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The Warren Commission (WC) said Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) shot and killed President John F. Kennedy (JFK) all by himself by firing three shots and hitting JFK twice. One of the shots had to account for the wounds of Governor John B. Connally (JBC) as well so they invented a theory called the Single Bullet Theory (SBT) to explain how this worked.
The problem with this THEORY is there is NO evidence to support it. We have seen in numerous posts on this board that this is the truth and a FACT, but this lack of evidence does NOT deter the WC defenders.
So let’s break it down to the most basic point possible. During the autopsy, did the prosectors see any evidence that showed them Commission Exhibit (CE) 399 was the bullet that hit both JFK and JBC. Let’s find out.
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Commander James Humes was technically in charge of the autopsy (I say technically because others said high ranking officers were telling them what to do) so we will start with him.
Mr. SPECTER - Did you have occasion to participate in the autopsy of the late John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963?
Commander HUMES - Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. SPECTER - What was your specific function in connection with that autopsy?
Commander HUMES - As the senior pathologist assigned to the Naval Medical Center, I was called to the Center by my superiors and informed that the President's body would be brought to our laboratories for an examination, and I was charged with the responsibility of conducting and supervising this examination; told to also call upon anyone whom I wished as assistant in this matter, that I deemed necessary to be present.
He would state he had very little, if any, experience with victims suffering from gunshot wounds.
Mr. SPECTER - What specific experience have you had, if any, with respect to gunshot wounds?
Commander HUMES - My type of practice, which fortunately has been in peacetime endeavor to a great extent, has been more extensive in the field of natural disease than violence. However, on several occasions in various places where I have been employed, I have had to deal with violent death, accidents, suicides, and so forth. Also I have had training at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, I have completed a course in forensic pathology there as part of my training in the overall field of pathology.
He was NOT a forensic pathologist as he says he “completed a course” in this area which is a long way from being certified in it. Most autopsies are done by FORENSIC pathologists and one would expect the lead person performing the autopsy on a president to be a forensic pathologist, but NOT in this case. This alone seems strange and has caused a lot of questions regarding the autopsy and the findings.
Now, on to the topic of CE 399.
Mr. SPECTER - Doctor Humes, I show you a bullet which we have marked as Commission Exhibit No. 399, and may I say now that, subject to later proof, this is the missile which has been taken from the stretcher which the evidence now indicates was the stretcher occupied by Governor Connally. I move for its admission into evidence at this time.
Notice how Specter admits the theory of the bullet being found on JBC’s stretcher is “subject to later PROOF?” He is admitting they are only guessing as they have no way of knowing this since Darrel Tomlinson (the man who found a bullet in Parkland Hospital (PH) on November 22, 1963) would NOT say it was on JBC’s stretcher when he found it. Of course, he also would NOT say the bullet touted as CE 399 was THE bullet that he found either.
Mr. SPECTER - …Now looking at that bullet, Exhibit 399, Doctor Humes, could that bullet have gone through or been any part of the fragment passing through President Kennedy's head in Exhibit No. 388?
Commander HUMES - I do not believe so, sir.
O.K., this is not the bullet that went through JFK’s head. No problem with that in regards to the SBT. But his next comment is devastating to the claim of the SBT.
Mr. SPECTER - And could that missile have made the wound on Governor Connally's right wrist?
Commander HUMES - I think that that is most unlikely. May I expand on those two answers?
Mr. SPECTER - Yes, please do.
Commander HUMES - The X-rays made of the wound in the head of the late President showed fragmentations of the missile. Some fragments we recovered and turned over, as has been previously noted. Also we have X-rays of the fragment of skull which was in the region of our opinion exit wound showing metallic fragments.
Also going to Exhibit 392, the report from Parkland Hospital, the following sentence referring to the examination of the wound of the wrist is found:
"Small bits of metal were encountered at various levels throughout the wound, and these were, wherever they were identified and could be picked up, picked up and submitted to the pathology department for identification and examination."
The reason I believe it most unlikely that this missile could have inflicted either of these wounds is that this missile is basically intact; its jacket appears to me to be in tact, and I do not understand how it could possibly have left fragments in either of these locations.
This sinks the SBT all by itself as he does NOT believe CE 399 could have caused the wounds in JBC’s wrist, thus, it could NOT have gone through JFK and into JBC as claimed by the WC.
