Post by Rob Caprio on Oct 21, 2018 8:56:21 GMT -5
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The Warren Commission (WC) would claim Jack Ruby entered the Dallas Police Department (DPD) garage via the Main St. ramp, but like almost every other claim they made they would NOT support it with evidence. Furthermore, the ONLY officer assigned to the ramp area, Roy Vaughn, said he NEVER saw Jack Ruby enter the ramp. Over the years WC defenders have argued that he simply missed Ruby walking by him, but as you will see from testimony the ramp was ONLY 12-15’ wide! (Actually researcher Walt Brown said he measured it and it was 9’ by 11”!)
This means Vaughn would have had very bad eyesight NOT to see him, and this is precluded by the fact they assigned him this task. The WC itself would have to use the term “probably” as they could NEVER show he did, and the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) would write the same thing, but just in the OPPOSITE way (he probably did NOT come down the ramp). Let’s look at this issue more closely.
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The first issue never resolved was that Jack Ruby entered the basement at 11:20 a.m., and yet the transfer was announced on all radio and television stations to be occurring at 10:00 a.m. How did Ruby expect to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) by coming in an hour and twenty minutes AFTER the transfer time? Was this just another coincidence or splendid luck on Ruby's part? Why did he NOT get there by 10:00 a.m. if he was really intent on killing LHO to spare Jackie from a nasty trial? Detective Jim Leavelle was handcuffed to LHO and he would tell researcher Jim Marrs that he never understood the nearly one-hour delay in transferring LHO.
Again, the fact Ruby was so late and LHO was still ready for him has lead many to surmise they were holding the transfer up UNTIL Ruby showed up. We also have that car honk just before Ruby moved in for the kill. This has been posited for years as the signal to bring LHO out.
The WC declared Ruby "probably" entered via the Main St. ramp despite the only officer stationed there, Officer Vaughn, denying he passed him. The WC continued to speculate by saying Ruby walked down the ramp into a supposedly cleared area, it was NOT, as it was very crowded. (XIII, 7) The transfer car was to have been in place; it was NOT. (WCR, 230) A corridor of police officers was to have shielded the prisoner; there was no such corridor in place. (WCR, 213, 229-230) A 'high sign' was to be given ONLY if all was in order; it was given despite NOTHING being in order. (XIII, 17; WCR, 230) The police officers guarding LHO should have been briefed regarding the death threats against him, but they never were. (XIII, 5, 26-27) Ruby was thus NOT obstructed by a car, a corridor of officers, or officers alerted to the fact there had been death threats made against LHO, and just fired away into the abdomen of LHO.
Was Ruby aided, or was it just a case of total ineptness on the part of the DPD? Since he was an hour and 20 minutes late, did Ruby arrive by pre-arrangement or by chance? Of course the WC favored "chance." Sgt. Patrick Dean of the DPD said Ruby told him two nights before the shooting he planned on gunning down LHO. (V, 257) If this killing was premeditated could Ruby have pulled it off without the help of the DPD? Furthermore, why did Dean NOT report this threat to his superiors? Why was he NOT held accountable for the failure to do so?
Dean, who was in charge of the security detail during the LHO transfer , would also give crucial evidence against Jack Ruby, but remained close friends with him. Dean would claim that Ruby told him a few minutes after shooting LHO that he, Ruby, had been planning to do it. [Obviously since he told Dean a few nights before he planned on doing it and Dean did NOTHING despite being in charge of the security detail for the transfer!]
WC counsel Griffin acted as if he did NOT believe this, and said he felt Dean was lying. Part of his reasoning was due to the fact it was shown Dean was NOT alone with Ruby for some time after the shooting, thus it would have been impossible for others NOT to have heard this confession as well. But this was accepted by the court and eventually it would be overturned on appeal.
