26-09-2018, 03:07 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-10-2018, 06:32 PM by Milo Reech.)
The preceding looked like a tight sequence of events, but things do not add up.
There are several other inaccuracies, among them Butler's incorrect placement of the murder site closer to Denver than Patton, and his call number was 602, not 601. Also, the examining physician, Dr. Liquori, stated there were three wounds, not four. Of greater interest is Butler's statement, "if there had been any Officers at the scene, I would have asked one of them to ride with me." Reserve Seargent Croy's claim of being at the scene before the ambulance left looks a little shaky.
Neither Davenport nor Bardin could have been the officer who "brought the gun [Butler] had placed on the squad car to the hospital in a plastic bag with the barrel inside his belt," and there are no clues as to his identity. Butler said he could not name or describe him. It is also baffling as to why D & B said they were at the hospital before any officers had arrived.
Upshot is another almighty muddle.
1. Error correction -- Bardin submitted Tippit's revolver to Captain Doughty, not Davenport. ]http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/po-arm/id/11619
2. Davenport & Bardin met the ambulance "in route," and did not appear at the murder scene.
3. Their joint claim of providing ER assistance at Methodist Hospital is not supported by either Butler's or nurse Lottie Thompson's statements.
4. Butler stated that the uniformed oficers arrived at the hospital "after several minutes." ]http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/po-arm/id/11586
5. Thompson stated to Earl Golz, "I don't believe a policeman came at all until later." ]http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/ref/collection/po-arm/id/11619
There are several other inaccuracies, among them Butler's incorrect placement of the murder site closer to Denver than Patton, and his call number was 602, not 601. Also, the examining physician, Dr. Liquori, stated there were three wounds, not four. Of greater interest is Butler's statement, "if there had been any Officers at the scene, I would have asked one of them to ride with me." Reserve Seargent Croy's claim of being at the scene before the ambulance left looks a little shaky.
Neither Davenport nor Bardin could have been the officer who "brought the gun [Butler] had placed on the squad car to the hospital in a plastic bag with the barrel inside his belt," and there are no clues as to his identity. Butler said he could not name or describe him. It is also baffling as to why D & B said they were at the hospital before any officers had arrived.
Upshot is another almighty muddle.