Mr. Belin.

Was there a lever at all that you used, if you remember if there is such a lever?

Mr. Day.

I don't remember. I don't think we used the lever.

Mr. Belin.

What did you do with Commission Exhibit 677?

Mr. Day.

I released this, I released 677 to Vince Drain of the FBI, 11:45 p.m., November 22, 1963.

Mr. Belin.

I am going to hand you what has been marked as Commission Exhibit 733 and ask you to state if you know what this is.

Mr. Day.

This is the southeast corner of the sixth floor at the window where the shooting apparently occurred. The boxes in front of the window, to the best of our knowledge, in the position they were in when we arrived there on November 22, 1963.

Mr. Belin.

So 733 represents a reconstruction in that sense, is that correct?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

What about Exhibit----

Mr. Day.

This, by the way, was taken on November 25, 1963.

Mr. Belin.

All right. What about 734?

Mr. Day.

That is another view of the same boxes shown in 733.

Mr. Belin.

In 734 you can also see this juncture of the south and east walls of the sixth floor where you say the bag was found; is that correct?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

I want to turn for the moment to 729. I notice that the box on 729 appears to have a portion of it torn off and then replaced again. Is this correct or not?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

I am going to hand you what has been marked as Commission Exhibit 649 and ask you to state if you know what this is.

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir. This is a portion torn from the box shown in 729.

Mr. Belin.

While you are holding that I'm going to hand you Commission Exhibit 648 and ask you to state if you know what this is.

Mr. Day.

That is the box shown in 729 at the center of the picture.

Mr. Belin.

Is that the box, 648, from which 649 was torn?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir; it is.

Mr. Belin.

Could you relate what transpired to cause 649 to be torn from 648?

Mr. Day.

After I returned to the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository after delivering the gun to my office, we processed the boxes in that area, in the area of the window where the shooting apparently occurred, with powder. This particular box was processed and a palmprint, a legible palmprint, developed on the northwest corner of the box, on the top of the box as it was sitting on the floor.

Mr. Belin.

Then what did you do when you developed this print?

Mr. Day.

I placed a piece of transparent tape, ordinary Scotch tape, which we use for fingerprint work, over the developed palmprint.

Mr. Belin.

And then what did you do?

Mr. Day.

I tore the cardboard from the box that contained the palmprint.

Mr. Belin.

Then what did you do?

Mr. Day.

The box was left in its position, but the palmprint was taken by me to the identification bureau.

Mr. Belin.

Did you make any identification of it?

Mr. Day.

Yes, sir. Later that night when I had a chance to get palmprints from Lee Harvey Oswald. I made a comparison with the palmprint off of the box, your 729, and determined that the palmprint on the box was made by the right palm of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Mr. Belin.

Did you make any identification on Exhibit 649 which would indicate that this is the palmprint you took?

Mr. Day.

It has in my writing, "From top of box Oswald apparently sat on to fire gun. Lieut. J. C. Day," and it is marked "right palm of Oswald. Lieut. J. C. Day."
There is also an arrow indicating north and where the palmprint was found. It further has Detective Studebaker's name on it, and he also wrote on there, "From top of box subject sat on."