Mark Ulrik

Thank you?

Footnote in Manchester's book:

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth340104/m1/1/ There are many others where that came from.

Perhaps we should ask Mervyn.

"Investigation for murder" would be my guess.

I'm not sure I hear the "s" either, but there is something. I'm getting "lanktr'n'8th".

Pretty sure Bill is correct here. It's doesn't sound like "Lansing" to me either.

Completely different question and circumstances. But occupation and place of employment are different (albeit related) concepts. It's quite feasible to state one without revealing the other. Also, why would a suspect be required to tell the truth when the other participants aren't? As I understand it, the purpose of asking questions during a police lineup isn't even to elicit truth, but rather to enhance the identification process by adding sound.

I note that you reject Gil's version: Q: What do you do for a living, No. 2? A: I'm currently employed as an order filler, Sir, and although you didn't ask specifically, it's down at the book depository, you know, the building where the cops say the shots were fired from.

I think the problem is that you made up the part where Oswald "gave his place of employment as the Texas School Book Depository".

You've got to be kidding. She has no credibility whatsoever. Stephen Roy, Education Forum post, 11 Dec 2009, "Funny thing: I've had people who knew Ferrie well tell me that they thought Pesci's portrayal was pretty good. But when I first heard a recording of Ferrie's voice, I was struck by how low, well-paced, modulated and north/midwestern he sounded. And he was quite a bit taller than Pesci." Judyth Baker, Fetzer blog article, 6 Apr 2011, "David W. Ferrie is probably best known today through his portrayal by Joe Pesci in Oliver Stone’s film "JFK". Ferrie was taller and had a deeper voice ..." Stephen Roy, Education Forum post, 12 Apr 2011, "ABOUT WHICH BAKER SAID NOTHING UNTIL I POSTED IT ON THE INTERNET."

He may have been a lone wolf and somewhat of a publicity hound, but so was Sherlock Holmes. The report also says that, "His ability as an officer cannot be questioned. His informant coverage is excellent." PS: The scan on the MFF site is easier to read: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=129778#relPageId=4

Boone and others guarded the rifle (CE 139) until Day came over and took possession, marked it, etc. This is fairly well documented. The notion that it wouldn't have been admitted into evidence in a criminal trial is just bizarre. As has been mentioned in recent threads, Norvell did identify CE 573 as the bullet he found (CE 2011).

What do you mean by "identical"? That seems like an impossibly high standard in the real world. I don't know how it would play in a court of law, but I'd be skeptical of an expert witness claiming that two physical objects were identical.

Huh? The discussion on page 513 is about the Tippit bullets, not the Walker bullet. Your emphasis below. What did Nicol say about the Walker bullet? My emphasis below. Wow, it seems that Nicol actually did conclude that there was a fair probability that CE 573 was fired from the rifle used in the assassination of President Kennedy! WC 1 -- Gil 0

Gotta love the grandstanding. Don't ever change, Gil. One would be hard-pressed to find a better example of an actual red flag than the thread title.

It's just an extremely poor quality photograph. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1135#relPageId=176

PS: I notice that it's prohibited to "take bears with steel trap". Wow! I'm allowed to bring my traps made of iron or brass!? Do you think that's a reasonable inference? Or could the term "steel trap" refer to a certain type of animal trap where "steel" is not necessarily supposed to be taken literally?

But I'm allowed to use FMJ bullets? Let's hope I'm a crack shot then; otherwise we might end up having a bunch of mortally wounded bears running around. Remember the shootout scene in "Scarface"? It was the guy with the shotgun who got him in the end. Not a great analogy, but you get the picture ... I guess you're free to suspect anything you like.

I think we all knew that, Gil. The WC already had Norvell (via the FBI) and Day identify the bullet, of course, but showing it to Walker would have been a nice touch.

When asked why someone might have called CE 573 steel-jacketed, Frazier told the WC that the only reason he could think of was that some individuals commonly refer to rifle bullets as steel-jacketed. The same idea (that the term "steel-jacket" is a misnomer commonly applied to jacketed bullets) was expressed in the 1938 firearms identification book that I posted a page from earlier. It would be refreshing to see at least one of you guys show a bit of class and admit that Frazier's comment wasn't entirely made out of thin air to (say) appease the FBI director.

Ben and Gil on the case. What can possibly go wrong?

Bridges, Burtis C. Firearms Identification: The Science of Examining Guns and Ammunition Used in Crimes. Chicago Institute of Applied Science, 1938, p. 16

Works great! CE 2524 is a complete version of that letter, I notice. Includes the last (and not very interesting) page. https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1141#relPageId=762

Thanks, Tom. Appreciated. My googling only brought me to the DPUK website where it seems to be password-protected.