guns” episode.
Tom Alyea was the guest for this first of three segments of the hour long show.
After finding the hidden rifle:
Narrator
10 minutes after finding the shells officers spot a rifle hidden beneath some shipping boxes.
Alyea
This is the first picture of the assassin’s rifle. At this time we did not know it was an assassin. (Rifle on floor with Capt. Fritz standing next to the rifle).
Narrator
Capt. Fritz decides to allow the crime scene investigation team to examine the rifle before removing it from its hiding place. While they are waiting for the crime scene team to examine the rifle the investigators inside learned that President Kennedy has in fact been killed.
Alyea
We heard for the first time that the President is dead. We were standing there looking at the weapon that killed the President of the United States and that’s all we could see of it (rifle). ]
Narrator
After determining there were no prints on any of the exposed surfaces Crime Scene Investigator J.C. Day moves the rifle from it’s hiding place and hands it to Capt. Fritz.
Thanks for posting that, James....
After finding the hidden rifle: THE KEY WORD HERE IS "HIDDEN"
Narrator
10 minutes after finding the shells officers spot a rifle hidden beneath some shipping boxes. "HIDDEN BENEATH SOME SHIPPING BOXES"
Alyea
This is the first picture of the assassin’s rifle. At this time we did not know it was an assassin. (Rifle on floor with Capt. Fritz standing next to the rifle). " RIFLE ON FLOOR" NOT jammed between boxes ....
Narrator
Capt. Fritz decides to allow the crime scene investigation team to examine the rifle before removing it from its hiding place. While they are waiting for the crime scene team to examine the rifle the investigators inside learned that President Kennedy has in fact been killed.
Alyea
We heard for the first time that the President is dead. We were standing there looking at the weapon that killed the President of the United States and that’s all we could see of it (rifle). Apparently Alyea is referring to a picture on the screnne, that we can't see, when he says "that's all we could see of it" I believe that there was only a small portion of the butt of the rifle visible beneath the pallet of books.
Narrator
After determining there were no prints on any of the exposed surfaces Crime Scene Investigator J.C. Day moves the rifle from it’s hiding place and hands it to Capt. Fritz. REMOVES IT FROM IT'S
HIDING PLACENotice that the in reference to the place where the rifle was found it was said to have been hidden....In it's HIDDING PLACE.
The official DPD in situ photos do not depict the rifle as HIDDEN.....In fact the official tale says that Lee Harrrrvey OSSSSSwald Boooo hisss simply leaned over the row of box and stuffed the rifle between the row of boxes. The DPD photo is a fake.