Yes, we know. Seen it all before, countless times. And it doesn't change anything.
The Alyea film shows a Carcano, no ifs, ands, or buts.
The rifle shown in press photos as it left the TSBD was a Carcano, no ifs, ands, or buts.
The rifle in evidence is a Carcano.
The contrafactuals are Weitzman's and Boone's affidavits and reports of interviews all taken within the first day or two after the assassination, and an assertion by Roger Craig 10 years after the fact.
However:
Boone says that he only said "Mauser" because he heard someone else say it, so he's no authority.
Weitzman testified that he was the guy who said it, but said he was mistaken, which would mean that Boone was, too.
No one has even come close to establishing that either Boone or Weitzman knew enough about firearms to tell a Carcano from a Mauser from a Mannlicher from a ScmidRubin from an Enfield, etc.
That leaves Craig, but Craig's 1973 story about seeing "7.65 Mauser" on the barrel is directly contradicted by his earlier, 1968 story that he didn't know what the rifle was. Not to mention all those years of not having mentioned "7.65 Mauser" at all.
There is film and photo on one side. On the other, a guy who only repeated what he'd heard someone else say, a guy who just said he made a mistake, and some dude who really couldn't get his story straight.
This FBI memo which was written by FBI agent BrianSayers has always puzzled me.....
It says:...Mr SEYMOUR WIETZMAN Deputy Constable Dallas County Constable's office was interviewed in the presence of Detective CW BROWN, Homicide Bureau, Dallas Police Department. He furnished the following information.
Question....Did FBI agent Sayers interview Seymour Weitzmam ?.... Or did he get the information from Detective CW Brown who had interviewed Weitzman.Since there are several errors in the report ie; The report says that Seymour Weitzman was in the SW corner of the sixth floor and Boone was in the NW corner of the sixth floor and called to Weitzman when he found the rife. This is not true.....Both Boone and Weitzman were in the NW corner and only a few feet apart. Boone was facing east with his back against the west wall, and Weitzman was on the floor shining his flashlight west beneath a pallet that had boxes of books stacked on it. He was looking in the direction of Boone's feet...
I'm compelled to wonder if Sayers actually interviewed Weitzman. and if he did ...did he screw up other things that Weitzman allegedly said??
PS....I did not write
Brian Sawyers ......I wrote
Brian Albert Sawyers......and I have attempted to correct that by erasing the name "Brian " and inserting Albert, but it doesn't change.... Can anybody explain this?
