Post by Rob Caprio on Apr 12, 2019 21:40:17 GMT -5
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Why did the Warren Commission (WC), via their investigative agencies (FBI, CIA, Dallas Police Department (DPD), and Secret Service (SS)), spend time and money on Lee Harvey Oswald’s (LHO) landlords in New Orleans, but NOT on calling key witnesses to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
In Commission Exhibit (CE) 1154 we will see the Garners were interviewed by the SS in early 1964. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Garner said LHO rented a room, a FURNISHED room, for $65.00 a month for FOUR months from them. They claimed he left owing rent for 15 days too. In addition to the $65.00 rent fee LHO had to pay for utilities as well as they were NOT included. Where did LHO get this kind of money? They said he paid them a total of $260.00 for the room over the four months.
Why were they NOT staying at a cheaper place? I thought LHO was perpetually broke and unemployed according to the WC. Of course the Garners described LHO as “anti-social and had very little to say to anyone; that he maintained an arrogant attitude with everyone with whom he came in contact with.” How would they know this from the little interaction they would have had with him? Stressed out can appear as arrogant too! I love how at the height of the COLD WAR they liked the RUSSIAN wife who could speak barely any English MORE than LHO too! They said “Mrs. Oswald never had anything to say, apparently for the reason that she could only speak Russian; that she APPEARED FRIENDLY enough and would smile and let them know that she was aware of their presence but would never speak.” How can someone “appear friendly” when you don’t have a clue what they are thinking? I guess a smile does mislead you very easily.
Back to the cost of the room. In the report of the interview it says, “Mr. and Mrs. Garner stated that Oswald did NOT APPEAR to be employed about ONE-HALF the time during which he occupied the apartment at 4907 Magazine St. or for about the LAST TWO MONTHS he was there.” So again, how in the world could LHO afford this type of apartment then? Earlier in the report it said, “Mr. Garner stated that Oswald ALWAYS paid his rent in cash and he was usually tardy in paying his rent. On one occasion Oswald told him he was EXPECTING some money in couple of days and would pay his rent then, not mentioning the source from which he expected to receive the money.” Where was this money coming from? How could he afford a FURNISHED apartment for $65.00 a month, plus utilities, IF he was out of work for at least half the time he lived there?
The report also mentioned that he hung up “Pro-Castro” signs in the screened porch before Mr. Garner asked him to take them down. I thought LHO was anti-Castro at times too? After saying LHO would use buses for transportation and accusing the Oswalds of leaving the apartment in a bad condition the SS buried the key point of the Garners NEVER seeing LHO carrying ANY PACKAGE that could contain a rifle in it. Where was his alleged rife during this time then?
The Garners also observed the Oswalds on “at least two occasions in a nearby super market buying fairly good supplies of groceries.” Where did they get the money for this? They also mentioned that a FBI agent was investigating LHO at this time. Why? Why were the FBI investigating a “LONER” like LHO? Mrs. Garner leaped to the conclusion that he was being investigated for being a “Communist” with NO reason to assume this. Surely the FBI were NOT telling her any details as to why they wanted to speak with LHO or why they were investigating him. As we have seen in numerous posts in this series—there is NO EVIDENCE showing LHO was ever a Communist or ever joined the Communist party. This is more nonsense designed to distract us.
Another key statement by them is that in their time with LHO “he NEVER gave NO indication that he may have been violent.” So despite the disparaging remarks about his attitude and his living habits we see NO confirmation that he was carrying a rifle or that he was violent! They also stated that they had very few visitors, but should a “loner” have any visitors? I would think not. She mentioned on one occasion that a young man who appeared to be Latin and spoke with a Spanish accent came to her door looking for LHO. He appeared to have “pro-Castro” circulars in his hand too. On three other occasions LHO was visited by a man late in the evening who was middle-aged, had a gray hair line, very fair complexion and a neat dresser. Two men come to mind here—Guy Banister and Clay Shaw. Since Shaw was known to be a dapper dresser it could have been him. This is very revealing, but again, the WC saw NOTHING in this obviously (if they were told about it) as they did NOT call, interview or have the Garners do an affidavit. Who was this man visiting the Oswalds?
Also, neighbors of the Oswalds said a women with a two-tone blue STATION WAGON visited them on several occasions. The Garners were quick to point out the car the middle-aged man came in was NOT a station wagon, but we all know who was known to drive one, don’t we? Mrs. Ruth Paine. This woman stayed for two to three days on each visit, but did have two small children with her, so this would seem to eliminate Ruth Paine unless she was babysitting nieces and nephews at those times.
