02-03-2020, 09:44 PM
In the same document (Tippit 1.pdf pp. 12-13) there is a more interesting memo from Pulte to Livingstone & Drenas, dated 1/18/99. It contains information from Mrs. Slider, a telephone company employee who parked in the lot between Ballew Texaco and the Abundant Life Temple.
Excerpt --
Mrs. Slider had pulled into the lot from Crawford and parked facing north, i.e. facing the alley and the rear of the Abundant Life Temple. She was accustomed to leaving her car about 1:25, to get back to her place of work by 1:30. Seeing that she had gotten back earlier than usual, she began to read a book. A moment or so later, she was startled to see a man running down the alley westward toward Crawford; the man was running at top speed.
Recall that she had parked facing north toward the alley and the church complex just north of the alley. The man slowed down for a second to "shed his jacket" according to Mrs. Slider. After removing the jacket, which he dropped in the alley, she saw that the man was wearing a T-shirt, not the tan shirt Lee Oswald was wearing when arrested in the Texas Theater.
Racing past her, the man turned right (north) at Crawford and she lost sight of him. About two minutes later, she saw six or seven men running in the same direction; some were uniformed, some were not. Some had hand guns, some had "long guns." This group of men also turned right and were lost from sight.
Informant H2, who reported a fight at 12th and Marsalis a few moments before the murder of Tippit, also provided the following information: the assailant ran westward down the alley, turned right at Crawford, ducked into the "hospital area" of the Abundant Life annex, hid there for awhile and then made his way to second floor of the annex building. By this time his pursuers had passed. The assailant climbed out of the second floor window at SE corner of the building, jumped to the ground (the second floor is quite low), and continued acros[s] Crawford and down the alley westward.
It's not much of a stretch to synchronize this report with the radio tape --
111 (Ptm. J.G. Pollard)
They say he's running west in the alley between Jefferson and Tenth.
Dispatcher
West in the alley between Jefferson and Tenth.
...
95 (Ptm. M.N. McDonald and Ptm. T.R. Gregory)
Send squad over here to Tenth and Crawford to check out this church basement.
Dispatcher
Need a squad at Tenth and Crawford.
66 (Ptm. F.S. Williams)
66 en route.
Dispatcher
10-4.
66 (Ptm. F.S. Williams)
Crawford north of Jefferson?
Dispatcher
Tenth and Jefferson.
The times are off but not by much (the tape segment has a nominal time of 1:32-3). The dispatcher's "Tenth and Jefferson" looks a little weird at first, but between Tenth and Jefferson is probably implied.
As for H2's reference to an assailant (presumably the perp of the fight at 12th & Marsalis), did he actually follow him all the way to the ALT, hiding nearby in a coign of vantage from which he observed the second story plunge? If so, why did he then lose interest in the quarry, evidently not pursuing him across Crawford westward into the alley on the other side?
H2's credibility will take a major hit in the 21st century when Brownlow moves the location of the fight from 12th to 10th & Marsalis, leaving little behind on which one can rely. More on this in a future post. Mrs. Slider, on the other hand, is one of the more convincing of the unofficial witnesses that were in the area but spurned by investigative authorities. It's a shame no one--say a sharp dick like Moriarty--put forth the effort to turn this stone over. Mrs. Slider could not have been hard to find.
Excerpt --
Mrs. Slider had pulled into the lot from Crawford and parked facing north, i.e. facing the alley and the rear of the Abundant Life Temple. She was accustomed to leaving her car about 1:25, to get back to her place of work by 1:30. Seeing that she had gotten back earlier than usual, she began to read a book. A moment or so later, she was startled to see a man running down the alley westward toward Crawford; the man was running at top speed.
Recall that she had parked facing north toward the alley and the church complex just north of the alley. The man slowed down for a second to "shed his jacket" according to Mrs. Slider. After removing the jacket, which he dropped in the alley, she saw that the man was wearing a T-shirt, not the tan shirt Lee Oswald was wearing when arrested in the Texas Theater.
Racing past her, the man turned right (north) at Crawford and she lost sight of him. About two minutes later, she saw six or seven men running in the same direction; some were uniformed, some were not. Some had hand guns, some had "long guns." This group of men also turned right and were lost from sight.
Informant H2, who reported a fight at 12th and Marsalis a few moments before the murder of Tippit, also provided the following information: the assailant ran westward down the alley, turned right at Crawford, ducked into the "hospital area" of the Abundant Life annex, hid there for awhile and then made his way to second floor of the annex building. By this time his pursuers had passed. The assailant climbed out of the second floor window at SE corner of the building, jumped to the ground (the second floor is quite low), and continued acros[s] Crawford and down the alley westward.
It's not much of a stretch to synchronize this report with the radio tape --
111 (Ptm. J.G. Pollard)
They say he's running west in the alley between Jefferson and Tenth.
Dispatcher
West in the alley between Jefferson and Tenth.
...
95 (Ptm. M.N. McDonald and Ptm. T.R. Gregory)
Send squad over here to Tenth and Crawford to check out this church basement.
Dispatcher
Need a squad at Tenth and Crawford.
66 (Ptm. F.S. Williams)
66 en route.
Dispatcher
10-4.
66 (Ptm. F.S. Williams)
Crawford north of Jefferson?
Dispatcher
Tenth and Jefferson.
The times are off but not by much (the tape segment has a nominal time of 1:32-3). The dispatcher's "Tenth and Jefferson" looks a little weird at first, but between Tenth and Jefferson is probably implied.
As for H2's reference to an assailant (presumably the perp of the fight at 12th & Marsalis), did he actually follow him all the way to the ALT, hiding nearby in a coign of vantage from which he observed the second story plunge? If so, why did he then lose interest in the quarry, evidently not pursuing him across Crawford westward into the alley on the other side?
H2's credibility will take a major hit in the 21st century when Brownlow moves the location of the fight from 12th to 10th & Marsalis, leaving little behind on which one can rely. More on this in a future post. Mrs. Slider, on the other hand, is one of the more convincing of the unofficial witnesses that were in the area but spurned by investigative authorities. It's a shame no one--say a sharp dick like Moriarty--put forth the effort to turn this stone over. Mrs. Slider could not have been hard to find.