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Interviews with Carpenters Re Wood Panels Subsequent to the interview' with DiPierro, the District Attorney's Orfice made an effort to locate the person or persons. who extracted the wood seized by the L.A.P.D. from the crime scene. on June '5, 1968. These two carpenters, who were formerly employed. at the Ambassador Hotel, were subsequently interviewed by Deputy District Attorney Bozanich, and L.A.p.D. Officers Sartuche and. McDevitt. Carpenter Dale Poore stated in his December 1975 inter- view that he had been employed as a carpenter at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968. On that date he had been requested by two one inch in depth, from the center post of the double door area on the pantry side of the door located at the west end of the pantry. Before removing that material, he stated in his interview that he side of the center post). Poore felt that these two holes were higher than the other. But that after removing the wooden material, Poore did not recall looking to determine if the holes went through the material nor did he look at the underlying wood of the center post. The removed wood was immediately turned over to the two police officers. Poore remembers that the removed wood was pine and the underlying wood was fir, with the removed wood being significantly softer in texture than the underlying wood. people and stated on December 16, 1975, that he was employed as a carpenter at the Ambassador Hotel on June 5, 1968, and that he had been responsible for building the center post of the double door pue aseq you! t Aq t e Sugsn Aq Aunued ay? Jo apis qsam ay? uo eaue Jdg pue Buganj aan dog paan uaaq peu poon auad) 'gugoed youn n/e e wood was used for the base). On June 5, 1968, while inspecting the Haea ay? Jo Sugned ay? u! sanoy yannnq quaaedde omnu pagou pey portion (pantry side) of the center post. He had then looked at the. opposite end of the center post to see if there had been any corres- ponding or "through and through" hole on that side, and Harrington had observed none. He recalled that the next time he observed that area, unfinished wood facing was attached to the center post. He. did remember Mr. Poore's removal of the facing upon the L.A.P.D. request as a result of conversations with Mr.. Poore.. Examination of Wood Samplings do agannnq Bue aas gou pip faye gey? pagegs duanuaduen yneg any indication of bullets Iodged in the wood. However, based on the statements of L.A.P.D. Officers Rozzi and Wright, and witnesses DiPierro. Poore, and Harrington, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office conducted a thorough search of the Ambassador Hotel kitchen-pantry area in December, 1975, and seized wood. facings and underlying wood of the doorways which were part of or adjacent to the pantry area. These wood samplings were examined by scientific analysis in the early months of 1976, and Indicated no the wood panelings or wood facings. - 42 -