From: ccasm@cc.newcastle.edu.au
Subject: Re: LHO MYSTERY ID
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 01:19:31 GMT

In article <00964CB5.550B64C0@vms.csd.mu.edu>, 6489mcadamsj@vms.csd.mu.edu (John McAdams) writes:
> In article <1992Dec7.015050.8875@eskimo.com>, wix@eskimo.com (Dennis Wicks) writes:
> 
>>How about this:  If Oswald were allowed to remain free, he would
>>be a liability forever.  Being "unstable" he might spill the
>>beans at anytime.  If he were captured, then they could get
>>"someone" eg. Jack Ruby, to silence him permenantly.
> 
> OK, it served the interests of The Conspiracy to kill him.  Wouldn't it make
> more sense to help him get away, and then kill him out of public view?  Yes,
> people get killed in police custody, but it's usually much easier when there
> aren't a lot of officers with guns around, and much better for The Conspiracy
> that it be done without the whole world watching.
> 
> Then there is the question of whether Oswald would "spill the beans" before
> they could kill him.  Would any conspiracy assume that they could kill him
> before he did, if he were in police custody?  In a case like this?


Try this: If LHO got out of the TSBD he was to rendevous with someone (Ruby?)
at either their place or in the Theatre. He was not supposed to return home. 
Or at least that's what LHO thought. But the real plan was to kill him. 
How? One or more of the DPD were in on it. If he was not shot in the TSBD 
(because the "right" Dallas Police were not able to get to him first) then he
was to be shot resisting arrest later. 
Officer Tippet was looking for LHO, who thought he would help him. But Tippet, 
not knowing LHO now had a pistol, told LHO that he was the patsy. Of course by
this time LHO knew this, as he had been assured that JFK was not supposed to
die. Tippet went to kill LHO but was too slow.
At the Theatre, another DPD officer went to shoot LHO but the gun misfired.
In other words three opportunities arose, but LHO was lucky(?).
The final plan for Ruby to kill Oswald was probably a new plan only devised by
Ruby after he was pressured to fix the problem of LHO being caught alive.

Of course during all this the real assassins had been spirited away.


> 
>>
>>I personally think he was a patsy.  He was recruited by somebody
>>to do something very different from what actually happened.  He
>>may have realized what was up when the bullets started flying,
>>and up til the time he was killed by Ruby may have been expecting
>>to be rescued at any minute.
> 
> Then how did he happen to get planted at the School Book Depository?  Kennedy's
> actual route wasn't known until a couple of days before the assasination.  How
> did The Conspiracy know they needed someone working in that precise building? 
> Or are you saying that The Conspiracy arranged for Kennedy to drive by?
> 
> .John

All parades went that way, so it was a probability.Dealy Plaza is one of the 
major Central Business District sites and therefore likely to expect it.
The Conspiracy arranged for Kennedy to drive by.
Regarding LHO's job in the TSBD, I believe there is a possibility that he was
encouraged to seek the job, and kept in it longer than planned.


I asked a question of Joel Grant last week that he didn't answer:
One of the Pacifica transcripts mentioned several witnesses that saw a bullet
hit the ground and told the FBI. However their report was modified so that the
furrow lined up with the TSBD, rather than the Grassy Knoll as they had said.
Apparently they were not aware of this until shown years later.

A second question for Joel Grant:
In another Pacifica transcript an ex-CIA officer described a 3-car "caravan" to
Dallas, that he was part of. It also included a hit team. The officer now
claims he was in charge of the assassination.

How do you, Joel, regard these reports?