J.F.K. Facts

As I find time, I will add more facts pertaining to the assasination of J.F.K., that lead me to believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, and that their is a conspiracy.

Facts about the gun allegedly used in the assasination:

Deputy Sheriff E. L. Boone and Deputy Constable Symour Weitzman, both of whom had above average knowledge of rifles, and Deputy Roger Craig all reported that the rifle found on the sixth floor of the school book depository was a 7.65mm German Mauser. Craig claims he saw the word, "Mauser" stamped on the weapon. None of these officers positively identified the Mannlicher-Carcano as the weapon they found, when asked by the Warren Commission.

A CIA document on the assasination, reads, "The weapon which appears to have been used in this criminal attack is a Model 91 rifle, 7.35 caliber, 1938 modification...The description of a 'Mannlicher-Carcano' rifle in the Italian and foreign press is in error."

The FBI reported that this Mannlicher-Carcano was part of a gun shipment that was involved in a legal proceding between the Carlo Riva Machine Shop and Adam Consolidated Inc., inwhich they claim the rifles were defective.

The order form used to obtain the rifle, reportedly came from the Feb. 1963 issue of American Rifleman magazine (according to the Warren Commission). This ad advertises a 36inch overall length rifle, but the Mannlicher-Carcano is 40inches long. The Warren Commission published a "duplicate" of the ad, rather than a copy of the original (which was available to them), and in their "duplicate" ad a 40inch rifle is depicted.

During testimony to the Warren Commission, Ronald Simmons of the Infantry Weapons Evaluation Branch of the Ballistics Research Laboratory of the Department of the Army reported, "Well, they could not sight the weapon in, using the telescope", "We did adjust the telescopic sight by the addition of two shims, one which tended to adjust the azimuth and one which adjusted an elevation". So, the Commision was aware that the rifle could not be sighted accuratly in the condition it was found in the school book depository.

Rifle experts also told the Warren Commission that the telescopic sight was adjusted for a left handed shooter, but Lee Harvey Oswald was right handed.

Paraffin tests on Oswald cheek to detect nitrates were negative, indicating he did not fire a rifle on Nov. 22, 1963. These test results were removed by the Warren Commission when they reprinted the Dallas police reports.

It is standard police procedure to photograph prints on evidence prior to lifting them, but no photographs were taken of the palm print allegedly found on the Mannlicher-Carcanno. Also, on Nov. 23, 1963, the day after the palm print was "found" the FBI labs in Washington, D.C. reported, "No latent prints of value were developed on Oswald's revolver, the cartridges cases, the unfired cartridge, the clip in the rifle or the inner parts of the rifle"