Does the entire set-up of the Patsy hinge on his going home at his own request on the 21st?

[Jim Hargrove]

Anyone care to take a crack at explaining how a set-up as this can hinge on the patsy's decisions to go home?

No need to get overly excited and descend to the dark side, DJ. Your question can be answered in three words: Ralph Leon Yates.

Our Patsy-to-Be traveling to the Paine's Thursday night apparently surprised even The Plotters, who had already gone to considerable effort to plant the curtain rod story in the record two days earlier. Hell, Yates's story was a LOT more believable that the tale spun by Frazier and his sister, which is pretty much destroyed in Harvey and Lee and no doubt many other places. Had Harvey Oswald spent Thursday night in his room at the boarding house, Yates could have had his 15 minutes of fame and avoid being hounded to death by the Feds. Of course, Harvey's fingerprints wouldn't have been on the brown paper regardless of the fantasy arrival at the TSBD, but why sweat the details?

Just how terrible was the saga spun by Wesley and Linnie Mae? Ask me and I'd be happy to fill in a few details.