Mr. Day. Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin. Was it wedged in very tight or could you readily lift it up without moving any boxes?
Mr. Day. It came out without moving any boxes. It wasn't wedged in.
Mr. McCloy. Am I to understand your testimony, Lieutenant, about the fingerprints to be you said you were positive—you couldn't make a positive identification, but it was your opinion that these were the fingerprints of Lee Oswald?
Mr. Day. Well, actually in fingerprinting it either is or is not the man. So I wouldn't say those were his prints. They appeared similar to these two, certainly bore further investigation to see if I could bring them out better. But from what I had I could not make a positive identification as being his prints.
Mr. McCloy. How about the palmprint?
Mr. Day. The palmprint again that I lifted appeared to be his right palm, but I didn't get to work enough on that to fully satisfy myself it was his palm. With a little more work I would have come up with the identification there.
Mr. Belin. Lieutenant Day, what is the fact as to whether or not palmprints are a sound means of identification of an individual?
Mr. Day. You have the same characteristics of the palms that you do the fingers, also on the soles of feet. They are just as good for identification purposes.
Mr. Belin. Is there anything else you did in connection with the rifle, the cartridges, the live cartridge, or the taking of prints from any of these metallic objects that you haven't talked about yet?