The Vehicle on the Grassy Knoll

[Linda Minor]

Jean Hill, the schoolteacher who was with her friend, Mary Moorman, as spectators on the south side of Elm Street across from the Grassy Knoll. In her statements she mentioned that before the motorcade arrived, she and Mary had walked around the Plaza, looking for an ideal spot. She noticed a vehicle which had a name on its side and the side and back windows were covered up with cardboard. This vehicle apparently had "Honest Joe's Pawnshop" painted on it. It was circling around the Plaza, advertising the pawn shop.

Another eyewitness reported the same thing. This man was a former Marine who had been in combat and knew about the sounds of rifle firing. His position was on the north side of Elm Street, and he, too, noticed the conspicuous station wagon with the words. "Honest Joe's Pawnshop" driving back and forth and around the Plaza. He gave his report to the Dallas police, but he was not called to testify by the Warren Commission, At the moment I don't recall his name, and it was so long ago, but I shall try to find his testimony again.

My suspicion is that the vehicle on the Grassy Knoll was "Honest Joe's". The cardboard-covered windows are certainly suspicious. Honest Joe was a pawnbroker by the name of Rubin Silverstein (I hope my memory is correct about the last name) who was also called "Ruby". He was a good friend of Jack Ruby's and served as the evaluator and possibly the executor of Jack Ruby's estate after he died.

I'll begin with Mary Ferrell's website--http://www.maryferrell.org
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Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XIII pg 67
Found in: Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits
from the third floor, and had been looking out of the window, and that I had seen Honest Joe, who is a Jewish merchant there, who operates a second-hand loan pawn shop, so to speak, specializing in
Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XIX pg 486
Found in: Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits
Underpass. About five or ten minutes before the President came by I observed a truck from Honest Joe's Pawn Shop, and parked by the Book Depository Store. Then drove off about five or ten minutes before
Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XII pg 432
Found in: Warren Commission Hearings and Exhibits
. Mr. GRIFFIN. Are you acquainted with the name of a guy named Honest Joe? Mr. DEAN. Right. Yes, sir. Mr. GRIFFIN. Tell us what you remember about that. Mr. DEAN. Well, he said, "Well, I know Honest Joe
Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XXI pg 536
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vas not. He oeomod to hesitate and I told him that I had coon honest Joe (Rubin Goldstein, a well known Jewish pawnbroker and used tools dealer on Elm trout) across the street just a short time before


http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...geId=21277
Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XIII pg 67
Sorrels says Honest Joe had an Edsel.

http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...eId=251906
Dean's testimony about the conversation between Sorrels and Jack Ruby pertaining to Honest Joe (Rubin Goldstein).

http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...eId=142960
SAIC Forrest V. Sorrels Secret Service report of Ruby interview about Honest Joe shortly after Ruby shot Oswald.

http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...eId=145993
Mary Moorman's testimony of seeing the Honest Joe car in the area.

http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...geId=17968
Stern's questioning of Sorrels.

Other links to Ferrell:
http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...eId=519420
http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...eId=521533
http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archiv...lt&id=4236