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The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) assassinated President John F. Kennedy (JFK), shot and killed Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit (JDT), wounded Texas Governor John B. Connally (JBC) and attempted to kill retired General Edwin Walker. The evidence supporting these claims is absent from the WC’s twenty-six volumes of exhibits and testimony however, therefore, this has left many questions for us today. I have asked so many questions in this series already, and now it is time for more.
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If Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) acted alone in the killing of JFK and Jack Ruby acted alone in the killing of LHO as the WC claimed, why did Ruby and others refer to a plot being involved in JFK’s assassination?
If we look at Jack Ruby’s WC testimony we will see him reference a plot to Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Mr. RUBY. How can I prove my authenticity of what I have stated here today?
Chief Justice WARREN. Well, you have testified under oath, and I don't even know that there is anything to disprove what you have said.
Mr. RUBY. No; because I will say this. You don't know if there is anything to disprove, but at this moment, there is a certain organization in this area that has been indoctrinated, that I am the one that was in the plot to assassinate our President.
Mr. RANKIN. Would you tell us what that is?
Mr. RUBY. The John Birch Society.
Why would anyone be thinking about a plot if the WC’s version of events were correct? We will see more talk of a plot in the form of Bernard Weismann’s testimony. Weismann was the person who put the ominous black-bordered ad in the Dallas Morning News on November 22, 1963. Here are the relevant portions from his testimony.
CE 1031: www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh18/pages/WH_Vol18_0425a.jpg
Mr. JENNER. When you arrived there, was Mr. Schmidt there?
Mr. WEISSMAN. He was waiting for me. But Joe Grinnan wasn't there. He had heard this thing and took off. I guess he wanted to hide or something.
Mr. JENNER. Why?
Mr. WEISSMAN. Well, because the way it was right away, the announcers, even before it was ascertained that President Kennedy was dead, or that he had really been shot, that it was a rightwing plot and so forth. And he had every reason to be frightened.
Mr. JENNER. Why did he have every reason to be frightened?
Mr. WEISSMAN. Because, let's face it, the public feeling would suddenly be very anti-rightwing, and no telling what would happen if a mob got together and discovered him. They would tear him apart.
Bill [Burley] and I were frightened to the point because I knew about the ad. And I knew exactly what---at least I felt in my own mind I knew what people would believe. They would read the ad and so forth, and associate you with this thing, somehow, one way or another. So we went to another bar--I don't remember the name of it--the Ducharme Club was closed, by the way, that afternoon.
This testimony shows that early media reports were associating the shooting of JFK to the right-wing elements of Dallas. In particular, the John Birch Society. The Joe Grinnan mentioned in his testimony was the coordinator of the John Birch Society in Dallas and he was also the person who provided Weismann with the $1,462 to pay for the ad. Why were the origins of this ad never really investigated by the Dallas Police Department (DPD) or the WC?
Another member of the John Birch Society was retired General Edwin A. Walker (EAW) and Weismann makes a reference to him during his testimony.
Mr. JENNER. When you reached the Ducharme Club, it was closed, but you found Mr. Schmidt there?
Mr. WEISSMAN. Larrie was waiting on the corner. He got in the car. We sat and talked for a few minutes. We went to another bar a few blocks away. We drank beer and watched television. And we had been in the bar, I guess, about an hour when it come over that this patrolman Tippit had been shot, and they trapped some guy in a movie theater. And maybe half an our, an hour later, it came out this fellow's name was Lee Harvey Oswald. This is the first time I ever heard the name.
Mr. JENNER. What was said at that time?
Mr. WEISSMAN. By us?
Mr. JENNER. Yes. When it was announced it was Lee Harvey Oswald.
Mr. WEISSMAN. We were relieved.
Mr. JENNER. Anything said about it?
