Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:37:19 CST
From: <U54778@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk
Subject: NEW BREED OF JFK RESEARCHER - PART ONE


     I want to present material from a JFK assassination researcher
that I have great respect for.  This item shows information that was
posted to Compuserve to clarify a mistaken notion argued about in
the Issues forum.  That notion was that there was evidence that
some eyewitnesses had seen a Mannlicher-Carcano handled by two men
in the parking lot behind the GK fence days before the
assassination.  I post it here because I want to display an example
of solid, trustworthy research done by assassination researchers
who do not like disreputable authors/researchers who spread untrue
stories.  These more reputable researchers will when consulted
provide accurate information.
     It is also noteworthy that the tidbit of information is a lead
that was not investigated fully by the FBI and lends suspicion to
the fact that there might have been fruitful trails leading to a
revealing of a conspiracy that were never tracked down.
This is the only post in this series that I will refrain from
telling you his name.

He begins:

     A lot of "mis-information" is circulated concerning the
assassination and this is especially true concerning other reports
of a "carcano" rifle. I hope this reply corrects some of the
misinformation and leads to new questions (and answers):
   The FBI DL 100-10461 report page 102 (from Dallas) reports that
on 12/5/63, Warren Caster advised he purchased 2 rifles on
11/20/63.  One was a 30:06 Mauser by Kodiak and the other a .22
remington single shot. (He did not have a carcano). He stated he
showed the rifles to Roy Truly (the TSBD superintendant). (This
backs up Oswalds story of seeing Truly with a rifle). Caster
carried both rifles in card board cartons to his 1962 Ford Galaxie
and put them in the trunk. NEITHER RIFLE HAD A SCOPE. Caster did
not show the rifles to anyone outside the building.
     FBI DL 100-10461; DL 89-43; DL 44-1639 also mention several
employees of various buildings in the Dealey plaza area who saw a
rifle WITH A SCOPE, being passed between two men in the parking lot
to the West of the TSBD.  This parking lot was used by the Dallas
Sheriff's office and was located behind the Grassy Knoll. The
incident occurred between 11/19/63 and 11/21/63.  One man was older
and had a 55 or 56 Buick. One witness said this was Jack Ruby. The
older man passed the rifle to the younger man who had a light
colored "newer" model compact car. The younger man put the rifle
in the trunk and both men drove away.
     Based on the two accounts, the rifle being passed between the
two men, could not have been Caster's rifle.
*** end of msg ******

     Later, after being attacked for spreading spurious "eyewitness
accounts" that were not in the official record, the researcher
replied as follows:

     I identified my sources in my first note. I do believe an FBI
interview can be looked at as "eyewitness testimony given
officially".  There are times when an individual claimed they made
statements to the FBI and the FBI mis-represented those statements
in their report. I do not believe that is the case in this report.

FBI Dallas DL 89-43/ DL 44-1639 - 11/25/63
"Mrs. VARGAS feels that the photographs she has seen of JACK LEON
RUBY are perhaps identical to the older man whom she noticed giving
the rifle to the younger man on November 19, 1963."

     I am not claiming she saw Jack Ruby or that she saw something
in connection with the assassination. I am claiming that the FBI
had a lead which should have been fully investigated and was not.
**** end of second msg *******

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