27-04-2015, 11:34 PM
Hey, Albert.
Yeah, I don't remember all the specifics, but the cops had some difficulty--or simply couldn't--identify casings allegedly marked at the scene by Poe and the other guy... (I had to look it up)... Barnes. But if you look at the tiny spot where the marks are supposed to be made, on a spent shell, you can see how hard it is to both mark and then identify that mark. Dale Meyers published photos of the casings now at the National Archives, and there are definitely some sort of chicken scratches on them, though I don't recall thinking they proved much of anything at all.
The cartridge casings on the scene were of mixed brands: Winchester-Western and Remington-Peters. These same two brands of cartridges were allegedly found in the revolver Classic Oswald had at the Texas Theater.
It's hard to put any kind of chicanery out of the possible in this case, but I don't think it has been proven that the Tippit murder scene shells were switched.
I remember John A spent weeks studying this issue a year or two ago. He read Dale Meyers book and kept remarking how well done it was, despite the WC friendly conclusions. I'm pretty sure John is aware of the controversy you brought up, and is not convinced by it.
OTOH, he asked me to thank you again for your help mapping out those addresses the other day. That was VERY helpful.
If you have anything else, please let me know.
Yeah, I don't remember all the specifics, but the cops had some difficulty--or simply couldn't--identify casings allegedly marked at the scene by Poe and the other guy... (I had to look it up)... Barnes. But if you look at the tiny spot where the marks are supposed to be made, on a spent shell, you can see how hard it is to both mark and then identify that mark. Dale Meyers published photos of the casings now at the National Archives, and there are definitely some sort of chicken scratches on them, though I don't recall thinking they proved much of anything at all.
The cartridge casings on the scene were of mixed brands: Winchester-Western and Remington-Peters. These same two brands of cartridges were allegedly found in the revolver Classic Oswald had at the Texas Theater.
It's hard to put any kind of chicanery out of the possible in this case, but I don't think it has been proven that the Tippit murder scene shells were switched.
I remember John A spent weeks studying this issue a year or two ago. He read Dale Meyers book and kept remarking how well done it was, despite the WC friendly conclusions. I'm pretty sure John is aware of the controversy you brought up, and is not convinced by it.
OTOH, he asked me to thank you again for your help mapping out those addresses the other day. That was VERY helpful.
If you have anything else, please let me know.
HarveyandLee.net
Chief Justice Earl Warren: "Full disclosure was not possible for reasons of national security." – 1964
CIA accountant James B. Wilcott: Oswald received "a full-time salary for agent work for doing CIA operational work." – 1978
HSCA counsel Robert Tanenbaum: “Lee Harvey Oswald was a contract employee of the CIA and the FBI.†– 1996
Chief Justice Earl Warren: "Full disclosure was not possible for reasons of national security." – 1964
CIA accountant James B. Wilcott: Oswald received "a full-time salary for agent work for doing CIA operational work." – 1978
HSCA counsel Robert Tanenbaum: “Lee Harvey Oswald was a contract employee of the CIA and the FBI.†– 1996