Mr. WEISSMAN. I don't recall. First, what was said, like, I hope he is not a member of the Walker group--something like that--I hope he is not one of Walker's boys. Because it is like a clique, and it is guilt by association from thereafter. So it came over later this guy was a Marxist. This was the same afternoon, I believe. It was found out this fellow was a Marxist. And then the announcers--they left the rightwing for a little while, and started going to the left, and I breathed a sigh of relief. After 4 hours in the bar, Bill and I went back to the apartment, and Larrie went to the Ducharme Club. He was afraid to go home.
What made him think that LHO could have been one of the “Walker boys”? Who knows as Albert Jenner was more concerned about whether the Ducharme Club was closed or not. This shows that the talk of the media was in regards to the right-wing and not the Communists. The pinning of the two crimes on LHO conveniently took all the attention off of the right-wing elements. It was also very convenient that Assistant District Attorney William Alexander was known to be a right-winger and he was at all the key places on November 22, 1963.
Another interesting point is that Weismann served in Germany during his time in military service and for part of the time while he was there EAW was a commander. Was he indoctrinated in the John Birch Society ideology then? That is what EAW was accused of by the Kennedys.
Was Weismann part of the conspiracy? Probably not. More than likely he was used to draw attention away from the real guilty people as he would have had to been insane to place the “Welcome Mr. Kennedy” ad if he was involved in a conspiracy to kill JFK. Clearly this was a method to draw attention to a certain group that was going to be used as a scapegoat if the LHO thing didn’t work out. Remember, that ad cost over $1,400 which was a lot of money back then.
The conspirators were obviously aware of the feud between the Kennedys and EAW so his connection to the John Birch Society was a perfect opportunity for them. Not so much for Bernard Weismann whose name appeared on the ad. No wonder he was afraid of being lynched.
Can any WC defender explain why the media reported that a plot was involved in JFK’s assassination if LHO was a lone assassin?
We again see evidence that either shows that the WC's conclusion was incorrect or raises a good bit of doubt as to whether it could be the correct conclusion, thus, they are sunk once more.
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The Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) assassinated President John F. Kennedy (JFK), shot and killed Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit (JDT), wounded Texas Governor John B. Connally (JBC) and attempted to kill retired General Edwin Walker. The evidence supporting these claims is absent from the WC’s twenty-six volumes of exhibits and testimony however, therefore, this has left many questions for us today. I have asked so many questions in this series already, and now it is time for more.
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If Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) acted alone in the killing of JFK and Jack Ruby acted alone in the killing of LHO as the WC claimed, why did Ruby and others refer to a plot being involved in JFK’s assassination?
If we look at Jack Ruby’s WC testimony we will see him reference a plot to Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Mr. RUBY. How can I prove my authenticity of what I have stated here today?
Chief Justice WARREN. Well, you have testified under oath, and I don't even know that there is anything to disprove what you have said.
Mr. RUBY. No; because I will say this. You don't know if there is anything to disprove, but at this moment, there is a certain organization in this area that has been indoctrinated, that I am the one that was in the plot to assassinate our President.
Mr. RANKIN. Would you tell us what that is?
Mr. RUBY. The John Birch Society.
Why would anyone be thinking about a plot if the WC’s version of events were correct? We will see more talk of a plot in the form of Bernard Weismann’s testimony. Weismann was the person who put the ominous black-bordered ad in the Dallas Morning News on November 22, 1963. Here are the relevant portions from his testimony.
CE 1031: www.historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh18/pages/WH_Vol18_0425a.jpg
Mr. JENNER. When you arrived there, was Mr. Schmidt there?
Mr. WEISSMAN. He was waiting for me. But Joe Grinnan wasn't there. He had heard this thing and took off. I guess he wanted to hide or something.
Mr. JENNER. Why?
Mr. WEISSMAN. Well, because the way it was right away, the announcers, even before it was ascertained that President Kennedy was dead, or that he had really been shot, that it was a rightwing plot and so forth. And he had every reason to be frightened.