For the full report on the Garners go here (pp.190-191):
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Why did the Warren Commission (WC), via their investigative agencies (FBI, CIA, Dallas Police Department (DPD), and Secret Service (SS)), spend time and money on Lee Harvey Oswald’s (LHO) landlords in New Orleans, but NOT on calling key witnesses to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
In Commission Exhibit (CE) 1154 we will see the Garners were interviewed by the SS in early 1964. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Garner said LHO rented a room, a FURNISHED room, for $65.00 a month for FOUR months from them. They claimed he left owing rent for 15 days too. In addition to the $65.00 rent fee LHO had to pay for utilities as well as they were NOT included. Where did LHO get this kind of money? They said he paid them a total of $260.00 for the room over the four months.
Why were they NOT staying at a cheaper place? I thought LHO was perpetually broke and unemployed according to the WC. Of course the Garners described LHO as “anti-social and had very little to say to anyone; that he maintained an arrogant attitude with everyone with whom he came in contact with.” How would they know this from the little interaction they would have had with him? Stressed out can appear as arrogant too! I love how at the height of the COLD WAR they liked the RUSSIAN wife who could speak barely any English MORE than LHO too! They said “Mrs. Oswald never had anything to say, apparently for the reason that she could only speak Russian; that she APPEARED FRIENDLY enough and would smile and let them know that she was aware of their presence but would never speak.” How can someone “appear friendly” when you don’t have a clue what they are thinking? I guess a smile does mislead you very easily.
Back to the cost of the room. In the report of the interview it says, “Mr. and Mrs. Garner stated that Oswald did NOT APPEAR to be employed about ONE-HALF the time during which he occupied the apartment at 4907 Magazine St. or for about the LAST TWO MONTHS he was there.” So again, how in the world could LHO afford this type of apartment then? Earlier in the report it said, “Mr. Garner stated that Oswald ALWAYS paid his rent in cash and he was usually tardy in paying his rent. On one occasion Oswald told him he was EXPECTING some money in couple of days and would pay his rent then, not mentioning the source from which he expected to receive the money.” Where was this money coming from? How could he afford a FURNISHED apartment for $65.00 a month, plus utilities, IF he was out of work for at least half the time he lived there?
The report also mentioned that he hung up “Pro-Castro” signs in the screened porch before Mr. Garner asked him to take them down. I thought LHO was anti-Castro at times too? After saying LHO would use buses for transportation and accusing the Oswalds of leaving the apartment in a bad condition the SS buried the key point of the Garners NEVER seeing LHO carrying ANY PACKAGE that could contain a rifle in it. Where was his alleged rife during this time then?
The Garners also observed the Oswalds on “at least two occasions in a nearby super market buying fairly good supplies of groceries.” Where did they get the money for this? They also mentioned that a FBI agent was investigating LHO at this time. Why? Why were the FBI investigating a “LONER” like LHO? Mrs. Garner leaped to the conclusion that he was being investigated for being a “Communist” with NO reason to assume this. Surely the FBI were NOT telling her any details as to why they wanted to speak with LHO or why they were investigating him. As we have seen in numerous posts in this series—there is NO EVIDENCE showing LHO was ever a Communist or ever joined the Communist party. This is more nonsense designed to distract us.
Another key statement by them is that in their time with LHO “he NEVER gave NO indication that he may have been violent.” So despite the disparaging remarks about his attitude and his living habits we see NO confirmation that he was carrying a rifle or that he was violent! They also stated that they had very few visitors, but should a “loner” have any visitors? I would think not. She mentioned on one occasion that a young man who appeared to be Latin and spoke with a Spanish accent came to her door looking for LHO. He appeared to have “pro-Castro” circulars in his hand too. On three other occasions LHO was visited by a man late in the evening who was middle-aged, had a gray hair line, very fair complexion and a neat dresser. Two men come to mind here—Guy Banister and Clay Shaw. Since Shaw was known to be a dapper dresser it could have been him. This is very revealing, but again, the WC saw NOTHING in this obviously (if they were told about it) as they did NOT call, interview or have the Garners do an affidavit. Who was this man visiting the Oswalds?
Also, neighbors of the Oswalds said a women with a two-tone blue STATION WAGON visited them on several occasions. The Garners were quick to point out the car the middle-aged man came in was NOT a station wagon, but we all know who was known to drive one, don’t we? Mrs. Ruth Paine. This woman stayed for two to three days on each visit, but did have two small children with her, so this would seem to eliminate Ruth Paine unless she was babysitting nieces and nephews at those times.
For the full report on the Garners go here (pp.190-191):
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