Steve Thomas

Group 2 appears to be more of the same. Group 10 are the "Bill of Exceptions", the legal arguments why the defense felt Judge Brown was wrong when he overulled their objections. In each case Judge Brown dismisses their Exceptions. In one, the defense out and out says that Patrick Dean committed perjury on the stand when he claimed to be upstairs talking to Ruby with Forrest Sorrels, while contemporaneous news footage shows him downstairs being interviewed on TV. Other Exceptions include not allowing evidence that insanity ran in Ruby's family from being introduced at trial, and not allowing a change in venue. Steve Thomas Group 11 are the last of the Bill of Exceptions, and motions for changes in counsel for the defense for Ruby's Appeal. Then follows congratulatory telegrams sent to Wade from ordinary citizens and letters sent to Ruby while he was in jail. Steve Thomas Group 12 are letters to Ruby while he was in jail. Many are illegible, many are religious in nature. Some are congratulatory, some condemn him. Some people sent him $1.00. One person sent him six green stamps. On page 14 of pdf 32, Breck Wall and Joe Peterson sent him reviews of the Bottoms Up musical review published in the Houston Post. Steve Thomas Group 13. More letters to Jack Ruby and congratulatory telegrams to Henry Wade, some from other DA's around the country. Steve Thomas Group 14. Letters and telegrams to and from Henry Wade from friends and ordinary citizens. Most are congratulatory. Some are not. Some discussion concerning the death penalty. Letter from Wade to Donna Clark of Fort Worth dated March 25, 1964, a junior doing a term paper on JFK's assassination, "The shots came from the Texas School Book Depository and all of the facts indicated that the assassin was Lee Harvey Oswald, although the facts are circumstantial, there being no eyewitness that identified him." So much for Howard Brennan. pdf 56. An editorial from the November 26, 1963 issue of the Worker, calling for a special commission to investigate the assassination. pdf 60. Letter from Attorney William B. Moss, a friend of Reese Wade, Henry's brother, "If you need any fair and impartial jurors, I can send you a few that will give Ruby a fair and impartial trial, and hang the s.o.b." Page 22 of pdf 62 is the letter Watkins referred to in his press conference from the Town of Greenville. Strange to see on City Stationary, "Home of the Blackest Land, and the Whitest People." Steve Thomas

Group 2 appears to be more of the same. Group 10 are the "Bill of Exceptions", the legal arguments why the defense felt Judge Brown was wrong when he overulled their objections. In each case Judge Brown dismisses their Exceptions. In one, the defense out and out says that Patrick Dean committed perjury on the stand when he claimed to be upstairs talking to Ruby with Forrest Sorrels, while contemporaneous news footage shows him downstairs being interviewed on TV. Other Exceptions include not allowing evidence that insanity ran in Ruby's family from being introduced at trial, and not allowing a change in venue. Steve Thomas Group 11 are the last of the Bill of Exceptions, and motions for changes in counsel for the defense for Ruby's Appeal. Then follows congratulatory telegrams sent to Wade from ordinary citizens and letters sent to Ruby while he was in jail. Steve Thomas Group 12 are letters to Ruby while he was in jail. Many are illegible, many are religious in nature. Some are congratulatory, some condemn him. Some people sent him $1.00. One person sent him six green stamps. On page 14 of pdf 32, Breck Wall and Joe Peterson sent him reviews of the Bottoms Up musical review published in the Houston Post. Steve Thomas Group 13. More letters to Jack Ruby and congratulatory telegrams to Henry Wade, some from other DA's around the country. Steve Thomas

Browse the New York Times from 1851 - 1922. (I figure it won't be too long before they catch up to 1963) http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/browser Steve Thomas

