Chapter VIII: Appendix: X. Expert Testimony 547

Firearms and Firearms Identification 547
General Principles 547
The Rifle 553
Rifle Cartridge and Cartridge Cases 555
The Rifle Bullets 557
The Revolver 558
Revolver Cartridges and Cartridge Cases 559
Revolver Bullets 559
The Struggle for the Revolver 560
The Paraffin Test 560
The Walker Bullet 562
Fingerprints and Palmprints 563
General Principles 563
Objects in the Texas School Book Depository Building 556
Questioned Documents 566
The Mail Order for the C2766 Rifle, the Related Envelope,
and the Money Order 569
Mail Order for the V510210 Revolver 570
Post Office Box Applications and Change-of-Address Card 570
The Spurious Selective Service System Notice of
Classification and U.S. Marine Corps Certificate
of Service 571
The Hidell Notice of Classification 571
The Hidell Certificate of Service 576
The Vaccination Certificate 577
The Fair Play for Cuba Committee Card 578
The Unsigned Russian-Language Note 578
The Homemade Wrapping Paper Bag 579
Wound Ballistics Experiments 580
Purpose of the Tests 580
The Testers and Their Qualifications 580
General Testing Conditions 581
Tests on Penetration Power and Bullet Stability 581
Tests Simulating President Kennedy’s Neck Wound 582
Tests Simulating Governor Connally’s Chest Wounds 582
Tests Simulating Governor Connally’s Wrist Wounds 583
Conclusions From Simulating the Neck, Chest, and Wrist Wounds 584
Tests Simulating President Kennedy’s Head Wounds 585
Hairs and Fibers 586
General Principles 588
Photographs 592

APPENDIX XI. REPORTS RELATING TO THE INTERROGATION OF LEE HARVEY
OSWALD AT THE DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT 598

APPENDIX XII. SPECULATIONS AND RUMORS 637
The Source of the Shots 639
The Assassin 642
Oswald’s Movements Between 12:33 and 1:15 p.m. 648
Murder of Tippit 650
Oswald After His Arrest 654
Oswald in the Soviet Union 655
Oswald’s Trip to Mexico City 658
Oswald and U.S. Government Agencies 659
Conspiratorial Relationships 661
Other Rumors and Speculations 664

APPENDIX XIII. BIOGRAPHY OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD 669
Early Years 669
Marines 681
Soviet Union 689
Fort Worth, Dallas, New Orleans 713
Mexico City 730
Dallas 737

APPENDIX XIV. ANALYSIS OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD’S FINANCES FROM
JUNE 13, 1962, THROUGH NOVEMBER 22, 1963 741