CE399 was in the hands of Officer Todd by the evening of 22Nov63, before the FBI had done a full inspection of the limo. How did the conspirators know that the fragments found in the car would not account for all three bullets fired?
Because they were conspiring. The Carcano and 3 empty hulls found in the alleged sniper's nest. You think more than 3 bullets or any that didn't match the Carcano would be found?
Here's Hoover telling LBJ that the bullet slivers found in the limo aren't very valuable for identification and they'll test the intact bullet with the TSBD Carcano after they finish testing it for fingerprints. Yet he's already telling LBJ that it
"seems almost impossible to think that for twenty-one dollars you could kill the President of the United States." Before the bullets and the gun have been linked, Ozzie's fate was a foregone conclusion.
11/23/63
J. Edgar Hoover: I just wanted to let you know of a development which I think is very important in connection with this case -
this man in Dallas (Lee Harvey Oswald). We, of course, charged him with the murder of the President. The evidence that they
have at the present time is not very, very strong. We have just discovered the place where the gun was purchased and the shipment
of the gun from Chicago to Dallas, to a post office box in Dallas, to a man - no, to a woman by the name of "A. Hidell."... We
had it flown up last night, and our laboratory here is making an examination of it.
Lyndon B. Johnson: Yes, I told the Secret Service to see that that got taken care of.
J. Edgar Hoover: That's right. We have the gun and we have the bullet. There was only one full bullet that was found. That was on
the stretcher that the President was on. It apparently had fallen out when they massaged his heart, and we have that one.
We have
what we call slivers, which are not very valuable in the identification. As soon as we finish the testing of the gun for fingerprints
... we will then be able to test the one bullet we have with the gun. But the important thing is that this gun was bought in Chicago
on a money order. Cost twenty-one dollars, and it seems almost impossible to think that for twenty-one dollars you could kill the
President of the United States.