21-07-2017, 06:49 PM
Richard Gilbride Wrote:(VII, p. 302): HOLMES: Then he said when all this commotion started, "I just went on downstairs". And he didn't say whether he took the elevator or not. He said, "I went down, and as I started to go out and see what it was all about,a police officer stopped me just before I got to the front door, and started to ask me some questions, and my superintendent of the place stepped up and told the officers that I am one of the employees of the building, so he told me to step aside for a little bit and we will get to you later. Then I just went on out in the crowd to see what it was all about."
And he wouldn't tell what happened then.
The context of Holmes' quoting of Oswald clearly says Oswald came down the internal building stairs of the Depository. Clearly Holmes understood this which is why he said he wasn't sure if Oswald took the elevator or not. There is no elevator on the front steps. Also, the word "downstairs" is not a description that someone would use in describing walking down the front steps. It is terminology that would be used when describing going down between floors inside the building.
Also, Oswald said "I went down" before the encounter with the officer, clearly indicating he had already made that trip downstairs before encountering the officer. He also made it more than clear he had already done the descending before he was stopped from going out to the front steps.
Oswald wouldn't tell what happened then because it involved getting in to a Rambler that created evidence of two Oswalds.