Was the rifle found on the sixth floor of the texas school. The rifle in the building the mannlichercarcano c2766 rifle was brought into the book depository and taken to the sixth floor in some way at some time prior to 1. The rifle had been found by dallas police on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository, a building which overlooked the presidential motorcade at the. What physics reveals about the jfk assassination history. Believed to be in the old school book depository, elm and houston, at this time. A dallas police officer pointing to the location of the. At the time, importation laws were relatively lax, and importers sometimes had to stamp the origin of the surplus arms on the receiver. Deputy sheriff roger craig left immediately after the rifle was found and photographed 6h26870. Lee harvey oswald, who worked in the texas school book depository, which overlooked dealey plaza, where the shooting took place. He advised he observed these three rifle cartridge cases, c6, c7 and c38, lying on the floor near a window on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository building.
Records building, which is about half a block south of the book depository. Were in 411 elm texas school book depository on 112263. How many changed their minds about the make of the rifle. Boxes of school boxes have been set up to screen a sniper from inside the building. There were three empty cases found in the texas school book depository by the police. Along with a rifle, the brown paper would later be found by investigators near the sixthfloor snipers. School book depository building, where a rifle and shells had been found on the sixth floor. He also described two searches one of a rail yard, the other of the texas school book depository, where he found the rifle used by lee. Part 2 lee harvey oswalds 98 rifle bullets and shots fired. The cases had matching marks from the rifle s extractor on them. When he spoke to a secretary who was privy to the officers conversations, she told waldo that police officers had found a rifle on the roof of the school book depository.
The conclusion was supported by the fact that three spent cartridges fired by the rifle were found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository building. Weitzman, the original source of the speculation that the rifle was a mauser, and deputy sheriff eugene boone found the weapon. The question of whether the rifle found in the texas book depository was used in the killing had previously been investigated by the 1979 house committee on assassinations, but its conclusion. Eventually the officers changed their statements and said it was a 6. Scientific police work traced bullets to rifle oswald owned. Dallas district attorney henry wade passed on this bit of information to the press with a moderate degree of certainty, and various news anchors such as walter cronkite presented the mauser claim as fact to the american public. Bag found in the texas school book depository english version. Weitzman, the original source of the speculation that the rifle was a mauser, and deputy sheriff eugene boone found.
I read a book about the jfk assassination and it stated. Instead, multiple rifles makes and models were featured on the airwaves, with the report of a british rifle being just the first of many. Oswald appears to have owned a rifle that was found. The architectural history of the jfk assassination site.
Sawyer on the 5th floor of this book company down here, we found empty rifle hulls and it looked like the man had been here for some time. Finding the rifle the warren report tell us on page 645. Day taking the rifle out of the depository show the clip in the rifle. The texas school book depository company moved out of. When examined the rifle had one unfired round in the enbloc clip inside the box magazine. History of the texas school book depository building the sixth. The most damning evidence against oswald was the mannlichercarcano rifle found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. Craig was also with seymour weitzman, will fritz, eugene boone and luke mooney when the rifle was found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. A dallas police official shows reporters the mannlichercarcano rifle that was found at the texas school book depository on nov. Discovered by deputy sheriff luke mooney, they were matched ballistically to lee oswalds gun to the exclusion of all other weapons. The rifle had been found by dallas police on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository, a building which overlooked the presidential motorcade at the time of the assassination. Cop at jfk killing searched depository, called out, heres a rifle. The spent rifle hulls three spent rifle hulls were found under the window in the southeast corner of the 6th floor of the texas school book depository building, dallas, texas, on the afternoon of november 22, 1963. The warren report tells us that the rifle used to kill jfk found on the 6th floor of the tsbd was a ww ii italian surplus weapon of 6.
Lee harvey oswald was innocent but his gun was used to. Rifle found at texas school book depository a dallas. The following is a timeline of what happened with the rifles. Lee oswald left prints on the rifle that was found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository, and on two cardboard boxes close to where three bullet. The italian war surplus rifle, serial number c2766, had been shipped to oswalds post office box under the name a. His accused killer was lee harvey oswald, who was himself murdered before he could stand trial, and the death of kennedy has long been the subject of speculation and conspiracy theories. Small wonder that the carbine found at the book depository was misidentified as a 7. Three empty rifle bullet shells were found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository, all of them close to the window in the southeastern corner. The youtube episode focuses on the socalled snipers nest, the area next to the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd from which lee oswald allegedly fired a mannlichercarcano rifle wounding governor john connally and killing president kennedy. He also described two searches one of a rail yard, the other of the texas school book depository, where he found the rifle used by lee harvey oswald. Purchase of rifle by oswald shortly after the mannlichercarcano rifle was found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository building,1 agents of the. This image of lee harvey oswald, taken by his wife marina, in his backyard with a mannlichercarcano rifle is the one most closely associated with his role in the kennedy assassination.
