The exact make and model of the rifle is one of the controversies that continue to swirl around Kennedy's assassination 48 years after the fact.Дorothy, who is the director of bands at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, said he became interested in the various theories surrounding Kennedy's death while teaching in Tennessee in 1984. 'That was the first document I've ever seen - from someone who was there - that indicated the rifle they found was a Mauser, not a Mannicher-Carcano,' Dorothy said. So he wrote his 'Decker letter' saying he had been involved in the search of the building, and had found what 'appeared to be a 7.65 Mauser with a telescope sight on the rifle.' As part of his duties, Boone said, he was required to notify the sheriff of anything peculiar that occurred during his shift. On the day of the shooting, Boone discovered a rifle later linked to Lee Harvey Oswald on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. 22, 1963.Д«oone was a Dallas sheriff's deputy when President John F. On A, in black and white, was a photo of part of a letter Gene Boone wrote to Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker on Nov. Controversy still swirls around rifle used in JFK assassinationДЄBILENE, Texas - Wayne Dorothy was reading his Sunday Abilene Reporter-News when he almost fell out of his chair, he said.

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