"There isn't an iota of evidence that a mauser was on the sixth floor of the TSBD that afternoon"
on 11-22-63 Deputy Boone wrote:....Quote...
.APPEARED to be a 7.65 mauser. "appeared to be" is NOT a positive ID.
And the
next day SaPersonay 11-23 -63 Seymour Weitzman wrote in his hand written affidavit said ...Quote...
"This rifle was a 7.65 Mauser bolt action, equipped with a 4 /18 scope, a thick leather brownish /black leather sling on it. The time the rifle was found was 1:22 pm. Captain Fritz took charge of the rifle & ejected 1 live round from the chamber . I then went back to the office after this." .....Unquote.
BINGO!!!...... I now understand the mess...... They displayed a Mauser to Weitzman on Friday afternoon (or SaPersonay morning) and lead him to believe that it was the rifle that had been found on the sixth floor. So when Weitzman wrote his affidavit on SaPersonay 11-23-63 he assumed the rifle was a mauser.