Post by John Duncan on Mar 29, 2023 19:52:57 GMT -5
Part III : A Lack Of Security?
It becomes obvious, when looking at the actions of the Dallas Police, that keeping people away from the prisoner was not their first priority. One would think that if Oswald had ANY information relative to the assassination of the President, the police would not have been so non-chalant about protecting him.
They paraded him through the hallways mobbed with with press people, they produced him in a midnight press showing and publicized the time of his transfer. Exposing Oswald to an audience, whether newsmen, police officers or whomever, placed his life in danger.
In one of those little tidbits that never made it into the 26 Volumes, DA Henry Wade told the FBI that he wanted to transfer Oswald on the evening of the 22nd, but Fritz declined to do so. Fritz told Wade that Sheriff Bill Decker didn't like to transfer prisoners at night. (CD 4, pg. 32)
Not only was there a lack of security, there was a lack of Communication between the Police Dept. and the Sheriff's Office as to when the transfer would be.
Sheriff Decker testified he found out "about 9 o'clock" on Saturday evening that the transfer was going to be "around 10am" Sunday morning through a news reporter. (12 H 47)
He was never notified by the Police Dept. although he did call them to confirm the rumor he had heard. He testified that, "it was confirmed that he wouldn't be moved that night and that's all there was to it." (Ibid.)
Sounds like Decker either wanted or expected a transfer on Saturday night.
How could the police plan a 10am transfer and not notify the Sheriff? Because they were planning for Oswald's murder, not his transfer. Decker was out of the loop. Oswald was to be killed while in police custody. Oswald was never going make it to the County Jail and as such, notifying Decker was never considered.
Normally, the Sheriff would make the transfer, but on Sunday morning, Chief Curry called Decker and told him the police dept. would handle the transfer. Oswald's fate was sealed. The same police dept. that provided protection for President Kennedy would now provide protection for him.
And the result would be the same.
A transfer after dark would have been the right way to do it, especially since the Dallas Police had received death threats against Oswald for the 48 hours or so he was in their custody.
One such death threat was called in to Dallas Police desk officer Billy Grammar, who later said that he recognized the voice of the caller as Jack Ruby.
In fact, Sheriff Bill Decker testified that when his office had been notified by the FBI of a death threat against Oswald at 12:30 am on Sunday, he called the Dallas Police and recommended to Lt. Frazier that they transfer Oswald "immediately". (12 H 49)
Frazier first called Capt. Fritz who suggested he contact Chief Curry by phone. Frazier could not reach the Chief because his phone was off the hook, so he called Capt. Fritz back and suggested they "leave him ( Oswald ) where he was". (4 H 233)
On the morning of the 24th, the head of the Dallas Secret Service Forrest Sorrels suggested to Capt. Fritz that Oswald not be moved at an announced time.
"...I remarked to Capatin Fritz that I were he, I would not remove Oswald from the City Hall or City Jail to County Jail at an announced time; that I would take him out at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning when there was no one around." (13 H 63)
But there was no way they were going to transfer Oswald in the middle of the night because everything had been "set up" to kill Oswald on Sunday morning.
Why A Sunday Transfer?
Two reasons:
Firstly, Lt. Wiggins would be on duty in the jail office and would be able to keep a watch on the basement for Ruby.
Secondly, the world would be mourning the death of the President and glued to their televison sets for his funeral. This distraction would provide little interest or sympathy for the murder of his alleged assassin.
In fact, hundreds of telegrams sent to Ruby while he was in the the Dallas County jail congratulated him on killing "the President's assassin."
Oswald would be transferred with minimal protection and maximum "world exposure" in accordance with someone else's directions.
And that someone else, according to a Dallas police detective, was in Washington.
It has been said that, "politics and protection don't mix" and this is just another example of that.
The transfer of Oswald would not be based on protecting the prisoner, but rather on "political considerations".
Coming in part IV: "Political Considerations."
It becomes obvious, when looking at the actions of the Dallas Police, that keeping people away from the prisoner was not their first priority. One would think that if Oswald had ANY information relative to the assassination of the President, the police would not have been so non-chalant about protecting him.
They paraded him through the hallways mobbed with with press people, they produced him in a midnight press showing and publicized the time of his transfer. Exposing Oswald to an audience, whether newsmen, police officers or whomever, placed his life in danger.
In one of those little tidbits that never made it into the 26 Volumes, DA Henry Wade told the FBI that he wanted to transfer Oswald on the evening of the 22nd, but Fritz declined to do so. Fritz told Wade that Sheriff Bill Decker didn't like to transfer prisoners at night. (CD 4, pg. 32)
Not only was there a lack of security, there was a lack of Communication between the Police Dept. and the Sheriff's Office as to when the transfer would be.
Sheriff Decker testified he found out "about 9 o'clock" on Saturday evening that the transfer was going to be "around 10am" Sunday morning through a news reporter. (12 H 47)
He was never notified by the Police Dept. although he did call them to confirm the rumor he had heard. He testified that, "it was confirmed that he wouldn't be moved that night and that's all there was to it." (Ibid.)
Sounds like Decker either wanted or expected a transfer on Saturday night.
How could the police plan a 10am transfer and not notify the Sheriff? Because they were planning for Oswald's murder, not his transfer. Decker was out of the loop. Oswald was to be killed while in police custody. Oswald was never going make it to the County Jail and as such, notifying Decker was never considered.
Normally, the Sheriff would make the transfer, but on Sunday morning, Chief Curry called Decker and told him the police dept. would handle the transfer. Oswald's fate was sealed. The same police dept. that provided protection for President Kennedy would now provide protection for him.
And the result would be the same.
A transfer after dark would have been the right way to do it, especially since the Dallas Police had received death threats against Oswald for the 48 hours or so he was in their custody.
One such death threat was called in to Dallas Police desk officer Billy Grammar, who later said that he recognized the voice of the caller as Jack Ruby.
In fact, Sheriff Bill Decker testified that when his office had been notified by the FBI of a death threat against Oswald at 12:30 am on Sunday, he called the Dallas Police and recommended to Lt. Frazier that they transfer Oswald "immediately". (12 H 49)
Frazier first called Capt. Fritz who suggested he contact Chief Curry by phone. Frazier could not reach the Chief because his phone was off the hook, so he called Capt. Fritz back and suggested they "leave him ( Oswald ) where he was". (4 H 233)
On the morning of the 24th, the head of the Dallas Secret Service Forrest Sorrels suggested to Capt. Fritz that Oswald not be moved at an announced time.
"...I remarked to Capatin Fritz that I were he, I would not remove Oswald from the City Hall or City Jail to County Jail at an announced time; that I would take him out at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning when there was no one around." (13 H 63)
But there was no way they were going to transfer Oswald in the middle of the night because everything had been "set up" to kill Oswald on Sunday morning.
Why A Sunday Transfer?
Two reasons:
Firstly, Lt. Wiggins would be on duty in the jail office and would be able to keep a watch on the basement for Ruby.
Secondly, the world would be mourning the death of the President and glued to their televison sets for his funeral. This distraction would provide little interest or sympathy for the murder of his alleged assassin.
In fact, hundreds of telegrams sent to Ruby while he was in the the Dallas County jail congratulated him on killing "the President's assassin."
Oswald would be transferred with minimal protection and maximum "world exposure" in accordance with someone else's directions.
And that someone else, according to a Dallas police detective, was in Washington.
It has been said that, "politics and protection don't mix" and this is just another example of that.
The transfer of Oswald would not be based on protecting the prisoner, but rather on "political considerations".
Coming in part IV: "Political Considerations."