Why didn't LHO buy his 6.5 ammo from Klein's
I often wondered why LHO did not buy his 6.5 ammo from Klein's. I
believe that it was because of the warning in the coupon itself, and
elsewhere in the full page Klein's ad
"Handgun orders, and orders with ammo, are shipped express, charges
collect."
So, even if Lee had ordered ammo, at the same time he ordered the
rifle, the items would have been shipped separately. Hand guns and
ammunition were not shipped via U.S. Mail. This is why Seaport Traders
shipped LHOs 38 to Railway Express on Houston Street. All the ads in
the gun magazines advised the customer of that fact.
Hundreds of ads in the gun magazines advertised the ammo, and some
even warned the user about the percentage of MIS-FIRES expected
because of the age of the ammo.
Walzer Arms Inc. of Elmwood, N.Y. advertised 6.5 and 7.35 Carcano ammo
by the case of 1728 rounds for $51.28.AMERICAN RIFLEMAN 8-61.
Lee worked within a stones throw of Green's Dept. Store where they
sold both the rifle and the ammo.
I also wondered why Lee didn't buy both rifle and hand gun from one or
the other- Klein's or Seaport, since Seaport also advertised the MC in
the American Rifleman.
AFFIDAVIT
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION
ON THE ASSASSINATION OF
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Dallas, ss:
I, Albert C. Yeargan. Jr. 1922 Mayflower Drive, Dallas, Texas, being
duly sworn say:
1. I was the Sporting Goods Department Manager at the H. L. Green
Company, 1623 Main Street, Dallas. Texas. from the Summer of 1963
until March 13, 1964. I am now employed by Smitty's Sporting Goods,
111 West Jefferson Avenue, Dallas, Texas.
2. When I worked for the H. L. Green Company, it had in stock and was
offering for sale, a large number of Italian 6.5 mm rifles that were
surpluses from World War II.
3. On November 22, 1963, FBI Agents, Secret Service Agents, and I
examined all sales records and receipt records concerning Italian 6.5
mm rifles.
4. The records showed that the H. L. Green Company obtained its supply
of these Italian 6.5 mm rifles from the Crescent Firearms Company in
New York City.
5. A review of all of the records failed to reflect any record of sale
of a 6.5 mm rifle with the Serial Number C2766.
6. As far as I know, the H. L. Green Company was at that time the only
Company in Dallas that handled any quantity of these Italian 6.5 mm
rifles.
Signed the 21st day of July 1964.
(S) Albert C. Yeargan, Jr.,
ALBERT C. YEARGAN. Jr.
The clip:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Carcanoclip.jpg
No fingerprints were found on any of the shells or on the rifle clip.
The only print found on the rifle, was on a part covered when the
rifle was in one piece, and was found after Oswald's death, leading
some people to believe the print was made from Oswald's hand, at the
funeral home, after his death
One of the items returned to the police was the Oswald rifle which,
according to former FBI agent Richard Harrison, was taken to Miller
Funeral Home on Monday, Nov. 25, for the purpose of placing Oswald's
dead hand on the weapon for "comparison purposes." Funeral Director
Paul Groody confirmed that FBI agents "fingerprinted" Oswald's corpse
and that he had to rush to get the black ink off the body's hand
before burial.
--- (Jim Marrs, Crossfire, Carroll & Graf, 1989, p. 444.)
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