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OCR Page 1 of 219even been made public as to whether these trag.
ments were part of the same bullet or from separate
The bullet_was recovered in a remarkably
ones. Such determination could have been made by
unscathed condition, losing only about
neutron activation analysis. Such tests. in which a
2.5 gm over its bone-shattering course
specimen is irradiated in a nuclear reactor and the in-
duced radioanalysis assaved, apparently mere done at
Governor Connally. After passing from a point approxi-
the Atomic Energy Commission in 1964. These studies
mately 4.5 cm to the right of the spine's midline and
are alluded to in a letter written by FBI Director j. Edgar
some 6 cm below the lowest crease of the back of the
Hoover on July 8, 1964. Whr were the findings de-
President's neck, this bullet is said to have exited at the
rived from this highly sensitive testing method not made
midline of the throat, some 15 cm away. Upon exit, it
public for more than nine vears?
singed the leit edge of Kennedy's tie knot. Then, if the
The angles of the back wounds in the two men also
Warren Commission conclusion is to be believed, the
deserve attention. On the basis of wound lines post-
bullet made an acute right turn in midair to strike the far
ulated by the 1968 review panel, 1 calculate that Ken-
right side of Governor Connally's back near the axilla. It
nedy was struck by a bullet travelling downward at an
fractured the right fifth rib and exited just below the
angle of 9.5 to 13.5 degrees relative to the horizontal
right nipple. Next, it is said to have struck 5 cm above
plane and right to left at an angle of 15.5 to 19.5 degrees
the wrist joint and exited 2 cm from the wrist crease on
relative to the sagittal plane. Witnesses before the War-
the palm side, leaving behind a comminuted fracture of
ren Commission estimated that the bullet that hit Con-
the right radius. Finally, this single bullet is said to have
nally was traveling at a downward angle of 25 degrees
pierced Connally's leit thigh, and a small metal fragment
and right to left at 20 degrees. On the basis of these
(revealed by x-ray) lodged in the femur.
calculations, i believe that shots striking the two men
The single bullet said to have done all this, it must be
were fired from different windows and that neithe origi-
stressed, was recovered in a remarkably unscathed con-
nated where the rifle was found.
dition. It weighed approximately 159 gm. This means
Tests of the rifle found in the Texas School Book De-
that along its bone-breaking route, it had lost only
pository have demonstrated that it could not be refired in
about 2 to 2.5 gm, an unlikely condition after such a
less than 2.3 seconds. Governor Connally was wounded
course. X-rays of the chests of both men and of the right
less than two seconds after President Kennedy was
wrist and left thigh of Connally show metallic fragments,
struck in the back This, undoubtedly is why the Warren
indicating that the bullet or bullets lost mass over the
Commission came up with the single-bullet theory. It
course. Based on my extensive experience as a forensic
was the only way to explain am av the rifle firing lag
pathologist, I am certain that such a trail of fragments in
My questioning by a commission stafi member was
four locations in two different persons could not add up
detailed and tenacious; in fact, the questions were much
to the small amount of metal missing from the recovered
more in the form of cross examination than simple
bullet.
elicitation of direct testimony. | have written Vice Pres-
Furthermore, the upper 2 cm of the bullet (nose and
ident Rockefeller that I shall be most interested to learn
midportion), which was fully jacketed in copper, exhibit
whether the transcript of depositions will reveal the same
no gross, visible deformities, areas of mutilation, or loss
manner of questioning of other persons called, particu-
of substance. One small piece was removed from the
larly those whose avocational research has led them to
jacket for spectrographic analysis by the FBI, according
concur with the Warren Report
to a notation in the records. There is no other deformity
Why are the transcripts not being made public? Why
in the upper two-thirds of the bullet. A minimal flatten-
was the original autopsy report revised? Why are known
ing is evident in the lower third and perhaps there was
data and materials not being utilized to solve the case?
minimal outpouring of the inner lead core onto focal
Why must the official explanation remain that a lone
portions of the copper rim at the base. Could a bullet that
assassin fired two er three shots and that a single bullet
had caused as much damage as this one is reputed to
traveled an impossible course and emerged virtually
have done remained in this condition? 1 am certain it
unscathed? Is a conspiracy being concealed?
could not. it would have been more deformed and
scarred and would have lost more substance. I am con-
vinced of this particularly because one of the bones
REFERENCES
shattered was the distal end of the radius, a very dense
1. WICHT CH: Pathologist's vien oi IFK autopry: an unsolved case.
bone, especially in a man the size of Governor Connally,
Mod Med 40:28-32. 1972
2. WICHT CH. IFK assassination a prolonged and williful cover-
up. Mori Med 42:401-400, 1974
who is 6' 4" tall.
3. WECHT SMITH RP The medical evidence in the assassination of
in addition to this bullet, two copper fragments of
President John F. Kennedy SC 3105-128. 1974
bullets were found in the front of the car. No report has
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THE JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE
JULY/AUGUST 1975
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