Mr. Eisenberg. Now, before going to this fingerprint or this palmprint rather, Mr. Latona, we have palmprints, a palmprint here on this 649, and a finger and a palm on 641, and those are the only identified prints on these two objects.
Is it possible that Lee Harvey Oswald could have touched these two cartons at other places without leaving identifiable prints?
Mr. Latona. He could have.
Mr. Eisenberg. And how would that come about?
Mr. Latona. Simply by the fact that he did not have any material on his finger at the time he touched the box.
Mr. Eisenberg. So that you can touch a carton at one point and leave a print, and at another point not, is that right?
Mr. Latona. Very definitely, that is true.
Mr. Eisenberg. And when you say he doesn't have any material, how would that come about? Will he have used his material up, or not produced material with the particular finger?
Mr. Latona. He could have used it up and failed to produce it fast enough to have left anything at the time he touched that.
Mr. Eisenberg. Is it uncommon or common for you to find an object which a person has touched more than once but only left one identifiable print?