Mr. Wade. I think someone told me that but I am not an expert on guns. I don't believe I ever saw this gun except from a distance. I think that Saturday night—Friday night, the 22d when they were taking it to Washington, I saw somebody take it through homicide and give it to the FBI and from a distance, I never did examine it.
Mr. Rankin. In your testimony you were not entirely sure as to whether Chief Curry had the gun during the press conference?
Mr. Wade. No; I am not. I remember seeing some officer wave that gun around. I was tying it into Chief Curry but it could have been the day before, because that gun actually should have still been in Washington on the 23d.
Mr. Rankin. Yes.
Mr. Wade. I am deducting, I think probably that I saw someone else with the gun, rather than Chief Curry.
Mr. Rankin. Did you in any press conference describe anything about paraffin tests?
Mr. Wade. I told them they gave him paraffin tests. I believe that—I am not positive what I told them, but what I was told, they found paraffin on one hand—powder showed positive on one hand. I don't know which one, but I remember the police told me the paraffin test was positive on one hand. I don't know which hand.
Mr. Rankin. Did you indicate what that meant in terms of the effect on crime or its investigation?
Mr. Wade. Well, of course, it meant that a man had fired a gun if they find powder on his hands. I assume I have told them that. I think that was Sunday night when we were laying out the evidence, so far as I know. I don't think that was prior to his being killed. It was, it shouldn't have been done, but I think that was Friday night.
Mr. Rankin. That is all I have, Mr. Chief Justice. Mr. Dulles has a few questions.