After Humes said the bullet that caused the wrist wound could NOT have been the bullet he was shown (CE 399) Specter asked him this question.
Mr. SPECTER - Doctor Humes, would you have an opinion as to whether the wounds on Governor Connally's wrist and thigh were caused by the same bullet?
Commander HUMES - In reading the description of the fragmentation that was found, fragments were found in the wrist, one fragment was found imbedded in his femur, I would feel it was definitely within the realm of possibility that the same missile could have produced both of those injuries.
So what? All Specter proved was the same bullet could have caused both wounds, but given what Humes said earlier we know CE 399 was NOT THAT BULLET. Chief Justice (CJ) Earl Warren then says this to Humes after this exchange.
Mr. SPECTER - Those are all my questions, Mr. Chief Justice.
The CHAIRMAN. Are there any other questions? If not, thank you very much, Commander. You have been very helpful to us, indeed.
Very helpful? He just SANK your whole theory and case! Was CJ Warren even paying attention to what was said? Or did he mean he was very helpful to the people who wanted to find the truth in the future?
Humes’ assistant was J. Thornton Boswell and he said he participated in the autopsy of JFK along with Humes.
Mr. SPECTER - Did you have occasion to participate in the autopsy of the late President Kennedy?
Commander BOSWELL - I did.
Mr. SPECTER - And did you assist Doctor Humes at that time?
Commander BOSWELL - Yes, sir.
Boswell would be given the brush off by the WC as his testimony is very short and does NOT even touch on the issue of the wrist or CE 399. Why? He did say he agreed with everything Dr. Humes had testified to, thus, we have to conclude (in the absence of evidence showing he did NOT) he agreed that CE 399 could NOT have caused the wound to JBC’s wrist.
Mr. SPECTER - Have you been present here today during the entire course of Doctor Humes testimony?
Commander BOSWELL - I have, sir; yes.
Mr. SPECTER - Do you have anything that you would like to add by way of elaboration or modification to that which Doctor Humes has testified?
Commander BOSWELL - None, I believe. Doctor Humes has stated essentially what is the culmination of our examination and our subsequent conference, and everything is exactly as we had determined our conclusions.
He had the opportunity to say, “You know, I really don’t agree on the point Dr. Humes made regarding CE 399 and the wrist wound to JBC”, but he did NOT do this, thus, he had to agree with Humes’ assessment.
The last member of the autopsy team was Dr. Pierre Finck. Look at his experience in autopsies and dealing with gunshot wounds compared to the other two members.
Mr. SPECTER - And what have your duties consisted of in the Army?
Colonel FINCK - From 1955 to 1958 I performed approximately 200 autopsies, many of them pertaining to trauma including missile wounds, stationed at Frankfort, Germany as pathologist of the. United States Army Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.
He performed over 200 autopsies involving missile wounds, and yet, he was NOT in charge of this autopsy! He would go on to say this regarding his background.
Mr. SPECTER - Have you had any additional, special training or experience in missile wounds?
Colonel FINCK - For the past 3 years I was Chief of the Wound Ballistics Pathology Branch of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and in that capacity I reviewed personally all the cases forwarded to us by the Armed Forces, and some civilian cases from the United States and our forces overseas. The number of these cases amounts to approximately 400 cases. I was called as a consultant in the field of missile wounds for this particular case, and also last year in February 1963, the Surgeon General of the Army sent me to Vietnam for a wound ballistics mission,
Mr. SPECTER - Have you been certified by the American Board of Pathology, Doctor Finck?
Colonel FINCK - I was certified in pathology anatomy by the American Board of Pathology in 1956, and by the same American Board of Pathology in the field of forensic pathology in 1961.
He was a FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST and highly trained, and yet, as we said earlier, he was NOT in charge of this autopsy. Why not? That has opened up much discussion and has caused many to believe something hokey was going on here. Regardless of this issue, here is what Finck would tell the WC regarding CE 399 and the wrist wound suffered by JBC.
Mr. SPECTER - Dr. Finck, have you had an opportunity to examine Commission's Exhibit 399?
Colonel FINCK - For the first time this afternoon, sir.
Finck did NOT even see the claimed “magic bullet” until the day he testified. Why not?
Mr. SPECTER - And could it have been the bullet which inflicted the wound on Governor Connally's right wrist?
Colonel FINCK - No; for the reason that there are too many fragments described in that wrist.