Ammunition clip kennedy assassination home page index. The shots from the texas school book depository introduction the witnesses near the depository on the fifth floor at the triple underpass the presidential automobile expert examination of rifle, cartridge cases, and bullet fragments discovery of cartridge cases and rifle discovery of bullet at parkland hospital description of rifle expert testimony the bullet. Was the rifle found on the sixth floor of the texas school book. The shots from the texas school book depository introduction the.
The strongest element in the case against lee harvey oswald was the warren commissions conclusion that his rifle had been found on the 6th floor of the book depository building. Later this rifle was found to have lee harvey oswalds handprint on it. Even the tests which prove it could have been done in 5. Following the shooting, oswald left the book depository and returned to his lodgings to change clothes. There is not a shred of positive evidence that such a clip was found with the mannlichercarcano in the snipers nest. Scientific police work traced bullets to rifle oswald owned the. The rifle found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository was identified as a 7. Was a mauser found in the texas school book depository. Despite mountains of evidence coming to light in subsequent probes and investigations proving otherwise, the conclusion of the warren commission that lee oswald singlehandedly planned and executed the murder of john. Original black and white photographic negative taken by dallas times herald staff photographer william allen. Scientific police work traced bullets to rifle oswald.
Lieutenant day arrived at the texas school book depository building at 1. Oswald typically stayed in a dallas apartment near the book depository during the workweek. Early reports from newsman and authorities on november 22nd 1963 indicated that the weapon allegedly used to assassinate president kennedy was a 7. How the fbi lost fingerprints taken from jfk assassins rifle. No other rifle bullets or bullet shells were discovered either in the building, or on oswalds person, or in his belongings. Anthony marsh believes the rifle shown in the film is very likely a dallas police department remington 870. By then, the fbi had determined that the running speed of abraham zapruders camera was 18. Sergeant gerald hill states he left the book depository prior to the finding of the gun 7h65. It was a mauser to all parties involved, including a gun collector with specific eyewitness testimony that would preclude it being another weapon, until it left the scene of the crime and entered into the hands of third parties out of view of ot. Lee harvey oswalds carcano rifle shooting it today. These cartridge cases were dusted for fingerprints by him, placed in an envelope, and.
A key part of the case against lee harvey oswald is three spent cartridges found in the snipers nest on the sixth floor of the school book depository in the wake of the shooting. Kennedy, his death remains one of the worlds greatest unsolved murders. Warren commission report chapter 3 national archives. Cop at jfk killing searched depository, called out, here. The fbi lost fingerprints taken from the rifle agents found in the texas school book depository after the president was assassinated in dallas, new files have revealed. These 4 rifles were available to the conspirators inside the texas school book depository tsbd on 112263. Was the rifle found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository really a mauser. Kennedy, mortal shooting of the 35th president of the united states in dallas, texas, on november 22, 1963. The rifle was found by deputy sheriff seymour weitzman and officer gene boone among cartons on the sixth floor. Shortly after the mannlichercarcano rifle was found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository building,1 agents of the fbi learned from retail outlets in dallas that crescent firearms, inc. While the dallas police photographed all the evidence found in connection with. Other aspects of the firearms and ballistics evidence follows the same maddening pattern, whether the subject is the mannlichercarcano rifle, the shell casings found on the 6th floor of the book depository, the paper bag purportedly used to carry the rifle into the building, or the casings found at the scene of the tippit shooting. Howard brennan was caught in a photograph which showed him outside the texas school book depository.
Most particular for establishing that the three 3 shots could have been easily accomplished from the texas school book depository in the allotted time frame and could easily have hit their target with the carcano rifle owned by lee harvey oswald. At least two frame rifles and two sets of 3 frame bullet shells. These cartridge cases were dusted for fingerprints by him, placed in an envelope, and delivered to the dallas police department. He theorized that oswald, after shooting, ran down the stairs and. Valentine pointing to the location where the rifle was found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository on november 22, 1963. Boyd did not see the bag because he left once he heard about the shooting of officer j.
Oswald carried forged identification cards with the hidell name in his wallet. Lee harvey oswalds paper bag kennedy assassination. The warren commission said that lee harvey oswald brought a rifle to work in a long. The cia purchased surplus arms from vendors like sam cummings at intearmsco. About half an hour after the assassination of president kennedy, a floorbyfloor search of the texas school book depository building was commenced by dallas police, joined by sheriffs deputies. Weapons on dealey plaza jfk assassination debate the.