That was an incident witnessed by DMN photographer Joe Laird on Main Street. The story died on November 22, 1963 and I revived in 2000. I had Gary Mack working on it in 1991.
Denis -
From an unpublished account by Laird a few weeks after the assassination:
He was at the sw corner of Main & Harwood with UPI photographer Daryll
Heikes (the Museum has Heikes' original negatives.) They ran along with the
limo but "were unable to keep pace."
About three blocks from there, he heard "someone to my right, shouting "SLOW
DOWN, WAIT, STOP! It distracted me, causing me to run into the rear of a
motorcycle."
He wrote that an SS agent on LBJ's car "dismounted and shove a young man
head first to the pavement." After the motorcade passed, he "was unable to
locate the person I'd seen dumped so forceably."
That's all he wrote, but now we know where it happened. Youngblood was the
only SS man in LBJ's car, but there were three other SS men in the car
behind. One of them must have been the one who tackled the guy.
Sorry, I can't send you what Laird wrote, but it will probably be published
soon, and I'll let you know when it happens.
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Mack
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 1:08 PM
To: 'Denis Morissette'
Cc: Gary Mack
Subject: RE: Did a boy try to warn JFK that he would be killed?
Denis -
I've never heard this story, but am sending it to a reporter friend at The
Dallas Morning News. I'll let you know what happens. Laird, by the way, is
retired but still an active part-time photographer for the News. As I
recall, he was on the south side of Main near Harwood, which means the youth
was running west from there along the north side of Main.
I think the Toronto reporter made an improper assumption that he might have
had advance knowledge of the assassination. First, why would a "youth," a
term usually used for teens or early 20's people, know anything about such a
plot? Second, the youth could have had any number of other, less sinister,
reasons for wanting the President to stop. Third, he certainly could have
been some kind of nut with a Kennedy obsession.
The News photographer Laird referred to was Walt Sisco, who shot the classic
color motorcade photo we have in our exhibit and visitors center. It's the
one from an upper floor on the passenger side and shows motorcycle officer
Bobby Hargis just to the left of the car. Sisco, who's been dead since the
60's, shot three quick stills. The others no longer exist and the negative
of the remaining picture is also lost.
But it's an interesting story and I'm going to pursue it. Thanks for
sending it!
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Morissette [mailto:denismorissette@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 12:40 PM
To: Gary Mack
Subject: Did a boy try to warn JFK that he would be killed?
Hello Gary,
I came across an interesting article published in the
Toronto Star on November 25, 1963. The source of the
story is photographer Joe Laird of the Dallas Morning
News you may have known.
What do you think of that story, and was it published
in the USA?
Thanks for your help and have a great year 2001!
Denis