Dean was the "author" of the lie that Ruby came down the Main St. ramp past Roy Vaughn and into the basement. There is NO evidence that this is what happened, in fact Officer Vaughn passed THREE lie detector tests on this topic while Dean FAILED his -- and he was allowed to write HIS OWN QUESTIONS TOO according to JFK researcher Anthony Summers!
Lt. Jack Revill was part of a task force that was assigned to look into the shooting of LHO by Ruby. The others on the committee were: Inspector Herbert Sawyer, Captain Westbrook, Capt. O.A. Jones, a Lt. Paul McCaghren, Lt. Frank Cornwall, Lt. Cecil Wallace, and initially a detective, one of the subordinates in the intelligence unit, H.M. Hart. Here is what he would tell the WC during his testimony regarding what Ruby told him about how he entered the basement:
Mr. HUBERT. Will you tell us about what happened?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; Lieutenant Cornwall and I, after interviewing all these people, trying to determine how Ruby got into the basement, decided that the best thing was to talk to Ruby himself, so, we finally got clearance to go talk to him and we did. and----
Mr. HUBERT. Now, by that time you had already heard from the press that he had said that he had come through the Main Street ramp?
Lieutenant REVILL. Something to the effect that, "You may not believe me, but I walked down the ramp." Anyway at the interview, Ruby was there with Cornwall and I, and this unknown jailer, and he refused to disclose how he gained access into the basement stating that this is a part of his defense, so, we then had Sheriff Decker call Tom Howard, who was representing Ruby at that time as a legal counsel. Mr. Howard came to the jail and was present throughout the interview…
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Mr. HUBERT. Did you ask him specifically whether the story in the press, that he had come through the Main Street entrance, was correct or not correct?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; I asked him this, and he refused to discuss it. He said that he did not want to get anyone in trouble.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you pursue that?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; I did. I was assigned to this committee to find out what happened, and I really wasn't concerned who we got in trouble, because if someone was wrong, then they suffer the consequences and I asked him about officers by name who were present in the basement, if they had seen him or talked to him, and he wouldn't discuss it. Knowing Jack Ruby, Jack Ruby is the type of individual that can't be anywhere for a period of time without talking to someone.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you mention to him specifically Roy Vaughn's name?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; the officer----
Mr. HUBERT. At the Main Street exit?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. HUBERT. He made no comment?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; he wouldn't discuss this.
So we see in this snippet Ruby would NOT confirm or deny that he came down the ramp for “fear of getting someone into trouble”! How much more trouble could he get in since he was charged with MURDER? It seems he may have been afraid of something worse. What was it?
Revill would continue and say that he did NOT ask Dean about the statement he made regarding Ruby coming in the Main St. ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. In your discussion with Dean, do you recall whether he stated to you how he found out about Ruby's alleged entry through the Main Street ramp ?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; I do not.
Why not? Didn’t he just testify to being “…assigned to this committee to find out what happened, and I really wasn't concerned who we got in trouble, because if someone was wrong, then they suffer the consequences…?” It seems this statement was NOT true since he did NOT force Dean to tell him how he knew Ruby entered via the Main St. ramp as he claimed.
The WC would try and find someone to say they saw Ruby coming down the ramp, but to NO avail.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know the reserve officer by the name of Holly?
Lieutenant REVEL. Holly? Yes, sir; I talked to Mr. Holly.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you recall the nature of the conversation?
Lieutenant REVILL Yes, sir; I do.
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; and they are filed alphabetically. Ordinarily I can find it probably easier this way. Holly, yes, Holly was interviewed and he stated that he had been assigned to a traffic corner and after the shooting occurred he was reassigned to Parkland Hospital, and that while there some unknown police reservist told him that he had observed, or admitted Ruby into the basement of the city hall, and that Ruby had presented press credentials.
Mr. HUBERT. Well.----
Lieutenant REVILL. Well, what we did, we have photographs of all of the police reserve, and Holly could not identify anyone as being this officer, or reserve officer.
