Fifty years ago, newsman pierce allman went into the book depository to look for a phone when he ran into lee harvey oswald, who had moments ago shot the president. One of oswalds coworkers, charles givens, testified to the commission that he last saw oswald on the 6th floor of the texas school book depository tsbd at approximately 11. You are under the mistaken impression that no one other than lee harvey oswald left the texas school book depository at the time of president kennedys assassination. A young reporters chance encounter with jfks assassin. Oswald takes a job at the texas school book depository as a clerk after a neighbor. During october and november of 1963, lee harvey oswald lived in a roominghouse in dallas while his wife and children lived in irving, at the home of ruth paine,1 approximately 15 miles. Lee harvey oswald visited by mother, marguerite oswald, and wife, marina oswald to his mother. The career of lee harvey oswald summary lee oswald s defection to the soviet union in 1959, his activity in new orleans in the summer of 1963, and his interest in purchasing guns, all indicate some level of involvement with us intelligence. According to jean davidson, author of oswalds game, oswald never even expected to survive leaving the book depository. The texas school book depository where lee harvey oswald worked. While the police converged on the texas school book depository in. Leaving the texas school book depository harveyandlee. The physical evidence proves that the warren commission willfully manipulated bonnie ray williams testimony. Oswald was supposed to be killed leaving the school book depository and kennedy.
It helps, first of all, to know about oswalds history in the preceding 12. Lee oswalds departure from the tsbd jfk assassination. Oswald had walked out calmly, leaving a rifle near the sixth floor. When did lee harvery oswald apply for job in depository, before motorcade route was set. Was it before the dealey plaza motorcade route was finalized. Why did oswald not bring his revolver into the book depository. The widely publicized photograph taken by associated press photographer james w. Oswald had slipped out of the book depository unchallenged after the shooting, walked several blocks, caught a city bus, and then hailed a taxi that took him to his boarding house.
Option 1 again raises the question why oswald did not have his revolver on him. Kennedy assassination site the history guy visits the. Lee harvey oswald texas book depository building dallas police secret service search encounter with inside. Day, who not only saw it in the depository but labeled it, found next to the sixth floor window. If he was planted there to shoot kennedy, the most intelligent thing to do would be to remain in the building as if nothing had happened. I did carry a package to the texas school book depository. Oswald takes a job at the texas school book depository as a clerk after a neighbor of mrs. A man many people think strongly resembles lee harvey oswald is pictured standing in the front entrance of the book depository building. As the men on the 6th floor moved around, dust fell between the gaps in the floor boards and onto the heads of the 3 men on the 5th floor. But oswald was wearing two shirts on 112263a white tshirt and a brown longsleeve shirt. Oswald, kennedy, and the assassination american experience. We, the members of the oswald innocence campaign, maintain that at the time of president kennedys assassination. According to fellow tsbd workers, oswald wore only his white tshirt while working inside at the tsbd, and not his longsleeve shirt. Reid the clerical supervisor for the texas school book depository tsbd she saw him walk threw the clerical office carrying a full bottle of cocacola.
Note more of my response to willy can be found at the link below because i was told my last comment was too long to be accepted here at jfkfacts. Lee harvey oswald october 18, 1939 november 24, 1963 was an american marxist and former u. Nov 15, 2003 when did lee harvery oswald apply for job in depository, before motorcade route was set. Pierce allman was a rookie reporter when he accidentally ran into lee harvey oswald in the moments immediately after president kennedy was shot. While the police converged on the texas school book depository in dallas and doctors at parkland hospital began working on the mortally wounded president in emergency. Oswald after shooting movements aftermath jfk presdent john f. Oswald who was the man who shot and killed president john kennedy in 1963 was somehow planted in the texas school book depository building by scheming plotters who were. Six spectators in dealey plaza saw a gunman on one of the upper floors of the texas school book depository. Many believers of the truth believe that lee harvey oswald was somehow planted in the texas school book depository building by ruth paine who asked about a job there. Montgomery leaves school book depository with paper bag that held oswald s rifle. Oswald never even expected to survive leaving the book depository. A close and detailed photo analysis deffinitively shows.
Professor james fetzers edited book murder in dealey plaza claims the following. Apr 09, 20 the youtube episode focuses on the socalled snipers nest, the area next to the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd from which lee oswald allegedly fired a mannlichercarcano rifle wounding governor john connally and killing president kennedy. The report issued by the house select committee on assassinations states. But such talk is just pure nonsense of the first order. Why did oswald not bring his revolver into the book. Buell frazier drove lee harvey oswald to the dallas book depository. Is this a photo of oswald leaving the texas school book depository building. May 05, 2019 actually, oswald had no reason to leave the building, even if he had been the shooter. The myth of oswald at the texas school book depository doorway. George harrison on john lennon and the beatles the dick cavett show duration.
