Mr. Cadigan.

stroke about two-thirds of the way up the staff. The "i", again, is very small in relation to the letters coming before and after it. In the "N" there is a curve at the base of the letter. It is more pronounced on Cadigan Exhibit No. 22 than in the name "Marina" in Cadigan Exhibit No. 10, but in the name "Lillian," on the same exhibit, the same kind of curve is observed.
In "Oswald," again in the signature "L. H. Oswald," I find the same characteristics and combinations of characteristics. In the questioned signature Cadigan Exhibit. No. 22 as in the various known signatures in Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 4 through 10, here I think the ending "ld," the narrow pointed loops used for the "1" and "d" are very small, and with a rather misshapen body or upper stroke.
Again, it is the presence of the same combination of handwriting and printing characteristics which led me to the opinion that this exhibit had been prepared by Lee Harvey Oswald.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Mr. Cadigan, I now hand you Commission Exhibit No. 813, a vaccination certificate, a purported vaccination certificate, signed by "A J Hidell," and I ask you whether you have examined that item?

Mr. Cadigan.

Yes; I have.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, this bears writing on the outside and the inside. Have you attempted to determine whether that writing is the writing of Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Cadigan.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

What is your conclusion?

Mr. Cadigan.

That the hand printing and the Oswald signature were written by Lee Harvey Oswald, again based on the presence of the same combination of individual handwriting and hand printing characteristics.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Have you taken photographs of this exhibit?

Mr. Cadigan.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Those will be Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 23 and 24.
(The documents referred to were marked Cadigan Exhibits Nos. 23 and 24.)

Mr. Cadigan.

I would point out that these represent only a portion of the original document, since for demonstration purposes the lower printed blank is not included in these exhibits.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Now, the document as we see it now exhibits extremely faint writing. Can you explain the reason for that?

Mr. Cadigan.

Yes; this is due to treatment of the card for latent fingerprints by chemical process which bleaches and makes inks run.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Was the document treated to restore the original color after it had been treated for fingerprints?

Mr. Cadigan.

No; from looking at this, it has been desilvered, but it has not been completely desilvered since parts of the stains of the chemical treatment remain.

Mr. Eisenberg.

When you first saw the document and made your examination, was the document in its original condition, that is, had it been treated yet for fingerprints?

Mr. Cadigan.

I never saw the original.

Mr. Eisenberg.

You never saw the original?

Mr. Cadigan.

No; I had a Xerox copy of the original exhibit. I did not see this original exhibit.

Mr. Eisenberg.

You said before you had examined this exhibit?

Mr. Cadigan.

To be more exact, I examined a Xerox copy of this exhibit.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Do you know who prepared the Xerox copy?

Mr. Cadigan.

It was submitted by our Dallas office.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Was this a copy of the front and the back?

Mr. Cadigan.

Yes.

Mr. Eisenberg.

And are your photographs of the Xerox or of the original?

Mr. Cadigan.

They are made from the Xerox.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Is this the first time you saw the original?

Mr. Cadigan.

I believe it is.

Mr. Eisenberg.

Based upon your examination of the original at this point, and a comparison of the photograph of the Xerox copies, would you conclude