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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 148« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Robert Studebaker Lee)

Mr. Ball.
That's the only one?
Mr. Studebaker.
Yes, you see, I dusted these first, because I figured he might have stacked them up.
Mr. Ball.
Did you find any prints?
Mr. Studebaker.
No prints, and then I was standing right there and I told Johnson and Montgomery that there should be a print, and I turned around and figured he might have been standing right in there, and I dusted all these poles here and there wasn't no prints on any of it and started dusting this big box, No. 1 here, and lifted the print off of that box.
Mr. Ball.
Did you later examine that print that you lifted off of that box in your crime lab?
Mr. Studebaker.
I was up in that building until 1 o'clock that morning and got there at 1 and left at 1 and they had seized all of our evidence and I haven't seen it since.
Lieutenant Day compared the print before it was released to Oswald's print.
Mr. Ball.
He did?
Mr. Studebaker.
He compared it as Oswald's right palm print.
Mr. Ball.
Did you put some masking tape over that bit of cardboard before you moved it?
Mr. Studebaker.
As soon as the print was lifted, you see, I taped it and then they took the print down there. They just took the top corner of this box down there.
Mr. Ball.
They just took the top part of the box down there?
Mr. Studebaker.
Yes, and when we took this picture, we took it back--that staff has been up there and back until I was so confused I don't know what was going on.
Mr. Ball.
You mean, when you took the picture which is marked Exhibit J----
Mr. Studebaker.
This picture has the palm print on it.
Mr. Ball.
It has the palm print--it had been removed and had been identified and brought back and put in the box?
Mr. Studebaker.
It had been brought back and put in the box and as being Oswald's right palm print.
Mr. Ball.
So, in Exhibit J, you put the cardboard back on the box?
Mr. Studebaker.
On the box, yes, sir; where it was found.
Mr. Ball.
Where you had found it? You put the Rolling Readers boxes back where you first saw them?
Mr. Studebaker.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And then you took a picture?
Mr. Studebaker.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
So, this Exhibit J, gives us the scene as you saw it?
Mr. Studebaker.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Before the boxes were moved?
Mr. Studebaker.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And before the palm print was identified?
Mr. Studebaker.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did you find any prints on that sack that had the chicken bones in it?
Mr. Studebaker.
No.
Mr. Ball.
Did you find any prints on boxes around where that sack was found?
Mr. Studebaker.
No, no prints.
Mr. Ball.
Or the two-wheeler truck?
Mr. Studebaker.
No.
Mr. Ball.
No prints?
Mr. Studebaker.
No.
Mr. Ball.
You dusted around there for them?
Mr. Studebaker.
I dusted everything around that area. There was just smears and smudges on the bottom.
Mr. Ball.
Did you dust the rifle?
Mr. Studebaker.
No, sir; Lieutenant Day handled the rifle part of it. I didn't mess with the rifle at all. He took it down to the city hall and they worked on it down there at the lab.
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