Group 2 appears to be more of the same. Group 10 are the "Bill of Exceptions", the legal arguments why the defense felt Judge Brown was wrong when he overulled their objections. In each case Judge Brown dismisses their Exceptions. In one, the defense out and out says that Patrick Dean committed perjury on the stand when he claimed to be upstairs talking to Ruby with Forrest Sorrels, while contemporaneous news footage shows him downstairs being interviewed on TV. Other Exceptions include not allowing evidence that insanity ran in Ruby's family from being introduced at trial, and not allowing a change in venue. Steve Thomas Group 11 are the last of the Bill of Exceptions, and motions for changes in counsel for the defense for Ruby's Appeal. Then follows congratulatory telegrams sent to Wade from ordinary citizens and letters sent to Ruby while he was in jail. Steve Thomas Group 12 are letters to Ruby while he was in jail. Many are illegible, many are religious in nature. Some are congratulatory, some condemn him. Some people sent him $1.00. One person sent him six green stamps. On page 14 of pdf 32, Breck Wall and Joe Peterson sent him reviews of the Bottoms Up musical review published in the Houston Post. Steve Thomas

Group 2 appears to be more of the same. Group 10 are the "Bill of Exceptions", the legal arguments why the defense felt Judge Brown was wrong when he overulled their objections. In each case Judge Brown dismisses their Exceptions. In one, the defense out and out says that Patrick Dean committed perjury on the stand when he claimed to be upstairs talking to Ruby with Forrest Sorrels, while contemporaneous news footage shows him downstairs being interviewed on TV. Other Exceptions include not allowing evidence that insanity ran in Ruby's family from being introduced at trial, and not allowing a change in venue. Steve Thomas Group 11 are the last of the Bill of Exceptions, and motions for changes in counsel for the defense for Ruby's Appeal. Then follows congratulatory telegrams sent to Wade from ordinary citizens and letters sent to Ruby while he was in jail. Steve Thomas

Group 2 appears to be more of the same. Group 10 are the "Bill of Exceptions", the legal arguments why the defense felt Judge Brown was wrong when he overulled their objections. In each case Judge Brown dismisses their Exceptions. In one, the defense out and out says that Patrick Dean committed perjury on the stand when he claimed to be upstairs talking to Ruby with Forrest Sorrels, while contemporaneous news footage shows him downstairs being interviewed on TV. Other Exceptions include not allowing evidence that insanity ran in Ruby's family from being introduced at trial, and not allowing a change in venue. Steve Thomas

Group 2 appears to be more of the same. The first 3 pdf files were all posted upside down. You have to save them to your hard drive, and then using Adobe, rotate them. I had to laugh. At one point Belli is arguing with Judge Brown on the statements given by police officers. The defense has not been allowed to see them. Finally, Ass't DA William Alexander introduces one as state's evidence, but it is a photostatic copy and Belli hasn't had the chance to examine it to see if it is authentic. Belli says' "Judge, these may be as valid as a Chinese laundry ticket, as far as I know." He demands to see the originals. He is refused. Belli asks, "Are we back in the Middle Ages, Judge, that we can't see the original of a document?" The Court: "Yes, Sir." Steve Thomas

Peter, I think it's going to depend on time of day. I was really frustrated trying to get in Friday afternoon, but early Monday morning (the 25th) there was no problem. This is going to be slow going. Group 1 is the transcript of the interrogation of various police officers (Graves, Archer, Clardy, McMillan, etc) at Ruby's trial relative to the facts and circumstances surrounding Oswald's murder by Ruby. In several of the PDF's (PDF 4, %a, and another one), half of the PDF's are posted upside down. Wade attempted to get two things across: 1) Ruby told the arresting officers that he tried to shoot Oswald three times, but the police were too fast for him; and, 2) That he (Ruby) intended to "kill the son of the bitch." there was some curious interplay between the defense counsel and a couple of the officers that statements written out or their supervisors differed from the testimony they were giving at trial. Judge Brown refused to allow those statements from being introduced as evidence. The defense counsel also objected to allowing any statements made by Ruby after his arrest should be disallowed. Brown overruled their objections. Steve Thomas