History of the texas school book depository building the sixth. Cyclists get a handle on oswalds oak cliff route after jfk assassination by sherry jacobson, dallas morning news, feb 2, 2009 when lee harvey oswald fled the texas school book. I carried my lunch, a sandwich and fruit, which i made at paines house. Lee harvey oswald left 1 fingerprint and 2 palm prints on book cartons in texas school book depository. Nov 22, 20 pierce allman was a rookie reporter when he accidentally ran into lee harvey oswald in the moments immediately after president kennedy was shot. Does anyone know when lho applied for the job in the texas school book. Mar 07, 2019 while the police converged on the texas school book depository in dallas and doctors at parkland hospital began working on the mortally wounded president in emergency room no.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of oswald mosley books online. One thing i do feel, and that is that the official version despite its excellent mediation by mr myers is totally unconvincing, especially oswald s behaviour after leaving the depository. Essay rewriting history bugliosi parses the testimony. Hence, oswald was a liar and provably so when it comes to certain portions of his texas school book depository application. A man many people think strongly resembles lee harvey oswald is pictured standing in the front entrance. Was oswald on the tsbd steps during the jfk assassination. This timeline shows exactly how the day of jfks assassination unfolded. The next morning roy truly interviews oswald, the texas school book depository employs him, and he would not have secured his job at the texas school book depository unless randall by chance mentioned the job to ruth paine. Lee oswald, who was on the 6th floor impersonating harvey oswald for the last time, would leave the tsbd on the west side, walk across the elm st.
More information about the history of the texas school book depository building and the development of the sixth floor museum can be found in the book, assassination and commemoration. Nov 22, 2017 lee harvey oswald has been a conspiracytheory staple since he assassinated thenpresident john f. Terminating a ministerial relationship with a parish roy oswald on. Option 2 however does not explain why oswald left the book depository and went home to get. A young reporters chance encounter with jfks assassin cbs.
Texas school book depository, gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza. Cyclists get a handle on oswalds oak cliff route after jfk assassination by sherry jacobson, dallas morning news, feb 2, 2009 when lee harvey oswald fled the texas school book depository on that fateful day in 1963, he didnt realize that a group of local history buffs on bicycles would retrace his footsteps nearly 46 years later. Many believers of the truth believe that lee harvey oswald was somehow planted in the texas school book depository building by ruth paine who asked about a job there unbeknownst to lho on october 3, 1963. Leaving the texas school book depository harvey and lee. If oswald wasnt kennedys assassin, why did he leave the texas school book depository shortly after the assassination without letting anyone know. History of the texas school book depository building the. Oswald may have killed tippit but equally he may not have. Oswald told fritz that he changed his trousers grey and a shirt singular.
Lee harvey oswald planted in the book depository before 11. The certainty that mr myers searches for doesnt exist. After leaving the tsbd office, lee oswald walked down the stairway at the front of the building to the first floor, thru the doors leading to the warehouse, turned left, and walked thru an overhead door on the west side of the building and onto the deck see below. That leads us to option 3 make oswald himself leave incriminating evidence at the scene. Altgens within a few seconds after president kennedy was first shot shows a spectator who bears a strong physical resemblance to lee harvey oswald standing at the west end of the texas school book depository entranceway. Who saw lee harvey oswald in the tsbd sixthfloor window. During this interview i talked to oswald about his leaving the building, and he told me he left by bus and rode to a stop near home and walked on to his. There he picked up a pistol and a coat and began to walk aimlessly. Haygood, ran up the incline on the north side of elm street.
Oswald after shooting movements aftermath jfk presdent. Mar 25, 2019 discover book depository s huge selection of oswald mosley books online. According to the official investigations, oswald ran down to the second floor lunchroom after the shooting and was then spotted by a police officer. In this installment of the often excellent 50 reasons for 50 years, len osanic says yes.
Apr 11, 2006 discover book depository s huge selection of oswald spengler books online. Lee oswald and marina nee prusakova leaving russia. The myth of oswald at the texas school book depository. In the days leading up to the assassination there was almost certainly a careful monitoring of harvey oswalds movements and activities.
