06-07-2014, 12:55 AM
"I actually found a woman some years ago. She was terrified. She did not want to come forward. And she finally agreed to give an interview, and I did interview her. When the shots actually went off, she was talking to Lee Oswald on the second floor. We always assumed that Lee had the change, that he had had the change for the machine. He didn't. He went into the office across from the snack room with a dollar bill and asked for change. He said, "No pennies, please." And, as the change was being counted out into his hand, the shots went off. And they looked at each other, this woman and Lee, and [asked], "What was that?" Backfires, firecrack[ers], who knew?
He got the rest of the change, walked back across the hall, bought the Coke and then just a little over a minute later there was a gun in his ribs held by Officer Baker. Lee had an airtight alibi. He could not possibly have done this. She told this story to the Warren Commission. They told her to keep her mouth shut. And she did. She told very few people. Very few people. I was one of the few that she did. So I got to speak to her because I had a friend who knew a friend of hers. I had to promise her I would never reveal any of this until after she was gone. And now she is. The whole story, including her name, will be in the next book."
I had actually heard a vague reference made to this some time ago but I did not know it was Groden who said this. This is also the first time I have read it, and I find it quite intriguing, to say the least.
If this were ever proven, which seems impossible now with the passing of Ms. Hine, it would be all over for the Warren Commission.
So, what are we to believe? Is Groden a dedicated researcher who has cracked the case, or is he, as maintained by many, a disinfo agent with a "new" piece of evidence designed to discredit the whole "Prayer Man" story? Try as I might, I can't see how it would further the LN case by removing Oswald from the front steps, at the time of the shooting, and placing him on the 2nd floor with Geneva Hine.
Sometimes, a person doesn't know just what to believe. Is this "their" intention?
At the very least, I apologize to Albert.
He got the rest of the change, walked back across the hall, bought the Coke and then just a little over a minute later there was a gun in his ribs held by Officer Baker. Lee had an airtight alibi. He could not possibly have done this. She told this story to the Warren Commission. They told her to keep her mouth shut. And she did. She told very few people. Very few people. I was one of the few that she did. So I got to speak to her because I had a friend who knew a friend of hers. I had to promise her I would never reveal any of this until after she was gone. And now she is. The whole story, including her name, will be in the next book."
I had actually heard a vague reference made to this some time ago but I did not know it was Groden who said this. This is also the first time I have read it, and I find it quite intriguing, to say the least.
If this were ever proven, which seems impossible now with the passing of Ms. Hine, it would be all over for the Warren Commission.
So, what are we to believe? Is Groden a dedicated researcher who has cracked the case, or is he, as maintained by many, a disinfo agent with a "new" piece of evidence designed to discredit the whole "Prayer Man" story? Try as I might, I can't see how it would further the LN case by removing Oswald from the front steps, at the time of the shooting, and placing him on the 2nd floor with Geneva Hine.
Sometimes, a person doesn't know just what to believe. Is this "their" intention?
At the very least, I apologize to Albert.
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964
Warren Commission testimony of Secret Service Agent Clinton J. Hill, 1964