John Kowalski

John: I asked my contact not to read each file because this is time consuming. It will be faster if he copies all documents in each file. Not sure if he is going to pay to have them copied I believe that he has a camera and will copy each page. Thank you for your financial support, will update you if he does not copy all files.

John: I gave him a list of files and folders to copy. These files focus mainly on family history and genealogy. Do not want him to look for specific names, instead want him to copy whole files. This is a lot easier to do than reviewing files looking for specific people. He said that he had limited time to work on the files so I sent him the list below and told him that the files are listed in order of priority. box 1 folder: Biographical Material, 1923-1979 - approx. 100 pages box 4 folder 1: Biographical Clippings, 1928-1972 - approx. 20 pages box 4 folder 14: Blair Family Genealogy - approx. 10 pages box 5 folder 2: Gardos, Grace Blair and Emil (sister and brother-in-law), 1964-1980 - approx. 20 pages box 1 folder 2-4: Correspondence, 1941-1979 - approx. 400 pages box 4 folder 3a-3b: Correspondence, Miscellaneous, ca. 1943, 1947, 1957-1980, undated - approx. 300 pages box 2 folder 7: Legal Cases, 1946-1947 - approx. 30 pages

My contact at DPF told me that he will be going to Madison in a week or two to copy the Blair papers.

The problem with this video is that if we want to know LHO's state of mind on November 22, 1963 he would have had to been examined by a qualified psychologist. As we all know, he was not examined by one after he was arrested so this will question will never be answered. Another problem with psychological analysis is that it can't prove innocence or guilt. Even if it could be proven that he was mentally unbalanced, that in itself can't prove that he assassinated JFK.

Everyone: Link below is the finding aid for the Blair papers. Can you let me know which ones you want copied of and I will ask them for an estimate. If the cost is too high we can always wait until February or for when Jim will have time to go there. http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;view=text;rgn=main;didno=uw-whs-mss00234

A person who may be able to help us is Terri Tippit. She is Jack Tippit's daughter and she may know something about the call. Have tried to locate her but have not been able find her.

Jim: I will look into the Blair papers. The DP poster will be available on February 2 to access the papers.

Jim: Very interesting article. It's clear that the SSA is holding back information. Did John A. ever try to get a copy of their SSN applications? It would be interesting to see who applied for them and when. Did Lee and his mother apply for them and then their SSNs were given to Harvey? Did Harvey's caretaker use Lee's mother's SSN?

Jim: Did both Marguerites and Lee and Harvey apply for a social security number, and if yes did he obtain a copy of their SSN applications?

Jim: Has John A. reviewed Marguerite Oswald's papers?

Does anyone think that Harvey could have been Marguerite's real son and they both went underwent an identity change?

David: I should have said "mother." Been researching her and it has been tough going. Her origins are as difficult to locate and as important as Harvey's origins. Not sure if she did her patriotic duty because if she played a knowing part of Oswald project, then why did she not say anything to the Warren Commission or the press about the Oswald project? Do you believe she did her patriotic duty? She had a connection to Keith Thompson who was connected to far-right US politics, another interesting fact given her connection to the Oswald project.

David: Should this not also include Harvey's mother?

John B. Thank you for contacting Russ Geck. That was good work on your part. If he gets back to you with details about John Gardos he can be eliminated as being Harvey.

John B. Thanks, looks liked I missed that. Nancy Lee is another aspect of the H&L story that needs to be unraveled.

Jim: What does John A. have to say about Nancy lee Oswald, did he find this record when he was doing his research?

David: Thanks for the info. His homicide is suspicious given that money was not taken.

Paul: In this document Grossi admits to his connection to organized crime. Maybe the mafia played a role in the bogus rifle work being done in Irving.

Paul: In my earlier post I mentioned Grossi's relationship with Dial Ryder's sister Fleta. This document shows that they were married and later divorced. Grossi married Dial Ryder's sister Fleta.

Does anyone know what the relationship is between Jack D. Tippit and JD Tippit? If the caller was from New York, how did she know that Jack D. Tippit lived in Westport Connecticut?

Jack D. Tippit's son, Stephen Allen (1951-1980) was murdered. Doubt that there is any connection to the Tippit call but this is interesting.

Found this online, a short article about Jack D.Tippit. He flew bombers in WWII and the article includes a picture. https://books.google.ca/books?id=i3KpPpNL3JMC&pg=RA4-PP4&lpg=RA4-PP4&dq=jack+d+tippit+president+national+cartoonist&source=bl&ots=RJFiYX5ERi&sig=ACfU3U3BwQRPP5tq3JAskLrnwnqf9PMIGA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj77KyL9b_mAhULq1kKHWnTDnEQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=jack d tippit president national cartoonist&f=false

Heard back from my contact at DPF, he will be able to help us but not now. He will be available in early February. At that time I will ask everyone to tell me what they want reviewed and will pass this request on to him.

Paul: You make a good point about Grossi being an informant. If he was informing on someone they would want to hide this and his connection to the FBI. Grossi’s prison record, which is posted on this thread, has an entry for the time period in 1944 and it states “juvenile delinquency” while other entries show what crime he committed. The source for this entry is the FBI. Looks like they are trying to hide something about this crime. This is speculation on my part but when I was researching Albert Osborne aka John Howard Bowen I discovered that he worked with juveniles while working with the Camp Fire Council. He helped create this organization in the 1930s in Knoxville, TN. It’s goal was to provide activities for young boys who would otherwise might get into trouble with the law. Could Osborne have been the person who mentored Grossi in his teens and then got him the job at JCS? If he was this person, this connection would be too much to ignore.

Jim: No, they are 2 separate people. Albert Osborne was born in England in 1888 and served in the British Army before emigrating to the US in 1914. Grossi is US born. Osborne took the identity of a man named John Howard Bowen who was born in the US in 1880. Wrote a story about Osborne The Dual Life of Albert Osborne which is published on Kenendys and King. I was able to find a picture of the real John Howard Bowen and this is included in my story. Grossi had many aliases, one of which is John Bowen. Grossi's Leavenworth prison record is below. It has a lot of info about him, his family and other connections. https://archive.org/details/johngrossiprisonrecord