08-12-2015, 09:35 PM
Drew Phipps Wrote:If the (slow) pneumatic door closer was on the vestibule door, how is it that Truly would have had to re-open the pneumatic door to see Baker (and answer his question)? It wouldn't have closed quickly enough, assuming Truly is telling the truth and had just moved a couple steps up the stairs and then returned.
It makes sense that Baker could have viewed a slowly closing vestibule door on his run right past it, cops are trained observers, after all. But why would Truly have to open it again?
Excellent question, Drew. Of course, we have to ask the next logical question. Was the pneumatic door closer on the vestibule door a fast closer or a slow closer? If it was a slow closer, there is a very good chance Truly would have seen the door closing, as he went through the 2nd floor landing ahead of Baker. Also, as you observed, the door would still be open partly when Truly came back to find Baker. Is this why Truly was able to hear Baker's and Oswald's voices so clearly? Is this also why Truly had some confusion while testifying, trying to think if it was better to say the door was open or closed?
A fast closing door would fit neatly with the WC's story. However, it doesn't really matter, now that we are all aware that Truly stood in an open doorway all the time he was speaking with Baker, and that his presence, both visually and audibly, would have been impossible for Adams and Styles to have missed.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964