Judyth Vary Baker: Living in Exile

[James H. Fetzer]

JUDYTH OFFERS SOME REFLECTIONS ON PAGES FROM HARVEY & LEE:

Please note that, in the posted material quoted from Armstrong's book, a
distinction has to be drawn between Ed Voebel's testimony of having known
"LEE" and Myra DaRouse's reports about "HARVEY", which are highly suspect:

1) At no time did Ed Voebel say that he had ever met HARVEY OSWALD.

2) Voebel only mentions LEE Harvey Oswald.

3) Voebel had an opportunity to make the distinction because MYRA DAROUSE
tells us that she drove HARVEY home.

Voebel could have tesified that he visited the Oswald apartment over the pool hall
and that he played pool and shot darts with "Harvey." But he did not. Instead, he
always used the name "Lee".

Where was that apartment? On Exchange place, which Myra DaRouse called
"Exchange Alley".

But Voebel describes visiting LEE at his apartment above the pool hall (erroneously
described as a 'ballroom' by Myra). He makes it clear that it was Lee.

Are we expected to believe that LEE and HARVEY were living at the same address?

Does Armstrong's belief that HARVEY attended Beauregard depend solely on the witness,
Myra? Armstrong mentions, convincingly, many school records about LEE--but where are
HARVEY'S records ?

We have a teacher who says she drove HARVEY to LEE's apartment.

I have already explained that Lee H. Oswald told me he saved his tooth in some milk.
I know that his tooth was loosened in a fight with Dave Ferrie, but that it did not fall out
at that time. People can haggle about the date, whether Lee's tooth was knocked out
before or after the fight with Ferrie. The point is, Lee saved his tooth and told me so.

The tooth is not missing in the skull of LHO because it was saved.

The CAP photo, when blown up 400%, shows 'two' missing teeth...But what we are really
seeing is a trick of light, because Lee's front tooth and his bicuspid stand out more than
his other teeth. There are no photos of "Harvey" with a missing tooth. The photo of "Lee"
with the missing tooth only shows us that it had been knocked out, not lost forever.

SOME TESTIMONY MADE BY SYDNEY EDWARD VOEBEL OF CONCERN TO DETERMINING
IF HE EVER KNEW 'HARVEY':

There is no doubt that "LEE" lived above the pool hall at Echange Alley/Exchnage Place.

Mr. Voebel.
at Lee's, and we would play darts and pool. Lee's the one who taught me to play pool.
In fact, he invited me to come and play pool with him. He lived over the top of the pool hall.

Mr. Jenner.
And did you accept his invitation?

Mr. Voebel.
Yes; that's when we played darts.

Mr. Jenner.
You played darts and you shot pool also; is that right?

Mr. Voebel.
Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.
Where was that?

Mr. Voebel.
On Exchange Alley.

Mr. Jenner.
Exchange Alley?

Mr. Voebel.
Yes; or Exchange Place, whatever you call it.

WE CONCLUDE THAT "HARVEY" LIVED THERE, TOO, FROM MYRA DAROUSE'S OWN,
PARALLEL DESCRIPTION.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, EITHER MYRA'S MEMORY IS DEFICIENT CONCERNING LEE H. OSWALD'S
HEIGHT, OR SHE HAS BEEN UNDULY INFLUENCED SOMEHOW TO RECOLLECT SOMEONE WHO
WANTED TO BE CALLED 'HARVEY' WHO HAD HE SAME FRIEND -- VOEBEL -- AND WHO LIVED
AT THE SAME ADDRESS AS 'LEE'.

FURTHERMORE, ABOUT 'LEE' BEING READY TO FIGHT, BUT NOT 'HARVEY' -- ONLY A PORTION
OF VOEBEL'S TESTIMONY IS SHOWN -- THAT LEE WOULD NOT BACK DOWN FROM A FIGHT.

BUT FURTHER UP IN VOEBEL'S TESTIMONY WE READ:

Mr. Voebel.
.... He had the sort of personality that I could like. He was the type of boy that I could like,
and if he had not changed at all, I probably still would have the same feeling for Lee Oswald,
at least more so than for the Neumeyer brothers....

WE ALSO READ:

Mr. Jenner.
Well, that's what I want, your impression. Would you say there were other boys of the type
of the Neumeyer brothers at Beauregard School while you were attending there?

Mr. Voebel.
Oh, yes; I would say most of them seemed to be troublemakers. In fact, it was almost
impossible to go to school at that time without brushing against somebody or getting involved
in a fight sooner or later. You take me, I am not a fighter, but I had to fight at that school.

KNOWING LEE'S COURAGE, I FIND NO TRUE BELLIGERANCE IN HIS GETTING INTO A FIGHT
AT BEAUREGARD THAT WOULD DISTINGUISH A 'LEE' FROM A 'HARVEY.'

CONCLUSION: MYRA DAROUSE IS NOT A CREDIBLE WITNESS.

FROM HER STATEMENTS, WE CANNOT ESTABLISH THE EXISTENCE OF "HARVEY" AS SEPARATE
AND APART FROM THE EXISTENCE OF "LEE". HER REPORTS ALONE APPEAR TO BE INCREDIBLE.

JVB