(Testimony of J. C. Day)
Mr. Mccloy.
This is 722.
Mr. Belin.
All right. When 722 was made, you----
Mr. Day.
I did not know the direction the shots had been fired.
Mr. Belin.
All right. I'm going to hand you what I have already marked as 724. What about that one?
Mr. Day.
This was made, 724 was made, some 15 to 20 minutes after 722 when I received information that the shooting actually occurred on Elm rather than Houston Street. The boxes had been moved at that time.
Mr. Belin.
In 724 there are boxes in the window. Were those boxes in the window the way you saw them, or had they been replaced in the window to reconstruct it?
Mr. Day.
They had simply been moved in the processing for prints. They weren't put back in any particular order.
Mr. Belin.
So 724 does not represent, so far as the boxes are concerned, the crime scene when you first came to the sixth floor; is that correct?
Mr. Day.
That is correct.
Mr. Belin.
Let me ask you this: Had all of the boxes of the stack in 724 been replaced there or had any of the boxes been in a position they were at the time you first arrived at the building, if you know?
Mr. Day.
No, sir; they had not been placed in the proper position or approximate position at the time we arrived.
Mr. Belin.
Now, I am going to hand you what I will mark as "723" and ask you to state if you know what this is.
Mr. Day.
726----
Mr. Belin.
No; 723.
Mr. Day.
723 is the southeast corner of the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building.
Mr. Belin.
Who took that picture, if you know?
Mr. Day.
Detective Studebaker.
Mr. Belin.
Was it taken under your direction and supervision, Mr. Day?
Mr. Day.
Yes, sir; I was present. The two metal boxes you will note to the left, are our fingerprint equipment that inadvertently got into the picture with a wide-angle lens camera.
Mr. Belin.
When you say to the left----
Mr. Day.
To the fight.
Mr. Belin.
You mean as you face the picture to the right.
Mr. Day.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Do you want to circle on Exhibit 723 your fingerprint equipment?
Mr. Day.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Now, I will ask you to state if you know if this picture was taken before any of the boxes shown on 723 were moved.
Mr. Day.
To the best of my knowledge they had not been moved.
Mr. Belin.
And straight ahead the camera is pointed toward it?
Mr. Day.
To the south.
Mr. Belin.
At which window?
Mr. Day.
Toward the window where the hulls were found.
Mr. Belin.
I'm going to hand you what has been marked as "725," and ask you to state if you know what this is.
Mr. Day.
That is a view of the same window as 723 except it shows the full length of the aisle.
Mr. Belin.
Was 725 taken before the boxes were moved, if you know?
Mr. Day.
I beg your pardon?
Mr. Belin.
Was Commission Exhibit 725 taken before any boxes were moved, if you know?
Mr. Day.
To the best of my knowledge, nothing had been moved.
Mr. Belin.
I'm going to hand you what has been marked as 726 and ask you to state if you know what this is.
Mr. Day.
This is the next aisle over, or the next aisle west of the aisle shown in 723. Actually, this was taken on November 25. Some movement had been made of the boxes as shown in 723.
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