It seems the WC is sunk again as he too said CE 399 could NOT be the bullet that caused the wound to JBC’s wrist, thus, it could NOT have been the bullet they needed for their SBT to be a reality. He would reiterate the same thing under oath at the Clay Shaw trial following a long battle to skirt his testimony before the WC. Finally, after much jockeying, he would say this.
Mr. DYMOND: Now, yesterday under cross-examination you were asked whether you had not testified before the Warren Commission that "Commission Exhibit No. 399" which has been marked for identification "State-64" could not have gone through the wrist of Governor Connally. Is that what you testified to, and, if not, I wish you would explain what you did testify to in that connection.
Dr. FINCK: I testified before the Warren Commission that this bullet, "Commission Exhibit No. 399," or S-64 did not disintegrate and there were too many fragments in the wrist of Governor Connally to be compatible with an injury caused by such a bullet. As I remember, I made that statement because I was referring to metallic fragments to the best of my recollection, a word which I don't see in my testimony before the Warren Commission. I don't think that such a bullet having lost such little weight could cause a wound in the wrist in which many metallic fragments are seen.
Mr. DYMOND: Did you have occasion to examine X-rays of Dr. Connally's wrist or not?
Dr. FINCK: I don't remember, sir.
The defense team argued that Finck never saw X-Rays of JBC’s wrist (and he could not recall if he did or not) to know this, but given the fact the bullet known as CE 399 lost only one grain (they said it weighed 161 grains during the Shaw testimony) and there were 2.4 grains of fragments at least in JBC’s wrist it does NOT take much to figure out this could NOT be the bullet that caused that damage.
Finck was a rare witness in that he testified before the WC, the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), at the Clay Shaw Trial and before the Assassinations Record Review Board (ARRB). Sadly, the HSCA and ARRB did not see fit to question him on the issue of CE 399 and JBC’s wrist (this is based on searches for those words in his testimony).
The bottom line is this—ALL THREE prosectors said CE 399 could NOT be the bullet that caused the wound to JBC’s wrist, thus, it could NOT be the bullet that performed the so-called magic on November 22, 1963.
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ratical.org/ratville/JFK/images/LtColPierreFinck.jpg
The Warren Commission (WC) said Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) shot and killed President John F. Kennedy (JFK) all by himself by firing three shots and hitting JFK twice. One of the shots had to account for the wounds of Governor John B. Connally (JBC) as well so they invented a theory called the Single Bullet Theory (SBT) to explain how this worked.
The problem with this THEORY is there is NO evidence to support it. We have seen in numerous posts on this board that this is the truth and a FACT, but this lack of evidence does NOT deter the WC defenders.
So let’s break it down to the most basic point possible. During the autopsy, did the prosectors see any evidence that showed them Commission Exhibit (CE) 399 was the bullet that hit both JFK and JBC. Let’s find out.
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Commander James Humes was technically in charge of the autopsy (I say technically because others said high ranking officers were telling them what to do) so we will start with him.
Mr. SPECTER - Did you have occasion to participate in the autopsy of the late John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963?
Commander HUMES - Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. SPECTER - What was your specific function in connection with that autopsy?
Commander HUMES - As the senior pathologist assigned to the Naval Medical Center, I was called to the Center by my superiors and informed that the President's body would be brought to our laboratories for an examination, and I was charged with the responsibility of conducting and supervising this examination; told to also call upon anyone whom I wished as assistant in this matter, that I deemed necessary to be present.
He would state he had very little, if any, experience with victims suffering from gunshot wounds.
Mr. SPECTER - What specific experience have you had, if any, with respect to gunshot wounds?
Commander HUMES - My type of practice, which fortunately has been in peacetime endeavor to a great extent, has been more extensive in the field of natural disease than violence. However, on several occasions in various places where I have been employed, I have had to deal with violent death, accidents, suicides, and so forth. Also I have had training at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, I have completed a course in forensic pathology there as part of my training in the overall field of pathology.
He was NOT a forensic pathologist as he says he “completed a course” in this area which is a long way from being certified in it. Most autopsies are done by FORENSIC pathologists and one would expect the lead person performing the autopsy on a president to be a forensic pathologist, but NOT in this case. This alone seems strange and has caused a lot of questions regarding the autopsy and the findings.
Now, on to the topic of CE 399.