Mr. JENNER. Why did he have every reason to be frightened?
Mr. WEISSMAN. Because, let's face it, the public feeling would suddenly be very anti-rightwing, and no telling what would happen if a mob got together and discovered him. They would tear him apart.
Bill [Burley] and I were frightened to the point because I knew about the ad. And I knew exactly what---at least I felt in my own mind I knew what people would believe. They would read the ad and so forth, and associate you with this thing, somehow, one way or another. So we went to another bar--I don't remember the name of it--the Ducharme Club was closed, by the way, that afternoon.
This testimony shows that early media reports were associating the shooting of JFK to the right-wing elements of Dallas. In particular, the John Birch Society. The Joe Grinnan mentioned in his testimony was the coordinator of the John Birch Society in Dallas and he was also the person who provided Weismann with the $1,462 to pay for the ad. Why were the origins of this ad never really investigated by the Dallas Police Department (DPD) or the WC?
Another member of the John Birch Society was retired General Edwin A. Walker (EAW) and Weismann makes a reference to him during his testimony.
Mr. JENNER. When you reached the Ducharme Club, it was closed, but you found Mr. Schmidt there?
Mr. WEISSMAN. Larrie was waiting on the corner. He got in the car. We sat and talked for a few minutes. We went to another bar a few blocks away. We drank beer and watched television. And we had been in the bar, I guess, about an hour when it come over that this patrolman Tippit had been shot, and they trapped some guy in a movie theater. And maybe half an our, an hour later, it came out this fellow's name was Lee Harvey Oswald. This is the first time I ever heard the name.
Mr. JENNER. What was said at that time?
Mr. WEISSMAN. By us?
Mr. JENNER. Yes. When it was announced it was Lee Harvey Oswald.
Mr. WEISSMAN. We were relieved.
Mr. JENNER. Anything said about it?
Mr. WEISSMAN. I don't recall. First, what was said, like, I hope he is not a member of the Walker group--something like that--I hope he is not one of Walker's boys. Because it is like a clique, and it is guilt by association from thereafter. So it came over later this guy was a Marxist. This was the same afternoon, I believe. It was found out this fellow was a Marxist. And then the announcers--they left the rightwing for a little while, and started going to the left, and I breathed a sigh of relief. After 4 hours in the bar, Bill and I went back to the apartment, and Larrie went to the Ducharme Club. He was afraid to go home.
What made him think that LHO could have been one of the “Walker boys”? Who knows as Albert Jenner was more concerned about whether the Ducharme Club was closed or not. This shows that the talk of the media was in regards to the right-wing and not the Communists. The pinning of the two crimes on LHO conveniently took all the attention off of the right-wing elements. It was also very convenient that Assistant District Attorney William Alexander was known to be a right-winger and he was at all the key places on November 22, 1963.
Another interesting point is that Weismann served in Germany during his time in military service and for part of the time while he was there EAW was a commander. Was he indoctrinated in the John Birch Society ideology then? That is what EAW was accused of by the Kennedys.
Was Weismann part of the conspiracy? Probably not. More than likely he was used to draw attention away from the real guilty people as he would have had to been insane to place the “Welcome Mr. Kennedy” ad if he was involved in a conspiracy to kill JFK. Clearly this was a method to draw attention to a certain group that was going to be used as a scapegoat if the LHO thing didn’t work out. Remember, that ad cost over $1,400 which was a lot of money back then.
The conspirators were obviously aware of the feud between the Kennedys and EAW so his connection to the John Birch Society was a perfect opportunity for them. Not so much for Bernard Weismann whose name appeared on the ad. No wonder he was afraid of being lynched.
Can any WC defender explain why the media reported that a plot was involved in JFK’s assassination if LHO was a lone assassin?
We again see evidence that either shows that the WC's conclusion was incorrect or raises a good bit of doubt as to whether it could be the correct conclusion, thus, they are sunk once more.