11-02-2013, 01:40 PM
Allan Eaglesham Wrote:LR Trotter Wrote:As I recall, my first knowledge about the death of William Bruce Pitzer was aquired by watching the TV series, The Men Who Killed Kennedy, during the '90s. So, I believe it was the Dennis David commentary that indicated WBP's death was a homicide, as presened on the TMWKK broadcast. But, I have to wonder if DD's determined supposition that WBP was left-handed was because of the way WBP dealt cards while playing bridge, or did he mention any other indications? I am right-handed, and very dominatedly so. In my much younger days, I spent some years as a truck driver, and I can't even imagine the difficulty constantly going through those 13 gears if I had been left-handed. Especially considering the short hauls that were basically countywide and into neighboring counties delivering a very perishable product. I have never played bridge, but a very popular pastime among the truck drivers between loads was playing poker. Small pots of course, but a day's pay could be won or lost in a short period of time. But, without even thinking about it, when I was the dealer, without fail I dealt left-handed. Had it not been for the comments from the other players, I might not have noticed it myself. I might add, for me the card dealing being two handed, it was easier to hold the deck with my dominate right hand and deal with the left. But, I seem to believe I had read later accounts about WBP's death that caused considerable doubt that it was a homicide, IMO. Based on what I have now read, it appears to have been suicide, but again, JMO. And, whether an accident, a homicide, or a suicide, I don't see WBP's death having any impact on the murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, but I do wish for justice.
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Larry:
There follows an excerpt from [URL="http://www.manuscriptservice.com/Pitzer/Article-8.html:"]
http://www.manuscriptservice.com/Pitzer/Article-8.html[/URL]
>The source of greatest confusion in this case is the misconception that William Pitzer was left-handed. When Dennis David, a bridge partner of Pitzer's, learned of his friend's death of a gunshot wound to the right temple, he immediately doubted the official verdict of suicide because he had a strong memory of Pitzer dealing cards with his left hand. However, in a January 29, 1995, telephone call to Mrs. Pitzer, Dan Marvin asked, "Was he -- was Bill -- right-handed or left-handed?" To which she replied, "He was right-handed." In response, Marvin said in confirmation, "Right-handed." I have confirmed that William Pitzer was right-handed with two other members of the family and a colleague, himself left-handed, who saw Pitzer sign his name on many occasions. Author Harrison Livingstone has contributed to the confusion. In his book High Treason 2, he chose, like Marvin in this documentary, to give more weight to how William Pitzer dealt cards than to what he was told by Mrs. Pitzer. In HT2, Livingstone wrote, "Dennis David...states that Pitzer was left-handed," whereas his earlier book High Treason (co-authored with Robert Groden) states, "His widow said...he was right-handed."<
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Allan