Mr. SPECTER - Doctor Humes, I show you a bullet which we have marked as Commission Exhibit No. 399, and may I say now that, subject to later proof, this is the missile which has been taken from the stretcher which the evidence now indicates was the stretcher occupied by Governor Connally. I move for its admission into evidence at this time.
Notice how Specter admits the theory of the bullet being found on JBC’s stretcher is “subject to later PROOF?” He is admitting they are only guessing as they have no way of knowing this since Darrel Tomlinson (the man who found a bullet in Parkland Hospital (PH) on November 22, 1963) would NOT say it was on JBC’s stretcher when he found it. Of course, he also would NOT say the bullet touted as CE 399 was THE bullet that he found either.
Mr. SPECTER - …Now looking at that bullet, Exhibit 399, Doctor Humes, could that bullet have gone through or been any part of the fragment passing through President Kennedy's head in Exhibit No. 388?
Commander HUMES - I do not believe so, sir.
O.K., this is not the bullet that went through JFK’s head. No problem with that in regards to the SBT. But his next comment is devastating to the claim of the SBT.
Mr. SPECTER - And could that missile have made the wound on Governor Connally's right wrist?
Commander HUMES - I think that that is most unlikely. May I expand on those two answers?
Mr. SPECTER - Yes, please do.
Commander HUMES - The X-rays made of the wound in the head of the late President showed fragmentations of the missile. Some fragments we recovered and turned over, as has been previously noted. Also we have X-rays of the fragment of skull which was in the region of our opinion exit wound showing metallic fragments.
Also going to Exhibit 392, the report from Parkland Hospital, the following sentence referring to the examination of the wound of the wrist is found:
"Small bits of metal were encountered at various levels throughout the wound, and these were, wherever they were identified and could be picked up, picked up and submitted to the pathology department for identification and examination."
The reason I believe it most unlikely that this missile could have inflicted either of these wounds is that this missile is basically intact; its jacket appears to me to be in tact, and I do not understand how it could possibly have left fragments in either of these locations.
This sinks the SBT all by itself as he does NOT believe CE 399 could have caused the wounds in JBC’s wrist, thus, it could NOT have gone through JFK and into JBC as claimed by the WC.
After Humes said the bullet that caused the wrist wound could NOT have been the bullet he was shown (CE 399) Specter asked him this question.
Mr. SPECTER - Doctor Humes, would you have an opinion as to whether the wounds on Governor Connally's wrist and thigh were caused by the same bullet?
Commander HUMES - In reading the description of the fragmentation that was found, fragments were found in the wrist, one fragment was found imbedded in his femur, I would feel it was definitely within the realm of possibility that the same missile could have produced both of those injuries.
So what? All Specter proved was the same bullet could have caused both wounds, but given what Humes said earlier we know CE 399 was NOT THAT BULLET. Chief Justice (CJ) Earl Warren then says this to Humes after this exchange.
Mr. SPECTER - Those are all my questions, Mr. Chief Justice.
The CHAIRMAN. Are there any other questions? If not, thank you very much, Commander. You have been very helpful to us, indeed.
Very helpful? He just SANK your whole theory and case! Was CJ Warren even paying attention to what was said? Or did he mean he was very helpful to the people who wanted to find the truth in the future?
Humes’ assistant was J. Thornton Boswell and he said he participated in the autopsy of JFK along with Humes.
Mr. SPECTER - Did you have occasion to participate in the autopsy of the late President Kennedy?
Commander BOSWELL - I did.
Mr. SPECTER - And did you assist Doctor Humes at that time?
Commander BOSWELL - Yes, sir.
Boswell would be given the brush off by the WC as his testimony is very short and does NOT even touch on the issue of the wrist or CE 399. Why? He did say he agreed with everything Dr. Humes had testified to, thus, we have to conclude (in the absence of evidence showing he did NOT) he agreed that CE 399 could NOT have caused the wound to JBC’s wrist.
Mr. SPECTER - Have you been present here today during the entire course of Doctor Humes testimony?
Commander BOSWELL - I have, sir; yes.
Mr. SPECTER - Do you have anything that you would like to add by way of elaboration or modification to that which Doctor Humes has testified?
Commander BOSWELL - None, I believe. Doctor Humes has stated essentially what is the culmination of our examination and our subsequent conference, and everything is exactly as we had determined our conclusions.
