Lee Harvey Oswald was hired on October 15, 1963, by the Texas School Book Depository as an “order filler.”[C4-204] He worked principally on the first and sixth floors of the building, gathering books listed on orders and delivering them to the shipping room on the first floor.[C4-205] He had ready access to the sixth floor,[C4-206] from the southeast corner window of which the shots were fired.[C4-207] The Commission evaluated the physical evidence found near the window after the assassination and the testimony of eyewitnesses in deciding whether Lee Harvey Oswald was present at this window at the time of the assassination.
Commission Exhibit No. 1301
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SIXTH FLOOR SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OF CARTONS SHORTLY AFTER SHOTS WERE FIRED.
Commission Exhibit No. 1302
APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF WRAPPING-PAPER BAG AND LOCATION OF PALM PRINT ON CARTON NEAR WINDOW IN SOUTHEAST CORNER. (HAND POSITION SHOWN BY DOTTED LINE ON BOX)
Palmprints and Fingerprints on Cartons and Paper Bag
Below the southeast corner window on the sixth floor was a large carton of books measuring approximately 18 by 12 by 14 inches which had been moved from a stack along the south wall.[C4-208] Atop this carton was a small carton marked “Rolling Readers,” measuring approximately 13 by 9 by 8 inches.[C4-209] In front of this small carton and resting partially on the windowsill was another small “Rolling Readers” carton.[C4-210] These two small cartons had been moved from a stack about three aisles away.[C4-211] The boxes in the window appeared to have been arranged as a convenient gun rest.[C4-212] (See Commission Exhibit No. 1301, [p. 138].) Behind these boxes was another carton placed on the floor on which a man sitting could look southwesterly down Elm Street over the top of the “Rolling Readers” cartons.[C4-213] Next to these cartons was the handmade paper bag, previously discussed, on which appeared the print of the left index finger and right palm of Lee Harvey Oswald.[C4-214] (See Commission Exhibit No. 1302, [p. 139].)