Oswald had walked out calmly, leaving a rifle near the sixth floor window where a screen of packing. One of the key pieces of evidence in the warren commission report was a brown paper bag supposedly found on the six floor of the depository. Kennedy, mortal shooting of the 35th president of the united states in dallas, texas, on november 22, 1963. The building was lee harvey oswald s vantage point in his assassination of united states president john f. Discover book depositorys huge selection of oswald spengler books online. No one can place him on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository building at the time of the assassination the place where he is said to have fired the fatal shots. Does anyone know when lho applied for the job in the texas school book depository. Oswald traveled between dallas and irving on weekends in a car driven by a neighbor of the. Why lee harvey oswald fled to the soviet union the atlantic. Oswald who was the man who shot and killed president john kennedy in 1963 was somehow planted in the texas school book depository building by scheming plotters who were manipulating oswalds every move to suit their patsyserving conspiratorial needs.
The last words of lee harvey oswald, compiled by mae. Mar 18, 2008 the certainty that mr myers searches for doesnt exist. During october and november of 1963, lee harvey oswald lived in a roominghouse in dallas while his wife and children lived in irving, at the home of ruth paine,1 approximately 15 miles from oswald s place of work at the texas school book depository. One thing i do feel, and that is that the official version despite its excellent mediation by mr myers is totally unconvincing, especially oswalds behaviour after leaving the depository. We, the members of the oswald innocence campaign, maintain that at the time of president kennedys assassination, lee harvey oswald was standing in the doorway of the texas school book depository, where he was photographed by james ike altgens, which is clearly evident upon close examination of the photograph.
How long had lee harvey oswald worked at the texas school. William allen, dallas times herald collectionthe sixth floor museum at dealey plaza among the six officers who did see the bag was lieutenant j. The last words of lee harvey oswald, compiled by mae brussell. Exoneration of lee harvey oswald thursday, june 30, 2016. It didnt turn out that way, he was shot much too late as the motorcade approached the underpass. The report is corroborated by photographs of police detective marvin johnson leaving the book depository carrying the lunch bag, the dr. Jfk facts lee harvey oswalds application to work at the. Marine who assassinated united states president john f. Apr 21, 2016 hence, oswald was a liar and provably so when it comes to certain portions of his texas school book depository application. James altgens photograph of man in texas school book depository doorway during jfk assassination.
Linnie mae randle mentioned a job opening at the texas school book depository to ruth paine and marina oswald and paine additionally called depository. Nov 25, 2015 george harrison on john lennon and the beatles the dick cavett show duration. Actually, oswald had no reason to leave the building, even if he had been the shooter. If it is, in fact, oswald, he could not have been on the sixth floor of the building when the shots were fired. Oswald and his mother were later asked to leave after an argument in which oswald allegedly struck his mother and threatened johns wife with a. The building was lee harvey oswalds vantage point in his assassination of. Dealey plaza motorcade witnesses jfk assassination dallas. The following persons who also worked at tsbd left the building without notifying building supervisor roy truly.
After the encounter in the lunchroom with officer baker and the superintendent of the building roy truly, oswald was seen about one minute later by mrs. The texas school book depository, now known as the dallas county administration building, is a sevenfloor building facing dealey plaza in dallas, texas. Dec 29, 20 oswald innocence committee members statement. Oswald was patsy in jfk murder man who took him to book.
Thus, for example, dozens of newspapermen reported, simply because chief curry or captain fritz had said so, that oswald, after leaving the school book depository, rushed to. Lee oswalds friend is convinced he is a patsy for john f. If oswald wasnt kennedys assassin, why did he leave the texas. Nov 24, 2018 women look up to the texas school book depository. A depository employee, lee harvey oswald, was arrested for the murder of a dallas police officer within 80 minutes of the assassination and later charged with. He admitted that he went to his rooming house after leaving the book depository. I looked up at the texas book depository building and noticed that the second floor from the top had two. Lee harvey oswald planted in the book depository before. Lee harvey oswald october 18, 1939 november 24, 1963 was an american marxist and.
If he was planted there to shoot kennedy, the most intelligent thing to do would be to. The warren commission had great trouble finding convincing evidence that would place lee harvey oswald on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository during the assassination of president kennedy. Evidence photo of the rifle found at the texas school book depository. I drove lee harvey oswald to the book depository but i still dont believe he shot jfk. How lee harvey oswald helped reporter find a telephone in. One thing i do feel, and that is that the official version. Sep 27, 2018 option 1 again raises the question why oswald did not have his revolver on him. That oswald found work at the book depository is nothing less than a. If oswald wasnt kennedys assassin, why did he leave the. Option 2 however does not explain why oswald left the book depository and went home to get his revolver, if he wasnt aware that evidence of his guilt would be found. Oswald and the fbi by harold feldman the nation, pp.
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