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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IV - Page 282« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt)

Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, could you take----
Mr. Mccloy.
Is that better shown than in the larger pictures?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
I believe it is; yes.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Could you take a marking pencil, Mr. Shaneyfelt, and circle the point at which the curve and recurve appear to show, and mark that circle with an A?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes.
Mr. Eisenberg.
You circled a point which is marked predominantly by a highlight, is that correct?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, without tampering with the original, 133A, I wonder whether you could show to the Commissioners the highlight as it appears on the original photograph?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; the highlight is right at that point there, the bright spot at that point.
Mr. Mccloy.
I think I might say for the record, I don't believe you identified the place where these photographs were purported to be sited. As I understand it these are from the Neely residence?
Mr. Eisenberg.
No, sir; I think they were located in the Paine garage. The Neely residence----
Mr. McCLOY The photographs were located in the Paine garage. I am talking about the site of the photograph.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Yes, sir; I think we will show that with independent testimony.
Mr. McCLOY In the garden of the Neely residence.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Mr. Shaneyfelt, I will hand you Exhibits 747 and 748, which are the pictures of the rifle and the simulated picture approximating 133A, and I will ask you to again mark with a circle designated A the curve and recurve of the stock of 139.
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Here.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Could you compare the manner in which the curve and re-curve marked "A" appears on these photographs with the manner in which it appears on 746, the photograph you have- 746E, the photograph you circled earlier?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes. At a point approximately 6 to 8 inches from the base of the stock, where the stock curves downward, there is a nob formed, and on that nob there is a strong highlight which appears in photograph 746E, and in the simulated photograph, and the photograph of the rifle. The actual stock curves slightly around that highlight, and then recurves back up toward the bolt, and this is visible in Exhibit 746E, and in the simulated photographs 748 and 747.
Mr. Eisenberg.
So again in 747 and 748 the recurve appears primarily as a highlight; is that correct?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
That is correct. That is the most outstanding point.
Mr. Eisenberg.
I also observe, Mr. Shaneyfelt, the telescopic sight on Exhibit 139, the weapon. Referring again to 746E, your reproduction, which shows somewhat greater detail because of the contrast, could you circle the telescopic sight appearing in that picture, and mark it "B"?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Right here.
Mr. Eisenberg.
I wonder whether you could again show to the Commissioners the telescopic sight on the original 133A?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes. Along that area, just at the base of the hand. It runs right across from this area to the base of the hand below the rifle and above the bolt.
Mr. Mccloy.
It is quite apparent, isn't it?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Yes; it is quite apparent.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, Mr. Shaneyfelt, again referring to 746E, could you circle the end of the weapon, the end of the barrel of the weapon, and mark it "C"?
Mr. Shaneyfelt.
Here.
Mr. Eisenberg.
Now, towards the upper right of the point you have marked as the end of the weapon there is a little mark of some type right near the point which you have marked "C."
Is that mark part of the end of the weapon?
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