Mr. Frazier.

it was fired and before it stopped, or as it stopped, or could be the result having been dropped or roughly handled.
This particular mark there would be invisible practically speaking to the naked eye when looking at the bullet.

Mr. Mccloy.

The mark to which you refer is the one on the right-hand side of the exhibit toward the top, about an inch and a half from the center line?

Mr. Frazier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Is that about 11 o'clock?

Mr. Frazier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Do you have another photograph, Mr. Frazier, of this?

Mr. Frazier.

No, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

I now hand you a bullet fragment, what appears to be a bullet fragment, in a pill box which is labeled jacket and Lead Q-2, and it has certain initials on it. For the record, this was found--this bullet fragment was found--in the front portion of the car in which the President was riding. I ask you

whether you are familiar with this object.

Mr. Frazier.

Yes; I am.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Is your mark on--

Mr. Frazier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you examine this? Is this a bullet fragment, Mr. Frazier?

Mr. Frazier.

Yes, sir. This consists of a piece of the jacket portion of a bullet from the nose area and a piece of the lead core from under the jacket.

Mr. Eisenberg.

How were you able to conclude it is part of the nose area?

Mr. Frazier.

Because of the rifling marks which extend part way up the side, and then have the characteristic leading edge impressions and no longer continue along the bullet, and by the fact that the bullet has a rounded contour to it which has not been mutilated.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you examine this bullet to determine whether it had been fired from Exhibit 139 to the exclusion of all other weapons?

Mr. Frazier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What was your conclusion?

Mr. Frazier.

This bullet fragment was fired in this rifle, 139.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Frazier, did you weigh this fragment?

Mr. Frazier.

Yes; I did. It weighs 44.6 grains.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you take a photograph of the fragment as compared with a test bullet?

Mr. Frazier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

This photograph is labeled C-14 on the left and C--2 on the right, and it is a photograph taken by you or under your supervision?

Mr. Frazier.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

C-14 being the test bullet?

Mr. Frazier.

The test bullet from 139.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And what is the magnification of this photograph?

Mr. Frazier.

It would be 70 diameters.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, may that be admitted?

Mr. Mccloy.

C-2 is the actual fragment?

Mr. Eisenberg.

Yes.

Mr. Mccloy.

It may be admitted.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can we go back a second? I don't think I asked for admission of the bullet fragment which--Mr. Frazier identified. May I have that admitted?

Mr. Mccloy.

It may be admitted.

Mr. Eisenberg.

The bullet fragment will be 567 and the photograph just identified by Mr. Frazier will be 568.

Mr. Mccloy.

It may be admitted.
(The items described, identified as Commission Exhibits Nos. 567 and 568, were received in evidence.)

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Frazier, could you discuss this photograph with us?

Mr. Frazier.

In Commission Exhibit 568 is again the vertical dividing line through the center of the photograph, with the test bullet from the rifle 139