BWF and LMR may not have been the only ones who saw LHO with a bag on 11/22/1963

[Alan Ford]

That doesn't make any sense.  You are struggling. How did Fritz know on the morning of Nov 23 that two curtain rods were missing from the Paine garage? How was it determined that two curtain rods were missing from the Paine garage and who made that determination?

Gee, I don't know, Mr Nickerson. It's not as if, yannow, asking Ms Paine and going into her garage to, yannow, check would have occurred to anyone...

[Tim Nickerson]

I've already answered your question in the clearest terms possible, Mr Nickerson: Mr Oswald may have lied. Now you want me to pretend to have sat in on Mr Oswald's interrogation or to have listened to non-existent (or, as you would say, 'obviously missing') audio recordings of what he said? Good grief!

"May have" is not the clearest terms. You don't have to have sat in on Oswald's interrogation to know whether Fritz, Kelley, Bookhout, and Holmes said what they said or not. All of their statements are a matter of official record. Were Fritz, Kelley, Bookhout and Holmes all lying when reporting that Oswald denied bringing curtain rods to work that morning? Yes or no?

Why would 2 curtain rods taken from the Paine garage four months after the assassination be sent for testing for Mr Oswald's fingerprints?

The two curtain rods taken from the Paine garage were sent for testing to see if it could be established if Oswald had ever handled them or not. It's related to the same question as to why they were even interested in the rods at all.

[Tim Nickerson]

Gee, I don't know, Mr Nickerson. It's not as if, yannow, asking Ms Paine and going into her garage to, yannow, check would have occurred to anyone...

Have you not read her depositions? Apparently not.

[Colin Crow]

The two curtain rods taken from the Paine garage were sent for testing to see if it could be established if Oswald had ever handled them or not. It's related to the same question as to why they were even interested in the rods at all.

And the importance of determining whether he handled rods in the Paine garage is?

To establish whether he was in the Paine garage some time before 22nd November?

Perhaps he had an accomplice who returned them?

[Tim Nickerson]

And the importance of determining whether he handled rods in the Paine garage is?

To establish whether he was in the Paine garage some time before 22nd November?

Perhaps he had an accomplice who returned them?

Not sure. Just as I'm not sure why they tested the contents of Oswald's wallet for prints as well as other items that were removed from the Paine Residence and from 1026 North Beckley.

[Alan Ford]

The two curtain rods taken from the Paine garage were sent for testing to see if it could be established if Oswald had ever handled them or not.

Thanks for explaining that the purpose of fingerprint testing an object is to try to establish whether somebody has handled it. You've advanced the discussion enormously! 

But what conceivable difference would it make whether or not Mr Oswald had handled 2 curtain rods found in the Paine garage?

[Tim Nickerson]

Thanks for explaining that the purpose of fingerprint testing an object is to try to establish whether somebody has handled it. You've advanced the discussion enormously! 

But what conceivable difference would it make whether or not Mr Oswald had handled 2 curtain rods found in the Paine garage?

What possible reason would the contents of Oswald's wallet and other personal effects of his be checked for fingerprints?