Mr. Ball. Rough wood, was it?
Mr. Weitzman. Yes, sir; rough wood.
Mr. Ball. And it was equipped with a scope?
Mr. Weitzman. Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball. Was it of Japanese manufacture?
Mr. Weitzman. I believe it was a 2.5 Weaver at the time I looked at it. I didn't look that close at it; it just looked like a 2.5 but it turned out to be a Japanese scope, I believe.
Mr. Ball. Didn't you, when you went over to the railroad yard, talk to some yardman?
Mr. Weitzman. I asked a yardman if he had seen or heard anything during the passing of the President. He said he thought he saw somebody throw something through a bush and that's when I went back over the fence and that's when I found the portion of the skull. I thought it was a firecracker portion; that's what we first were looking for. This was before we knew the President was dead.
Mr. Ball. Did the yardman tell you where he thought the noise came from?
Mr. Weitzman. Yes, sir; he pointed out the wall section where there was a bunch of shrubbery and I believe that's to the right where I went over the wall where the steampipe was; that would be going north back toward the jail.