Suggestion for Dr. McAdams Website

.John,

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/harper.htm

In seeking any information regarding the Harper Fragment, on your
website you state, "it's possible 7 but only barely 7 that an animal
moved the bone between the time Kennedy was shot and the time Harper
discovered it over 24 hours later."

In and of itself, that statement seems acceptable enough. However,
would you agree that given there were numbers of people that walked
through there prior to Harper's discovery the next day, that perhaps
it's a higher likelihood that it was kicked by people, or may have
been moved by sticking to a shoe?

Also, I think the Harper Fragment "cannot currently be located."
Perhaps mention of that fact should appear on your web site. These are
mere respectful suggestions. I consult your web site alot, as do
others.
Thanks!
~Mark

On 24 Sep 2010 17:33:03 -0400, markusp <markinator@yahoo.com> wrote:

.John,

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/harper.htm

In seeking any information regarding the Harper Fragment, on your
website you state, "it's possible — but only barely — that an animal
moved the bone between the time Kennedy was shot and the time Harper
discovered it over 24 hours later."

In and of itself, that statement seems acceptable enough. However,
would you agree that given there were numbers of people that walked
through there prior to Harper's discovery the next day, that perhaps
it's a higher likelihood that it was kicked by people, or may have
been moved by sticking to a shoe?


I don't know. I would guess that somebody would have known had they
done that.

But be that as it may, it would take a lot of kicking to move it that
far.


Also, I think the Harper Fragment "cannot currently be located."
Perhaps mention of that fact should appear on your web site. These are
mere respectful suggestions. I consult your web site alot, as do
others.

It sounds like a good idea to say that the fragment is currently
unavailable, and it's unknown what happened to it.

Does anybody here know what happened to it -- or at least when we last
had any record of it?

.John
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http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/home.htm

On Sep 24, 8:130pm, John McAdams <john.mcad...@marquette.edu> wrote:

>However, would you agree that given there were numbers of people that walked
>through there prior to Harper's discovery the next day, that perhaps
>it's a higher likelihood that it was kicked by people, or may have
>been moved by sticking to a shoe?

I don't know. I would guess that somebody would have known had they
done that.

And I'd agree with you, although I should mention that in the immediate
aftermath, there were lots of people running across the grass on the south
side of Elm Street, and had some reason they were heading there, and so
something kicked or moved by their feet could easily have gone unnoticed.
These people also presumably made their way back across to where they came
from, which then reverses a lot of pedestrian traffic. My point is that
mention of the few animals that may have moved it is included, yet it
seems as though a higher likelihood worthy of mention is possible
inadvertent relocation due to people being present in the area.
Additionally, given the extraordinary presence of human activity in Dealey
Plaza over that 24- hour period, would we expect an animal to carry it
off?

The portion of your discourse on the fragments that are clearly visible in
the Z-film flying forward should not be affected by my suggestion of
lessening the importance of where the Harper Fragment was found. This
fragment did play a role in the HSCA FPP's conclusions of extent of skull
damage. It may not have moved whatsoever, and in that case, location of
discovery is quite important. > But be that as it may, it would take a lot
of kicking to move it that > far.

I'm afraid I don't understand that comment. When you say "that far", how
far did you mean? From where to where? Inadvertent relocation of the
Harper Fragment prior to Harper's discovery would lessen its support of
theories that take into account the location of its discovery.

It sounds like a good idea to say that the fragment is currently
unavailable, and it's unknown what happened to it.

As far as we know, Burkley admitted to receiving it, and claims to
have returned it to the FBI.

Does anybody here know what happened to it -- or at least when we last
had any record of it?

From Vince Palamara's work on your website:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/palamara/skullfragments.html

From Vince Palamara's blogsite:
http://palamaravince.blogspot.com/2010/01/jfk-medical-evidence-reference-pa=
rt-5.html

<quote on>

Billy Harper, after finding the skull fragment and taking it to Drs.
Harper and Cairns, spoke to FBI agent James Anderton, who notified the
Secret Service and was then immediately instructed by SAIC of PRS
Robert Bouck to send the fragment to the White House 3AND NO PUBLICITY
WHATSOEVER4, wrote Agent Anderton;
c) FBI lab sheets, 11/27/63; FBI 62-109060; FBI 62-109060-60, p. 2
[see 3Best Evidence4, p. 503]---the fragment was personally delivered
to Dr. Burkley. Burkley said it should be delivered to him 3so that in
the event this bone piece is from President Kennedy2s head it can be
enclosed in the autopsy reports.4 However, the fragment was NOT given
to the autopsy doctors, nor was it mentioned at the autopsy

<quote off>

Burkley does not mention receipt of the Harper Fragment in his Report
of Events at Mary Ferrel's site:
http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/The_Missing_Physician

It certainly is not listed in the inventory of items turned over from
Burkley & Bouck to Evelyn Lincoln:

http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docIdD334&rel=
PageIdD1

In Purdy's memo to file of 8-17-77, he noted that Burkley had received
a letter from Dr. Jack C. Harper (Harper's uncle) regarding the
fragment, and acknowledges receipt of this fragment while at the White
House, and recalls giving it to an unidentified FBI agent:
http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/md19/html/Image05=
.htm

Curiously, on Page 1 of Purdy's memo of 8-17-77, he noted that Dr.
Jack Harper kept a photograph of the skull fragment "for about a year
at which time the FBI took it from him."
http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/arrb/master_med_set/md19/html/Image00=
.htm

I've found no documentation concerning the Harper Fragment's ultimate
disposition. Burkley makes the claim, without supporting documentation,
that he was given the fragment by the FBI, had it in his possession for an
undetermined amount of time, then alleges to have returned it to an
unidentified FBI agent. It can be inferred that the FBI was aware that it
was missing when they confiscated the photograph of it from Dr. Harper
about a year later.

Thanks, .john!
~Mark