Mr. Stombaugh. Of the butt plate, and at the time the brush folded these down into the crevice.
Mr. Eisenberg. What led you to the particular conclusion that they had been folded into the crevice by the dusting?
Mr. Stombaugh. Because of the presence of fingerprint powder being down in and through the crevice here. It looked as if it had been dusted with a brush. You could make out the bristlemarks of the brush itself.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now assuming your conclusion is accurate that they were dusted into the crevice, and had not been in the crevice originally but had merely adhered to the jagged edge, how much—how rough a handling would it have taken to have gotten them loose from that jagged edge?
Mr. Stombaugh. Well, I would imagine if one took a brush and started brushing pretty hard these would have worked loose and come out.
Mr. Eisenberg. Would the use of the weapon itself have jarred them loose?
Mr. Stombaugh. I doubt it. I doubt it.
Mr. Eisenberg. I am talking now about the jagged edge position, and not the crevice position.
Mr. Stombaugh. You mean breaking them loose? They were adhering to the jagged edge.
Mr. Eisenberg. Yes.