Post by John Duncan on Aug 3, 2022 11:24:54 GMT -5
Borchgardt, Elrod & Ruby
By Steve Thomas 7/10/03
On December 1, 1963 Detective K.L. Anderton wrote up a handwritten report of a meeting he had with prisoner "Robert" Borchgardt.
texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338950/?q=K.l.%20anderton
In summary, Borchgardt said he had information about a gun running operation, stolen cars and narcotics. Borchgardt said that he had gotten his information from 4 people both inside and outside of jail, and named them:
E. Dalrymple (the first name is hard to make out - it looks like Elrice)
Lawrence Miller
Perry Wydell
Marvin Fraizer
Borchgardt said that Wydell worked for Jack Ruby as a bouncer in his clubs "some time back".
(I have not been able to corroborate that yet).
He said that these four worked for a man named "Fred" aka "The Goose" aka "The Big Dago" in this gun running/car theft/narcotics ring.
I believe that "Robert" Borchgardt is actually Richard Borchgardt, who took part in Oswald's third line-up, which took place at 7:40 p.m. on the night of the 22nd. This is the infamous "Davis sisters" line-up, which may or may not have involved Howard Brennan. In this same interview with Anderton, Borchgardt also said that Ruby was in hock to bookies for $40,000, and that if he killed Oswald, the debt would be forgiven.
What jumped out at me of course, is the name Lawrence Miller. For those of you familiar with the book, Oswald Talked, you will remember that Miller was arrested on November 18, 1963 for an arms theft involving weapons stolen from the National Guard Armory in Terrell, TX. Rather than go over the details of the book, here is a brief description of Miller and Whitter from Mary Ferrell's database:
MILLER FIRST LAWRENCE MID/AKA REGINALD
Rt. 4, Canton, TX (1963) 'PHONE
Arrest Report, Dallas Police Department, 11/18/63; Houston Post, 11/14/93, p. A-1
DOB: 7/13/30. Arrested with Donnell Darius Whitter 11/18/63 at Gaston and Hall, Dallas, TX, and held as suspects in theft of military weapons from National Guard Armory near Terrell, TX. Allegedly identified by John Franklin Elrod's cellmate (LHO ?) 11/22/63 as one of five men who met at a motel several days prior to assassination. Jack Ruby was supposedly one of the five.
WHITTER FIRST DONNELL MID/AKA DARIUS
326 S. Edgefield, Dallas, TX (1963) 'PHONE CD 847; Arrest Report of Dallas Police Department 11/18/63; Dallas Morning News, Tuesday, 11/19/63, p. 1-A; Houston Post, 11/14/93, p. A-1; 14 pgs being withheld - Record No. 180-10071-10289 - Agency File No. 010223 (FBI)
DOB: 5/30/20. Wife: Mary. Driving 1962 Thunderbird, HD5095, with Lawrence Reginald Miller as a passenger when arrested 11/18/63 at Gaston and Hall, Dallas, and held on suspicion of robbing National Guard Armory near Terrell, TX. Had been attendant at V.E. Morallis Texaco Service Station and had "waited on" Jack Ruby.
In Mary's summary of Lawrence Miller, I was struck by the fact that the meeting in the motel room involved 5 men, including Ruby..According to the LaFontaines, one of these 5 men supposedly was Lawrence Miller.
Borchgardt said the he got his info from 4 men, one of whom was Miller. The 4 men belonged to a "ring". Is it possible that in his interview with Anderton, Borchgardt has identified the other men in that motel room meeting?
Steve Thomas
By Steve Thomas 7/10/03
On December 1, 1963 Detective K.L. Anderton wrote up a handwritten report of a meeting he had with prisoner "Robert" Borchgardt.
texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338950/?q=K.l.%20anderton
In summary, Borchgardt said he had information about a gun running operation, stolen cars and narcotics. Borchgardt said that he had gotten his information from 4 people both inside and outside of jail, and named them:
E. Dalrymple (the first name is hard to make out - it looks like Elrice)
Lawrence Miller
Perry Wydell
Marvin Fraizer
Borchgardt said that Wydell worked for Jack Ruby as a bouncer in his clubs "some time back".
(I have not been able to corroborate that yet).
He said that these four worked for a man named "Fred" aka "The Goose" aka "The Big Dago" in this gun running/car theft/narcotics ring.
I believe that "Robert" Borchgardt is actually Richard Borchgardt, who took part in Oswald's third line-up, which took place at 7:40 p.m. on the night of the 22nd. This is the infamous "Davis sisters" line-up, which may or may not have involved Howard Brennan. In this same interview with Anderton, Borchgardt also said that Ruby was in hock to bookies for $40,000, and that if he killed Oswald, the debt would be forgiven.
What jumped out at me of course, is the name Lawrence Miller. For those of you familiar with the book, Oswald Talked, you will remember that Miller was arrested on November 18, 1963 for an arms theft involving weapons stolen from the National Guard Armory in Terrell, TX. Rather than go over the details of the book, here is a brief description of Miller and Whitter from Mary Ferrell's database:
MILLER FIRST LAWRENCE MID/AKA REGINALD
Rt. 4, Canton, TX (1963) 'PHONE
Arrest Report, Dallas Police Department, 11/18/63; Houston Post, 11/14/93, p. A-1
DOB: 7/13/30. Arrested with Donnell Darius Whitter 11/18/63 at Gaston and Hall, Dallas, TX, and held as suspects in theft of military weapons from National Guard Armory near Terrell, TX. Allegedly identified by John Franklin Elrod's cellmate (LHO ?) 11/22/63 as one of five men who met at a motel several days prior to assassination. Jack Ruby was supposedly one of the five.
WHITTER FIRST DONNELL MID/AKA DARIUS
326 S. Edgefield, Dallas, TX (1963) 'PHONE CD 847; Arrest Report of Dallas Police Department 11/18/63; Dallas Morning News, Tuesday, 11/19/63, p. 1-A; Houston Post, 11/14/93, p. A-1; 14 pgs being withheld - Record No. 180-10071-10289 - Agency File No. 010223 (FBI)
DOB: 5/30/20. Wife: Mary. Driving 1962 Thunderbird, HD5095, with Lawrence Reginald Miller as a passenger when arrested 11/18/63 at Gaston and Hall, Dallas, and held on suspicion of robbing National Guard Armory near Terrell, TX. Had been attendant at V.E. Morallis Texaco Service Station and had "waited on" Jack Ruby.
In Mary's summary of Lawrence Miller, I was struck by the fact that the meeting in the motel room involved 5 men, including Ruby..According to the LaFontaines, one of these 5 men supposedly was Lawrence Miller.
Borchgardt said the he got his info from 4 men, one of whom was Miller. The 4 men belonged to a "ring". Is it possible that in his interview with Anderton, Borchgardt has identified the other men in that motel room meeting?
Steve Thomas