From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
Subject: Re: Ruby's alibi around the time of the assassination
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 22:45:12 GMT
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In article <schuck.714941312@sfu.ca>, schuck@fraser.sfu.ca (Bruce Jonathan Schuck) writes:
|> ajs9462@zeus.tamu.edu (SIMON, ANTHONY JOE) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> >> 
|> >>Thats the exact same argument you quickly dismiss when Oswalds
|> >>alibi is discussed.
|> >> 
|> >>How come you so readily accept it for Ruby's alibi?
|> >> 
|> 
|> >The argument is the same. No one knew where Oswald was between 12:10 and 12:30.
|> >Therefore, it was possible for him to be on the 6th floor at that time.
|> 
|> You miss the point [again].
|> 
|> There were witnesses who saw Oswald other than on 6th floor before and
|> after the assassination.
|> 
|> There were witnesses who saw Ruby in the Dallas Morning News before and
|> after the assassination.
|> 
|> There were *no* witness who saw Oswald on the 6th floor
|> during the assassination.
|> 
|> However, there *were* witnesses who saw Ruby in Dealey Plaza when he
|> was supposed to be at the Dallas Morning News.
|> 
|> Thats the crucial difference.
|> 
|> 
|> >Concluding that Ruby was at the Dallas Morning News for the full 25 minutes
|> >between 12:20 and 12:45 requires more input to be complete. You'll note that
|> >I did ask the question of how much work was done on the ad when Newnam saw
|> >it. If alot, then Ruby was most likely there the full time. 
|> 
|> You sure are quick to dismiss the eyewitness accounts who put Ruby
|> in Dealey Plaza at the time of the assassination.

     Could Ruby have walked outside, gotten into the truck driven by the 
man Mrs. Mercer saw Ruby dropping off, and gotten back in 25 minutes?
Maybe this was his way of providing himself an alibi.  Does anyone know
the distance from the DMN to the back of the knoll?  This would still be
somewhat of a problem since traffic should have been very heavy?  Possibly
a non-direct route was taken to avoid the Dealey Plaza traffic.  

     Addressing the problem with the time of Kennedy's arrival.  Is it 
possible that the conspirator's delayed the motorcade intentionally?
This could be done quite easily.  Why was the motorcade late?  If they
knew that the motorcade was going to be 10 minutes late, then the hit teams
would all establish alibi's at or around 12:20pm, so if caught, they could
use the excuse "if I was really one of the shooters, why was I here at 12:20?"

     This, by the way, would not clear Oswald.  But it would indicate a
large-scale involvement by the government.  The driver of the limo could
easily have done this.  Remember, he kept his foot on the brakes while 
the shooting was going on.  Giving Mediocre Oswald an even easier shot(not
that he did the shooting alone)?
   

Jared "Flame me, I'm a newbie here" Dahl
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