Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-14
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cts from which all the leau ndu peeh
carefully separated without loss of any
of the jacket and find they weighed
g.. oe. 81 .O7, 1913 grains respectively, or
a little over two grains more than the
Jacket which was found on the body
and which must have lost couple OF
grains in weight.
Third, the bullet found in the arm oil
Matthias Pare is not a 5000 bullet or
any portion thereof because DR.. Whit
tier has testified that this bullet
weighed only 53.7 grains and on anaIy-
sis he found it contained FL per cent.
Of tin, both of which facts are utterly
inconsistent with it's being a 1880 bull
let. l have analysed the leaden por-
tions and also the jackets separately
of many 30.3O bullets and have not
found the least trace of tin in any OF
them The leaden portion of the 3O.3o
has in every case contained over 999.69
per cent. of lead, the balance being
small amount of zinc present as accl-
lental impurity and mere traces OF
copper, nickel, etc. Tin when present
n 4 bullet must always have been pur-
Dosely added by the manufacturer to
larden the bullet and as the main pur-
pose in Il mushroom bullet is to have 1t
soft pointed SO it will flatten on I'M
)act. The addition of tin would defeat
the very end which it is sought to ac-
;omplish in these mushroom bullets
Zinc, copper and nickel are common
ores which are associated with lead
ores and in refining the lead it is hard
% eliminate all traces Of these. Tin, on
he contrary is not an associated ore
with lead ores and when present in
bullet must have been added by the
manufacturer. l have weighed many
1920 bullets, both the jacket and lead
en portion together. and the leaden
portion separate and the lightest one
found weighed 1883 grains with the
Jacket and the leaden portion weighed
1855 grains when separated from the
jacket.
Fourth. I am inclined to believe that
the bullet found in the arm of Matthias
Pare is % bullet because:-I have
obtained catalogues from all the lead
ing gun manufacturers Of the country
and have ordered from them or pur-
chased such shells and bullets as were
listed which weighed under so grains
have weighed and analysed many
that tin was often added to certain
small caliber bullets for the purpose
Of hardening them. The only small
caliber bullet (by small caliber l mean
bullets weighing under so grains and
being consequently 81 caliber or under)
which have been able to obtain which
satisfied the conditions of weighing
near to 53.7 grains and containing tin
is 80 caliber bullet advertised to
weigh 60 grains. a bullet which weigh
ed 53.51 grains was given to me by
Fir. Morcy and on analysis was found
to contain 1.19 per cent. Of tin and
1851 per cent, of lead One of a lot
of % caliber swaged bullets which l
ordered from Montgomery, Ward &
60. Of Chicago, weighed 59.F grains
and contained 1.53 per cent. of tin and
as.51 per cent. of lead. This style of
bullets can be bought in many places
for loading into - shells at home, and
can be readily 50 loaded by anybody.
The composition and weight Of these
bullets is not inconsistent with that
found in Pare's body. because DR..
Winters analysis which according to
his own testimony might be erroneous
owing to dirt on the bullet analysed
by him. and his analysis certainly was
erroneous because the total of the tin
and lead found by him footed only
Sc. IS per cent. leaving a serious deficit.
The bullet found in the body of Pare
might easily lose four grains in weight
by being fired from q rifle and in the
other vicissitudes through which it
went before it was finally weighed by
pr Whittier.
For these reasons enumerated l have
reached and am prepared to testify to
nv conclusions as given herewith.
Very respectfully.
o. W. KNIGHT.