26-10-2013, 12:22 AM
Tracy Riddle Wrote:I have several problems with that scenario, Jim. Why would Harvey get off the bus at the Gloco station, instead of a stop closer to his rooming house?
The bus didn't get any closer to the boarding house. It's route was to turn left at Marseilles.
Tracy Riddle Wrote:The bus was delayed in traffic that day, and I'm not sure what time it actually passed by anyway, and if Tippit had already sped away. If Tippit really had Harvey in his car, why didn't he drive him all the way to deliver him to the conspirators instead of dropping him off again so he could meet his contact? If the point was for the DPD to capture Oswald, why does Tippit let him go?
Great question!! John and I have talked about this many times. The short answer is that we think Tippit was following orders, and this is what he was instructed to do. My theory about the Texas Theater rendezvous is that it was a sort of perp walk for Harvey, a splash for public consumption. Rather than find a dead body on the street or in the Trinity River and then connect a corpse to the assassination, better to parade him in front of the cameras for a day or two to look guilty to the public. All the world's a stage, and there HAD to be a patsy or the investigation would never end.
Tracy Riddle Wrote:How does Lee know that Tippit will be on 10th and Patton at that precise moment?
Don't know if he knew exactly where Tippit would be, but there is evidence that LEE may have lived in an apartment at 507 E. 10th, and if he was walking toward the theater from there, he would pass Tippit at some point.
Tracy Riddle Wrote:How does he know Harvey won't be in Tippit's car at that time? How does he know Harvey has been delivered to the Texas Theater instead?
I think this was all planned out.
Tracy Riddle Wrote:And I think Julia Postal didn't even notice anyone slip inside the theater; she was turned away listening to the radio, and it was only because Johnny Brewer alerted her that she called the police.
That sounds right to me, but it doesn't change the fact that LEE Oswald entered the Texas Theater without buying a ticket, which would likely be noticed by someone. And it doesn't change the fact that several police reports said Oswald was arrested in the balcony and that several eyewitnesses saw who they thought was "Lee Harvey Oswald" led out the back of the theater by police.
These are wonderful questions, Tracy, and I'm going to try and go over them carefully with John next time we talk. Maybe I'll have some more accurate answers soon.
Jim