My question, is why didn't he place the rifle back in the bag, even if it only partially hid the rifle it may have caused delayed its discovery for several hours.
Anthony,
Maybe his fingers were too greasy from the fried chicken.
-- MWT
PS What would it have mattered? The police would have figured out pretty quickly (as they did) that he had gotten out of Dodge, and with the statements of that mystery witness to officer Sawyer, and Brennan to whomever, they would have been looking for Robert E. Webster pretty doggone soon.
(Oops. I just regressed back into my "the evil, evil, evil CIA killed JFK" mode. That high heel-wearin' Bart Kamp I mean Bettina(?) brings that out of me ...)