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{ - _ d. While Exhibit 47 and Exhibit 54% bullets did not match each other, neither did any one bullet match any of the three bullets contained in an envelope labeled Exhibit 55. It reported to contain three test bullets fired from Sirhan's gun after his arrest. But the serial number of the gun firing the three buliets was given as H18602 while the serial number of Sirhan's gun was H53725. e. At the Sirhan trial, it was concluded that Paul Schrade, standing behind Kennedy, was hit in the forehead by a bullet that went through the shoulder pad of Kennedy's coat. That would have had to have been a shot fired from in front of the two men, as both men were in one line of fire. But lab analysis of Kennedy's coat revealed the hole through the shoulder pad was a back to front shot as Wolfer himself testified, and that a bullet lodged in the ceiling, after striking Schrade, was never recovered. Harper felt this unrecovered bullet that went through Kennedy's shoulder pad could possibly have been a ninth bullet. ° Preliminary to a complaint and affidavit filed by Godfrey Isaac and Charach, Harper had written to Charach in a letter that "multiple gun shootings are not a rarity in police work. The capture of Sirhan with his gun at the scene resulted in a total mesmerization of the investigative effort. The well established teachings of criminalistics in forensic pathology were cast aside and bypassed in favor of a more expedient solution and unfor- tunately, an erroneous simplification." | Harper admitted during the 1971 investigation that he had compared these bullets to each other (People's 47 and People's 54), - but that he had not compared them to the test bullets in Exhibit 55. Moreover, his comparison was by means of photographic blowups, and not by means of the traditional and more authentic comparison exa- Mination use of microscopic camera equipment. Harper stated in his 1971 interview with District Attorney investigators that he wanted the opportunity to do further studies, to use a comparison micro- scope and compare evidence (victim) bullets to the test bullets in Exhibit 55, and perhaps examine a new set of test bullets taken from a new test firing of Sirhan's gun. Then, and only then, did Harper feel that he could make a final judgment. Complaint Filed b . Attorney Godfrey Isaac and rtneodore Charach On June 25, 1971, a complaint for disclosure of information (C-6027) was filed by Godfrey Isaac and Theodore Charach with the County Clerk's Office. The complaint alleged that criminalist DeWayne Wolfer had committed errors, and that the L.A.P.D. and Chief Davis had surpressed information regarding the murder of Senator Kennedy. Additionally, it was argued in the complaint that the surpression of evidence had been an attempt by officials involved in the Kennedy investigation to cover-up their own inade- quacy. However, the L.A.P.D. Board of Inquiry on the Wolfer matter in its October 11, 1971 report to Chief Davis, found that the above mentioned complaint was without substance or foundation. t - 22 =