From: samamcclung@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 12:35:37 AM UTC-5, Sam McClung wrote:   
   > roger craig tells of the 7.65 mauser found before 1:06 p.m. and lt. day    
   > ejecting a live round from it   
   > seymour weitzman tells of the carcano being found at 1:22 p.m. and captain    
   > fritz ejecting a live round from it   
   >    
   > viz:   
   > from "When They Kill A President" by Roger Craig   
   >    
   > We were told by Dallas Police to look for a rifle--something I had already    
   > concluded might be there since the cartridges found were, apparently, from a    
   > rifle. I was nearing the northwest corner of the sixth floor when Deputy    
   > Eugene Boone called out, "here it is." I was about eight feet from Boone,    
   > who was standing next to a stack of cardboard boxes. The boxes were stacked    
   > so that there was no opening between them except at the top. Looking over    
   > the top and down the opening I saw a rifle with a telescopic sight laying on    
   > the floor with the bolt facing upward. At this time Boone and I were joined    
   > by Lt. Day of the Dallas Police Department and Dallas Homicide Captain, Will    
   > Fritz. The rifle was retrieved by Lt. Day, who activated the bolt, ejecting    
   > one live round of ammunition which fell to the floor.   
   > Lt. Day inspected the rifle briefly, then handed it to Capt. Fritz who had a    
   > puzzled look on his face. Seymour Weitzman, a deputy constable, was standing    
   > beside me at the time. Weitzman was an expert on weapons. He had been in the    
   > sporting goods business for many years and was familiar with all domestic    
   > and foreign weapons. Capt. Fritz asked if anyone knew what kind of rifle it    
   > was. Weitzman asked to see it. After a *close* examination (much longer than    
   > Fritz or Day's examination) Weitzman declared that it was a 7.65 German    
   > Mauser. Fritz agreed with him. Apparently, someone at the Dallas Police    
   > Department also loses things but, at least, they are more conscientious.    
   > They did replace it--even if the replacement was made in a different    
   > country. (See Warren Report for Italian Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5 Caliber).   
   > At that exact moment an unknown Dallas police officer came   
   > running up the stairs and advised Capt. Fritz that a Dallas policeman had    
   > been shot in the Oak Cliff area. I instinctively looked at my watch. The    
   > time was 1:06 p.m. A token force of   
   > uniformed officers was left to keep the sixth floor secure and Fritz, Day,    
   > Boone, Mooney, Weitzman and I left the building.   
   >    
   > from the unsigned testimony of weitzman, produced by the warren commission:   
   > Mr. BALL. In the statement that you made to the Dallas Police Department    
   > that afternoon, you referred to the rifle as a 7.65 Mauser boltt action?   
   > ...   
   > Mr. BALL. You also said at the time the rifle was found at 1:22 p.m., is    
   > that correct?   
   > Mr. WEITZMAN. I believe that is correct I Wouldn't commit myself there    
   > because I am not sure; I'm not positive that was it.   
   > Mr. BALL. In this statement, it says Captain Fritz took charge of the rifle    
   > and ejected one live round from the chamber.   
   > Mr. WEITZMAN. Yes, sir.   
   > Mr. BALL. He did eject one live round?   
   > Mr. WEITZMAN. Yes, sir; he did eject one live round, one live round, yes    
   > sir...   
   > ...   
   > Mr. BALL. And it was equipped with a scope?   
   > Mr. WEITZMAN. Yes, sir.   
   > Mr. BALL. Was it of Japanese manufacture?   
   > Mr. WEITZMAN. I believe it was a 2.5 Weaver at the time I looked at it. I    
   > didn't look that close at it; it just looked like a 2.5 Weaver at the time I    
   > looked at it. I didn't look that close at it; it just looked like a 2.5 but    
   > it turned out to be a Japanese scope, I believe.   
   > ...   
   > Mr. BALL. I think that's all. Do you have any desire to read this over and    
   > sign it or will you waive signature?   
   > Mr. WEITZMAN. I will waive my signature. I don't think the government is    
   > going to alter my statement any.   
      
   Another oldie and goodie.   
      
   Only change it seems the Carcano was found after 1:30 pm (by Ellsworth et   
   alia), not the 1:22 pm time above attributed to Weitzman (who seemed to have   
   been compromised/scared by then or the 1:22 pm time attributed to him was an   
   altered version by the    
   Warren Commission of what he stated, probable given the WC's propensity to   
   alter testimony).   
      
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