Anatomy of the Second Floor Lunchroom Encounter

[LR Trotter]

Further stated, LHO's presence on the 2nd floor would most likely be at least 30 seconds prior to the encounter, and that itself decreases any supposed possibility for him to be a LGA.

It makes better detective sense that Oswald was seen with a Coke and candy bar in hand and that those two items would have taken at least 30 seconds to fish the change out of a pocket, count it, and deposit it in to the particular machines. Kamp knows this, which is why he avoids mentioning it.


It would be seriously remiss to not consider these evidentiary clues and how they affect any investigation of the lunchroom encounter. Jim fails to realize that Baker's motivation in avoiding the particulars of the lunchroom encounter in his affidavit is not because it didn't happen, instead it is because those particulars, when truthfully related, were so damning to the official supposition that Oswald was the shooter that they had to be omitted...

Evidence is evidence, whether processed or ignored. My point about the additional time required for LHO's arrival at the soft drink machine matches your response.

As for being included as evidentiary clues, I allow for some perceived value at play relative to said particulars being related along with the substance of the encounter. Just maybe those particulars seemed unimportant to the account as reported by MLB at the time. Do I know for sure? Of course not, but I allow for the possibility.