John, I myself have doubted that this transcript was for a movie. I think what it is, is that Wade asked Jarnigan to write out what he allegedly overheard in the Carousel. I suspect that this is Jarnigan's original statement to Wade. It's odd. I believe that this transcript was marked "Plaintiff's Exhibit." Since Wade was the plaintiff in the Ruby case, I wonder if he intended to introduce it at trial. Steve Thomas

John, I was looking at George Joannides fitness reports in the Miscellaneous CIA Series on the Mary Farrell Foundation web site. There are several of them, and there are some that he signed as the employee being reviewed as aka Walter D. Newby. If you run the name Walter D. Newby in the search function, you come up with several hits of Walter D. Newby being introduced in late 1962 as the new case officer of AMSPELL. Steve Thomas

Greg, Not that it helps you out any, but at one time, the FBI had three pictures of him. See this page: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...mp;relPageId=20 Steve Thomas

Chris, While in Jarnagin's statement, he calls Robin Hood a "client", in her FBI interview, she says that they were dating. See her FBI interview here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=599 Steve Thomas

Bill, I don't have a transcript, but if you'd like to see the press conference, you can find it here: http://cbs11tv.com/video/?cid=7 Channel 11's video library - it's on the third page. PS: It's kind of coincidental that on the same day that the DA holds his press conference, the Dallas Police Department's web site was hacked. Steve Thomas

Bernice, You can also read Jarnagin's letter to Hoover and an 8 page statement from him in CD 86 beginning on page 559 here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...bsPageId=335594 Steve Thomas

Channel 11 archived the news conference in their video library. You should be able to pick it up here: http://cbs11tv.com/video/?cid=7 Steve Thomas

Peter, The transcript more or less mirrors the account of Dallas Attorney, Carroll Jarnagin. You can find his account in CD 86 beginning around page 558. The DPD Archives has the transcript of a lie detector test administered by Paul Bentley. Bentley's conclusion was that Jarnagin made the whole thing up. Steve Thomas

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Sorry, wrong link. This is the right one. http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/contentDetai...DFFC49A6FCD178D Steve Thomas

Warning: This is way not exactly OT adult humor On a lighter note http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/contentDetai...35B9EB139C3603D Steve Thomas

There have been a lot of things over the last couple of years, but this one is about the scariest. "This business owner says he attended a small InfraGard meeting where agents of the FBI and Homeland Security discussed in astonishing detail what InfraGard members may be called upon to do. “The meeting started off innocuously enough, with the speakers talking about corporate espionage,” he says. “From there, it just progressed. All of a sudden we were knee deep in what was expected of us when martial law is declared. We were expected to share all our resources, but in return we’d be given specific benefits.” These included, he says, the ability to travel in restricted areas and to get people out. But that’s not all. “Then they said when—not if—martial law is declared, it was our responsibility to protect our portion of the infrastructure, and if we had to use deadly force to protect it, we couldn’t be prosecuted,” he says." Full article here: http://www.progressive.org/mag_rothschild0308 Steve Thomas

Pat, Thanks, but I can't take credit. Someone in the alt.conspiracy.jfk newsgroup first posted that. Steve Thomas

Approximately 8,000 pages are available. http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/02/05/19923/ The documents themselves are available here: http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/eadGetDoc....C019.09.EAD.xml Steve Thomas

Bill, Go to the FBI's JFK Assassination File, Section 180, p. 342 here: http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...bsPageId=787496 TROPUS stood for Travel of the President in the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It was a method of the FBI sharing information with the Secret Service on persons who were considered to be a threat, not only to the President, but also employees of federal, state and local governments and officials of foreign governments. It was a program instituted after JFK's assassination. Steve Thomas