He had the opportunity to say, “You know, I really don’t agree on the point Dr. Humes made regarding CE 399 and the wrist wound to JBC”, but he did NOT do this, thus, he had to agree with Humes’ assessment.
The last member of the autopsy team was Dr. Pierre Finck. Look at his experience in autopsies and dealing with gunshot wounds compared to the other two members.
Mr. SPECTER - And what have your duties consisted of in the Army?
Colonel FINCK - From 1955 to 1958 I performed approximately 200 autopsies, many of them pertaining to trauma including missile wounds, stationed at Frankfort, Germany as pathologist of the. United States Army Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany.
He performed over 200 autopsies involving missile wounds, and yet, he was NOT in charge of this autopsy! He would go on to say this regarding his background.
Mr. SPECTER - Have you had any additional, special training or experience in missile wounds?
Colonel FINCK - For the past 3 years I was Chief of the Wound Ballistics Pathology Branch of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and in that capacity I reviewed personally all the cases forwarded to us by the Armed Forces, and some civilian cases from the United States and our forces overseas. The number of these cases amounts to approximately 400 cases. I was called as a consultant in the field of missile wounds for this particular case, and also last year in February 1963, the Surgeon General of the Army sent me to Vietnam for a wound ballistics mission,
Mr. SPECTER - Have you been certified by the American Board of Pathology, Doctor Finck?
Colonel FINCK - I was certified in pathology anatomy by the American Board of Pathology in 1956, and by the same American Board of Pathology in the field of forensic pathology in 1961.
He was a FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST and highly trained, and yet, as we said earlier, he was NOT in charge of this autopsy. Why not? That has opened up much discussion and has caused many to believe something hokey was going on here. Regardless of this issue, here is what Finck would tell the WC regarding CE 399 and the wrist wound suffered by JBC.
Mr. SPECTER - Dr. Finck, have you had an opportunity to examine Commission's Exhibit 399?
Colonel FINCK - For the first time this afternoon, sir.
Finck did NOT even see the claimed “magic bullet” until the day he testified. Why not?
Mr. SPECTER - And could it have been the bullet which inflicted the wound on Governor Connally's right wrist?
Colonel FINCK - No; for the reason that there are too many fragments described in that wrist.
It seems the WC is sunk again as he too said CE 399 could NOT be the bullet that caused the wound to JBC’s wrist, thus, it could NOT have been the bullet they needed for their SBT to be a reality. He would reiterate the same thing under oath at the Clay Shaw trial following a long battle to skirt his testimony before the WC. Finally, after much jockeying, he would say this.
Mr. DYMOND: Now, yesterday under cross-examination you were asked whether you had not testified before the Warren Commission that "Commission Exhibit No. 399" which has been marked for identification "State-64" could not have gone through the wrist of Governor Connally. Is that what you testified to, and, if not, I wish you would explain what you did testify to in that connection.
Dr. FINCK: I testified before the Warren Commission that this bullet, "Commission Exhibit No. 399," or S-64 did not disintegrate and there were too many fragments in the wrist of Governor Connally to be compatible with an injury caused by such a bullet. As I remember, I made that statement because I was referring to metallic fragments to the best of my recollection, a word which I don't see in my testimony before the Warren Commission. I don't think that such a bullet having lost such little weight could cause a wound in the wrist in which many metallic fragments are seen.
Mr. DYMOND: Did you have occasion to examine X-rays of Dr. Connally's wrist or not?
Dr. FINCK: I don't remember, sir.
The defense team argued that Finck never saw X-Rays of JBC’s wrist (and he could not recall if he did or not) to know this, but given the fact the bullet known as CE 399 lost only one grain (they said it weighed 161 grains during the Shaw testimony) and there were 2.4 grains of fragments at least in JBC’s wrist it does NOT take much to figure out this could NOT be the bullet that caused that damage.
Finck was a rare witness in that he testified before the WC, the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA), at the Clay Shaw Trial and before the Assassinations Record Review Board (ARRB). Sadly, the HSCA and ARRB did not see fit to question him on the issue of CE 399 and JBC’s wrist (this is based on searches for those words in his testimony).
The bottom line is this—ALL THREE prosectors said CE 399 could NOT be the bullet that caused the wound to JBC’s wrist, thus, it could NOT be the bullet that performed the so-called magic on November 22, 1963.