Familiar Faces in Dealey Plaza

[Frank Caplett]

Let me see if I can get a handle on this deception per Professor Fetzer. The CIA found a Dallas man, Robert Adams, who resembled Lucien Conein, and to provide plausible deniability for Conein being "captured" in Altgens's famous photograph they put together a picture frame with newspaper cuttings and erroneous information about the day and date of the assassination. This was given to Mrs. Adams to hang in the hallway of the Adams residence so that if any visitor familiar with Allan Eaglesham's website, "Familiar Faces in Dealey Plaza," brought up the subject of Conein's role in the conspiracy -- perhaps over afternoon tea -- Mrs. Adams could direct the visitor to the picture frame with words such as, "Lucien Conein? Ole three-fingered Lou? Oh no! That was my husband Robert. He worked at the post office."

As I was putting my luggage down in one of her living rooms (it could be called a study or den), I saw the famous photograph and framed display. I was the one who was chomping at the bit to ask Ms. Adams about it. But first, I asked my former colleague, Edith Ellis, Adams' niece, about it. Ellis confirmed that is Uncle Bob in the picture. I was tired after driving four hours to Dallas (this was also after the last day of school), but was thrilled to meet somebody who lived through the JFK events right here in the Bluffview section of Dallas, about a mile or so from Love Field.