Francesca, Why is Oswald's address listed on that employee list as being '605 Elsbeth Steet' when he left there in March of 63 (according to the WR) *before* he ever started work at the TSBD in October? By that time he would have been living at 1026 North Beckley. Did LHO mistakenly give Elsbeth as his address when starting work there? Otherwise how would it have been known? Something doesn't quite add up somewhere........ Another document also giving his address as 605 Elsbeth: When LHO applied for a job at the TSBD, he gave 2515 W. 5th St in Irving as his address. Lt. Jack Revill told the Warren Commission that he got the address from Detective Bob Carroll, who rode in the car with Oswald from the Texas Theater to Dallas Police Headquarters. Later, he would call SS Agent Forrest Sorrels and tell him that Bob Carroll, who was driving the Texas Theater arrest car looked back over the seat and read the address off the library card and made a mistake with the street number. See Warren Commission Document 948 http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=2 Revill told the WC that he composed his Report about 30 minutes to an hour after his encounter with FBI Agent Hosty in the Police Department basement, which took place around 2:45 to 2:50 PM. Steve Thomas

Bill, I actually ran across the book while trying to research Sylvia's sister Sarita. Sullivan apparently says in her book that Sarita was a member of something she called, "the Directorate." I'm going under the assumption that she was referring to the Student Directorate, or DRE. It was Sarita that the three men who came to Sylvia's apartment were looking for. Sarita was a student at the University of Dallas. So was Fermin de Goicochea, aka George Parrell. I read the other day that George? Nonte from Fort Hood met both John Thomas Masen and George Parrell. Masen told Ellsworth that de Goicochea was trying to buy arms from him including bazookas. (FNU) Othan, who took over as the leader of the DRE in Dallas told the FBI that one of the reasons the DRE wasn't so successful in Dallas was that the number of Cuban students in Dallas was so small. I don't think that it is inconceivable that Sarita would have known de Goicochea. Warren Commission Document #320 is a memo from SS Agent Rowley. On page 162 of that Report there is a newspaper article from October 27, 1963 - I can't make out which paper - concerning the Stevenson incident. In the article, Bobbie Joiner said there was no preplanning for Stevenson incident, but that, “some of the signs used were stored at former Major General Edwin A. Walker’s headquarters on Turtle Creek Blvd.” http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...p;relPageId=162 This was the same incident that Larry Schmidt took credit for in one of his letters to Bernard Weissman, in which he said that he had recruited 10 - 12 college students to picket Stevenson in October of 1963. Did some of those students come from the University of Dallas? Alpha-66 members Juan Quintana and Raoul Castro were also at that demonstration. In an 11/29/63 FBI interview, Lucille Connell said that Sylvia has said that Oswald had attended anti-Castro meetings and she found him to be "brilliant and clever". However, in a April 5, 1976 letter from Dave Marston to Gaeton Fonzi, Marston talks about interviewing Lucille Connell. Marston says that Lucille Connell told him that Sylvia didn't say she had gone to meetings where Oswald was present and heard him speak, it was her sister who said that. http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/...amp;relPageId=5 Which kind of corroborates what Sylvia told the WC, that she didn't go to political meeting because they upset her: "She (Connell) went to that meeting (with John Martino). I did not go, because they kept it quiet from me so I would not get upset about it." "She was one of the ones that went to the meeting. Mr. LIEBELER. Mrs. Connell? Mrs. ODIO. Yes; and my sister Annie went, too." And in 1976, Connell told Marston that Sylvia didn't go to political meetings. Sylvia told the WC that Connell had confused Oswald with Martino as the person who was "clever and brilliant", but I think Sylvia was trying to cover up for her sister, although I don't know if it was Annie or Sarita that she was trying to cover for. In their book, Oswald Talked, The La Fontaines write: "It's possible to envision one such meeting at Silvia's Davis [street] apartment in which Oswald -- brilliant, clever, and perverse, as she described him -- may have been holding forth in the company of a youthful anti-Castro group, male friends and acquaintances of Silvia and Sarita. Let's suppose further that at this gathering Silvia found herself listening with concern as the conversation took a slightly crazy turn. President Kennedy was coming to town shortly, and the guys started dwelling on how he needed to be killed, not only for his string of "betrayals" beginning with the Bay of Pigs, but to precipitate a US invasion of Cuba (the assassination would be pinned on Castro's agents)" I don't think that Sylvia is at the heart of the matter, I think it's Sarita. Steve Thomas