Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, you examined earlier six bullets which I told you had been--six cartridges which I told you had been taken from the chamber of the revolver which we have been looking at.
Those cartridges were divided into three Remington-Peters and three Western, were they not?
(At this point, Representative Boggs entered the hearing room.)

Mr. Cunningham.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

So that--or 50-50. So that the division is the same, the division of the cartridge cases is the same, as between Remington-Peters and Western, as the division of the cartridges found--which I told you were found in the chamber?

Mr. Cunningham.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Did you examine the cartridge cases in Exhibit 594 in an attempt to determine whether they had been fired in Exhibit 143, the revolver, to the exclusion of all other revolvers?

Mr. Cunningham.

I did.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Can you tell us your conclusion?

Mr. Cunningham.

As a result of my examination, it is my opinion that those four cartridge cases, Commission Exhibit 594, were fired in the revolver, Commission Exhibit 143, to the exclusion of all other weapons.

Mr. Eisenberg.

When did you perform this examination, Mr. Cunningham?

Mr. Cunningham.

On November 30, 1963.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And how did you make the examination?

Mr. Cunningham.

I first marked these cartridge cases upon receiving them. There were four. I would like to state, first of all that Special Agents Frazier and Killion also independently examined these four cartridge cases, and made the same comparisons that I am going to state. I am telling you what I found-- although they independently arrived at the same conclusion.
The cartridge cases were first marked and examined for the presence of any individual characteristic marks on these cartridge cases whereby it would be possible to identify them as having been fired in a weapon. I then test-fired Commission Exhibit 143, using similar ammunition, and microscopically compared the four cartridge cases--one at a time that is Commission Exhibit 594--with the tests obtained from the revolver, Commission Exhibit 143.

Mr. Eisenberg.

I hand you here two cartridge cases, and ask you whether you are familiar with these cartridge cases?

Mr. Cunningham.

I am.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And can you describe these cartridge cases to

Mr. Cunningham.

Yes. One is a Western .38 Special cartridge case. The other is a Winchester 38 Special cartridge case.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And how did you get possession of these cartridge cases?

Mr. Cunningham.

These were test-fired in Commission Exhibit No. 143, by myself.

Mr. Eisenberg.

So these are the test cartridges you were referring--

Mr. Cunningham.

That was a portion of them; yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Chairman, may I have these admitted as Commission Exhibit 595?

Representative Ford.

They will be admitted.
(The articles referred to were marked Commission Exhibit No. 595, and received in evidence.)

Mr. Cunningham.

I also would like to state that we were test firing Remington-Peters, also.

Mr. Eisenberg.

How many test cartridges were fired, Mr. Cunningham?

Mr. Cunningham.

To begin with, three. And we have since fired the weapon many times.

Representative Boggs.

How many cartridges were fired by Oswald?

Mr. Eisenberg.

We are going-to get into that. This is a difficult question which you are going to have to make a decision on. So I would rather develop that slowly.
I notice that one of the cartridge cases in Exhibit 595 is split on the side, Mr. Cunningham.

Mr. Cunningham.

Yes, sir.