07-02-2018, 05:15 PM
In 1986 Baker had to refresh his fairytale in front of a packed courtroom and seasoned trial attorney Vincent Bugliosi. This performance was for the TV documentary On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald, and once again Baker rendered his monstrous lies without a hitch. Not even a bead of nervous sweat was palpable, and it is a shame this promising star of stage and screen squandered his talents on police work.
BUGLIOSI: All right. Exhibit H. Mr. Baker, now on the easel, Mr. Baker, is a floor plan of purportedly the 2nd floor of the Book Depository building. Do you recognize this floor plan as being the 2nd floor?
BAKER: Yes, I do.
BUGLIOSI: With your pointer would you indicate to the jury what happened when you reached the 2nd-floor landing?
BAKER: Right here, on the 2nd-floor landing, as I came out of the stairways, there was a door facing. And through this window in the door, I saw a movement. And then I went over and opened the door and I saw this man walking away from me.
BUGLIOSI: What did you say to him, if anything?
BAKER: I called to him and said, 'Come here.' He turned around and started walking back towards me.
BUGLIOSI: OK. With Mr. Truly at your side?
BAKER: Yes, sir, Mr. Truly was at my side.
BUGLIOSI: That's the superintendent of the building?
BAKER: Yes, sir, it is.
BUGLIOSI: Did you ask him who the man was?
BAKER: Yes, sir, I did.
BUGLIOSI: And he told you it was Lee Oswald?
BAKER: Yes, sir.
BUGLIOSI: Did he appear out of breath?
BAKER: No, sir.
BUGLIOSI: Do you recall how he was dressed?
BAKER: No, sir.
BUGLIOSI: Mr. Baker, other than Lee Harvey Oswald, did you see any one else at all on the 2nd floor?
BAKER: No, sir.
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BUGLIOSI: All right. Exhibit H. Mr. Baker, now on the easel, Mr. Baker, is a floor plan of purportedly the 2nd floor of the Book Depository building. Do you recognize this floor plan as being the 2nd floor?
BAKER: Yes, I do.
BUGLIOSI: With your pointer would you indicate to the jury what happened when you reached the 2nd-floor landing?
BAKER: Right here, on the 2nd-floor landing, as I came out of the stairways, there was a door facing. And through this window in the door, I saw a movement. And then I went over and opened the door and I saw this man walking away from me.
BUGLIOSI: What did you say to him, if anything?
BAKER: I called to him and said, 'Come here.' He turned around and started walking back towards me.
BUGLIOSI: OK. With Mr. Truly at your side?
BAKER: Yes, sir, Mr. Truly was at my side.
BUGLIOSI: That's the superintendent of the building?
BAKER: Yes, sir, it is.
BUGLIOSI: Did you ask him who the man was?
BAKER: Yes, sir, I did.
BUGLIOSI: And he told you it was Lee Oswald?
BAKER: Yes, sir.
BUGLIOSI: Did he appear out of breath?
BAKER: No, sir.
BUGLIOSI: Do you recall how he was dressed?
BAKER: No, sir.
BUGLIOSI: Mr. Baker, other than Lee Harvey Oswald, did you see any one else at all on the 2nd floor?
BAKER: No, sir.
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