The Tippit Case in the New Millenium

[David Josephs]

1. Fabrication from scratch of Tatum's story. H&L p.843: Jack Roy Tatum stopped his 1964 red Ford Galaxie 500 at the corner of 10th and Denver, before turning west onto 10th Street.
Where does Armstrong "put him into a Fairlane?"

2. Improved Bowley (injection of "Mexican man" & "a white female wearing a white uniform"), cf. Bowley's DPD statement. I'm sorry Milo but I cannot find any reference to Benavidas (Mexican Man) or Markham (email wearing uniform) in either his FBI affidavit or the DPD statement...

3. Clayton's anachronism. [B]I don't understand what you refer to here... the plastic bag thing?
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1. "[FONT=&amp]As Oswald and Tippit were talking, Jack Roy Tatum was driving west on 10th St. in his new, red, Ford Fairlane."
[/FONT]https://harveyandlee.net/Tippit/Tippit.html

2. HSCA 11/12/77
http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm...m/id/11555
pp.12,13
Note: "Mexican male" on 12 & "Mexican man" on 13, also "a white female wearing a white uniform" bottom of 12.

3. Yes, if info is correct it means a rewrite man didn't do his homework.

1. I sent John the two different sentences about the Galaxie and Fairlane... let's see what he says

2. Not a real material change... it was not in his Dec 1963 affidavit, nor written in his DPD statement....
I think it just adds credibility to his story (and helps prove the CROY was not there), despite it being remembered and/or added in 1977

3. Big assumption... I just guess that it was a bag of some sort... but the lack of ID for any of these people is staggering... Croy claims to have taken Tippit's pistol (among so many other things he claims he did) and he does match the "white hatted sergeant" description...

Curious - what do you think the significance of Tippit's pistol and it's journey is on the JFK situation?
DJ


From John's newest write-up:

Both Westbrook and Croy were interviewed by the WC, but neither man said anything about the 2nd wallet. In early 1996 FBI agent James Hosty published his book, Assignment: Oswald. For the first time, Hosty described how Capt. Westbrook showed a wallet to fellow police officers at 10th & Patton that contained identification for Lee Harvey Oswald and Alex Hidell.

Hosty, however, was unable to explain how Westbrook acquired the wallet nor could he explain what Westbrook did with the wallet. Capt. Westbrook never, ever, discussed the wallet with anyone. When JFK researchers first learned about the 2nd Oswald wallet (early 1996) they were desperate to interview Westbrook.

They soon learned that less than a month before Hosty's book was released, Capt Westbook suddenly died. Researcher Jones Harris then quickly arranged for an interview with the first police officer at 10th & Patton, Sgt. Kenneth Croy. For the first time Sgt. Croy was asked what he knew about the 2nd wallet, and told Harris that an "unknown witness" gave him gave the wallet, which he then gave to Westbrook. It should not surprise anyone to learn there is, and never has been, any evidence to support or verify Croy's claim.