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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 363« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of William J. Waldman)

Mr. Waldman.
mount, we assign a different catalog number which describes the rifle, the scope and the mount.
Mr. Belin.
Did you ever sell any of these particular rifles with scopes and mounts?
Mr. Waldman.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Were these scopes and mounts purchased from the same source as the rifle itself?
Mr. Waldman.
No.
Mr. Belin.
Mr. Waldman, on Waldman Deposition Exhibit No. 1, does the date April 13, 1962, have anything to do with the time with which you received orders from customers of Klein's for any of these rifles?
Mr. Waldman.
That date has no reference to our activity with consumers as such. It only indicates in our buying of these rifles we changed from one model to another, both models being very similar.
Mr. Belin.
Both being the Mannlicher-Carcano 6.5 caliber rifle?
Mr. Waldman.
Correct.
Mr. Belin.
I'm going to hand you what has been marked as Waldman Deposition Exhibit 2 and ask you to state if you know what that is.
Mr. Waldman.
I do.
Mr. Belin.
What is it?
Mr. Waldman.
This is a delivery receipt from the Lifschultz Fast Freight covering 10 cases of guns delivered to Klein's on February 21, 1963, from Crescent Firearms.
Mr. Belin.
I note that there is some handwriting on Waldman Deposition Exhibit No. 2 that says, "Klein's Sporting Goods, Inc., J. A. Mueller, 2--21-63." Would that be one of your employees at that time?
Mr. Waldman.
He was. Mr. Mueller was in charge of our receiving department at that time.
Mr. Belin.
And do you know how many guns or rifles would have been packed in each carton or case?
Mr. Waldman.
Referring to the various delivery receipts, copies of which we have, these are packing slips, incidentally, not receipts; these were packing receipts included in each case. It was indicated there were 10 rifles in each case.
Mr. Belin.
I'm going to hand you what has been marked as Waldman Deposition Exhibit No. 3 and ask you to state if you know what this is.
Mr. Waldman.
Yes; these are memos prepared by Crescent Firearms showing serial numbers of rifles that were shipped to us and each one of these represents those rifles that were contained in a case.
Mr. Belin.
Now, you earlier mentioned that these were packed with the case.
Mr. Waldman.
Well, I would like to correct that. This particular company does not include these with the cases, but sends these memos separately with their invoice.
Mr. Belin.
Now, again, Waldman Deposition Exhibit No. 3 is a photostatic copy. Do you have the actual copies that came to you in front of you at this time?
Mr. Waldman.
I do.
Mr. Belin.
And is Waldman Deposition Exhibit No. 3 an accurate photostat of these other copies?
Mr. Waldman.
It is.
Mr. Belin.
I notice that there are numbers on each of these papers with 10 serial numbers each. I see here No. 3672, 3504 on the first photostat of Waldman Deposition Exhibit No. 3. Do you see that?
Mr. Waldman.
I do.
Mr. Belin.
I'm going to ask you to search through these 10 photostats and see if you find any invoice number that has on it a serial number, C-2766.
Mr. Waldman.
Crescent Firearms delivery memo No. 3620 covering carton or case No. 3376 does have a--indicate a rifle bearing serial No. 2766.
Mr. Belin.
Well, is it 2766 or is there a prefix to it?
Mr. Waldman.
There is a prefix, C-2766.
Mr. Belin.
And you see that as also a part of Waldman Deposition Exhibit No. 3; I believe you are reading from the actual document in your possession
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