Bill Brown

It's not that some don't believe Roberts when she says Oswald left in a jacket/coat. It's that many simply don't want to have to address the fact that Oswald left in a jacket and then is seen on Jefferson with no jacket. To get around having to address this very real issue, they try to argue that we can't know for sure that Oswald left in a jacket at all. Personally, I doubt Oswald owned any zip-up shirts and the shirt he was wearing when arrested was definitely not a zip-up.

I lived in Houston as a kid for about three years (during the days of Luv Ya Blue/Earl Campbell teams and the rainbow uniforms of the Astros). I saw the Reds play in the Astrodome a few times. J.R. Richard was a beast.

I heard it years ago. Someone posted the interview over at the JFK Assassination Forum. I'll see if I can find it. But, make no mistake, it was on the radio on the afternoon of the assassination and she said it was a short grey coat.

That's interesting stuff, Pat. I'm into the Manson/Tate/LaBianca story almost as much as I am interested in the Kennedy assassination (almost). I visited the top of Cielo Drive back in the summer of 2016. Coincidentally, I just visited the location of Spahn Ranch on Santa Susanna Pass about six weeks ago. Though I didn't step onto the grounds, I went by there because I just wanted to see it (though these days, there's really nothing to see unless you go hiking onto the property). I've heard about the Manson rock you're referring to and I've heard that some of the lumber from the buildings can still be found out there, bulldozed over the hillside after the place caught fire in 1971 (I believe). Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was a great movie, imo. Interesting to read your comments about Corriganville. Good stuff.

I didn't save any of the ticket stubs from Riverfront. Between the Reds and the Bengals, I must have went to Riverfront at least sixty times over the years. I prefer it over GABP (though I like the real grass over the Astroturf). P.S. There will never be another Marty & Joe.

On the afternoon of the assassination, Roberts told a radio reporter that Oswald left in a "short grey coat".

I'm with ya, David. I miss Riverfront Stadium. The blue seats, green seats, yellow seats and red seats combined with the green Astroturf made it all very colorful. Not to mention the great memories of winning teams.

Greg, you state that the paper bag was thrown from a car window. In Dale Myers' blog, he points out that this isn't said anywhere. Where did you get it from? And by the way, it was found more than just a "few blocks" away from the Carousel Club.

I agree that none of these guys should be signing these photos and still-frame copies. I find this to be in poor taste. On a side note Pat, I would love to own a piece of the house at 10050 Cielo Drive.

I think you should read my post again. Point is, the prints were fresh and completely unrelated to any prints Oswald may have left behind over the previous five weeks.

No. She did not say dark coat. She said "short coat". [edit, pointed out by David Von Pein seconds before my post]

Even if the jacket/coat that Oswald put on while back in his room was rainbow-colored, why did he ditch it by the time he was seen on Jefferson in front of the shoe store?

Do you still stand by your claim that Scoggins was actually lying in the street? You use the claim as a crutch to support your idea that he never saw the killer's face. I've never seen anything anywhere saying that Scoggins was actually lying down in the street. Since you're using it (lying in the street beside the cab) as a crutch for your claim (that he never saw the killer's face), it matters. Where did you get it from?

Of what significance is the chain of custody for Tippit's service revolver?

Sounds like a pretty fair comment by Myers. And yet he is constantly accused of having a natural bias in favor of Oswald's guilt.

Well then it must be true. 🙄

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In the sniper's nest, there were four boxes used in connection with the shooting. One large box containing books and then two of the smaller "Rolling Readers" boxes atop the large box of books. The fourth box was on the floor behind the stack of three, obviously used as a seat. On one of the Rolling Readers boxes at the window, Oswald's left palmprint and his right index fingerprint were found. The employees laying the floor moved the large boxes of books from the west end of the floor over to the east end. However, the "Rolling Readers" boxes did not need to be moved, i.e. they weren't over on the west end where the new floor was being placed down. The two "Rolling readers" boxes in the sniper's nest were originally about three aisles over from the sniper's nest window and were taken to that window for the purposes of being used as a gun rest. The "Rolling Readers" boxes didn't contain books. On the box on the floor, the one used as a seat, Day, using powder, dusted the box and developed a palmprint. Latona examined the print and found it to be from Oswald's right palm. Because Day used a powder to develop the print, Latona stated that not too long a time had passed between the time the print was placed on the box and the time it was developed by Day. Powder cannot develop prints beyond a certain point in time. FBI experiments showed that twenty-four hours was a likely maximum time between the print being placed on the box and the time it was developed by the powder. However, Latona would only state that he could only testify with certainty that the print was less than three days old. Arthur Mandella (fingerprint expert, NYPD), examined the prints and agreed that they belonged to Oswald. Mandella was of the opinion that the palmprint developed by Day (using the powder) from the box on the floor (the one used as a seat) was probably made within a day to a day and a half of the examination made on the 22nd. Oswald could obviously have handled the boxes as part of his normal work duties. Fingerprints were taken from the twelve Depository employees who may have had cause to handle the boxes (found in the sniper's nest) as part of their normal work duties as well. Other identifiable prints were developed on the boxes. These prints were compared with the fingerprints of all other employees as well as law enforcement personnel who handled the boxes. None of the identifiable prints belonged to any of the other employees. Point being, the larger box on the sniper's nest floor used as a seat, was moved by the floor laying crew at some point earlier in the week. Day dusted this box with powder and developed a palmprint, which Latona said belonged to Oswald. The process of using the powder develops prints based on perspiration and therefore would not find prints older than one to three days (time frame dependent on which fingerprint expert you listen to). While it's possible to handle the boxes and not leave a print at all, it's also likely as possible that Oswald was the only person to handle that box at any point in time past Tuesday the 19th (per Latona's three days out). Or, if you go by Mandella of the NYPD, Oswald could have been the only person to handle that box after Wednesday the 20th. If you go by the FBI's experiments, Oswald was possibly the only person to handle that box after Thursday the 21st. Oswald's prints on the boxes prove he was in that window, but they can't prove when he was there exactly.

First, Callaway didn't say he "confronted" the gunman. Second, Callaway explained that at first, he believed the man was law enforcement or security. This is what was in his mind when he hollered at the man from across the street, asking him what was going on. No "balls" required.

The second-by-second times in my timeline represent the timing between events that I obtained from my stopwatch review of the Dictabelts. These times are within one-minute, I believe, of “real-time”. -- Dale Myers Myers explained in the foreword of With Malice how he verified the accuracy of the dictabelt recordings. No backtracking or backing down.

If this wallet contained Oswald/Hidell identifications inside, why didn't any officer at the scene put out an APB for Oswald/Hidell over the police radio? This is a rhetorical question.

To me, the wallet topic is moot; a rabbit hole. Meaningless and unimportant as to the fact that Lee Oswald killed J.D. Tippit. If the wallet really contained Oswald/Hidell identifications in it, it would have been put out over the air immediately. Nowhere on the police tapes do we hear "the wallet found at the scene indicates the killer's name is either Oswald or Hidell". Nothing from the media.

No. I didn't violate any terms and I didn't insult you.