Mr. Day.

I held it.

Mr. Belin.

In one hand?

Mr. Day.

One hand, using the glass with the other.

Mr. Belin.

How did you try to process the live round for prints?

Mr. Day.

With black fingerprint powder.

Mr. Belin.

Let me ask you this in an effort, perhaps, to save time. In all of your processing of prints did you use anything other than this black powder at the scene that day?

Mr. Day.

No, sir.

Mr. Belin.

So whenever you say you processed for prints you used black powder, is that correct?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Mccloy.

When was the rifle as such dusted with fingerprint powder?

Mr. Day.

After ejecting the live round, then I gave my attention to the rifle. I put fingerprint powder on the side of the rifle over the magazine housing. I noticed it was rather rough.
I also noticed there were traces of two prints visible. I told Captain Fritz it was too rough to do there, it should go to the office where I would have better facilities for trying to work with the fingerprints.

Mr. Mccloy.

But you could note with your naked eye or with a magnifying glass the remnants of fingerprints on the stock?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir; I could see traces of ridges, fingerprint ridges, on the side of the housing.

Mr. Belin.

Lieutenant Day, as I understand it, you held the stock of the rifle when Captain Fritz operated the bolt?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

Now, when you first came over to see the rifle, was it easily visible or not?

Mr. Day.

I beg pardon?

Mr. Belin.

When you first came over to see the rifle, when you were first called there, what is the fact as to whether or not it was easily visible?

Mr. Day.

No, sir; you had to look over the box and down to see it. You could not see it ordinarily walking down the aisle.

Mr. Belin.

Was anything resting on top of it?

Mr. Day.

On top of the gun?

Mr. Belin.

Yes.

Mr. Day.

No, sir.

Mr. Belin.

Do you have any estimate as to how wide or what the width was of that particular area in which the rifle was placed? In other words, the area between the boxes, how much space was there?

Mr. Day.

It was just wide enough to accommodate that rifle and hold it in an upright position.

Mr. Belin.

Was the location at which you found the rifle completely surrounded by boxes or was it kind of like two parallel rows of boxes without boxes at either end of it?

Mr. Day.

There was three or four rows of boxes there.

Mr. Belin.

What I mean is this: If you can visualize a narrow squared "0," was it more like a narrow squared "0" so far as the boxes were concerned, with sort of an island of space in the center or was it more like just two basic rows of boxes with nothing at either end?

Mr. Day.

I don't quite follow you there.

Mr. Belin.

I will restate the question this way.

Mr. Day.

There were four parallel lines of boxes. The second line from the north side was not completely filled. In other words, there was vacant places in this particular line.

Mr. Belin.

I am going to hand you what has been marked Commission Exhibit 139 and ask you to state if you know what this is.

Mr. Day.

This is the rifle found on the sixth floor of the Texas Book Store at 411 Elm Street, November 23, 1963.

Mr. Belin.

What date?

Mr. Day.

November 22, 1963.

Mr. Belin.

Does it have any identification mark of yours on it?