Mr. HUBERT. Where did this take place, that is to say, where was Holly shown these pictures?
Lieutenant REVILL. In the city hall, in the special services bureau.
Who was this “police reservist” who told Holly that had seen Ruby come down the ramp? We don’t know yet since Holly could NOT ID the person he spoke with. Look at this.
Mr. HUBERT. That this reserve officer told him?
Lieutenant REVILL That he had seen Ruby in the basement of the city hall, and that Ruby had presented press credentials to someone in the basement of the city hall. We were never able to locate this reserve officer.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Holly tell you that a reserve officer, possibly the same one, possibly another, had told him that he had seen Ruby coming down the ramp, Main Street ramp, and just about a minute before the shooting?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; Holly did not say that to me. I found a reserve officer who was present in the basement of the city hall who saw some individual coming down the ramp, the Main Street ramp. He could not identify this person as being Ruby. As you said, approximately a minute or minute and a half after the shooting--I mean, prior to the shooting. Have you got a----
We now have two questions that need answering. Firstly, who was this alleged reserve officer who told Holly that he had seen Ruby enter the basement via the ramp? Secondly, who was this alleged person that was seen coming down the ramp since he could NOT be ID as Jack Ruby? It turns out it was an Officer Newman who saw a person come down the ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you interview Newman?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Newman said that he had not recognized Jack Ruby?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; he did not recognize the man coming down the ramp, and the distance involved, I can readily see why he could not identify him.
Again, who was this person then? Ruby was already in the building in all likelihood as he probably came into the basement another way with help of Asst. Chief Batchelor. This is confirmed by multiple sources. Gary Shaw wrote in "Cover-up", "...no less than the Assistant Chief of Police was recruited to personally escort Jack Ruby into the Dallas Police Station basement to kill Oswald." This was learned during the suit issued by Officer Roy Vaughn's lawyer as he has been trying to clear his name for years as the man who allowed Ruby into the basement. Several Officers gave affidavits stating it was Batchelor who escorted in Ruby.
Harrison Livingstone talked with Vaughn's attorney, James Neill, about this and he said based on the evidence they have Ruby never passed Vaughn on the ramp and was escorted in by Batchelor. Beyond the affadavits they have the fact Vaughn PASSED THREE lie detector tests confirming his claim he NEVER saw Ruby enter the basement via the ramp.
The original source of the Batchleor story was Red Davis of the DPD, who would state to Vaughn, after he passed the lie detector test, "God, you shouldn't even have to do that" and told him that Batchelor took Ruby in via the elevator.
Batchelor was in charge of security precautions for two important events, the motorcade on 11/22/63 and the transfer of LHO on 11/24/63, and he FAILED on both causing the death of both of his charges. One would think this guy would have been run out of town on a rail, AFTER being tarred and feathered! Instead he would become the Chief of Police later on. We saw a continual pattern of this. Instead of being penalized for failing in their duty we see those responsible for the security of JFK and LHO being PROMOTED after both of their charges were killed! This could lead one to believe the death of these two men was the GOAL instead of misfortune.
Given the fact he was an hour and twenty minutes late and faced no impediments in his entrance to the basement, it is quite clear to me he had some assistance from somewhere. The DPD, and Batchelor, are the most likely simply because they were the ones providing the security.
Joe Tonahill, one of Ruby's defense lawyers at the his trial, reminded everyone that the announcement had been for 10:00 a.m. (the transfer) and that Ruby was seen at the Western Union as late as 11:17 a.m. Tonahill then described Ruby's murder of LHO as "probably the greatest coincidence in the history of the world." He finally presented an alternate explanation to the jury:
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I know come to the point of this great, great burden the State has to prove there is malice in the mind of Jack Ruby. The State has the burden to prove to you that there was a conspiracy in the police department with Jack Ruby. (State v. Jack Rubenstein, alias Jack Ruby, Dallas, March, 13, 1964.)
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He did this to make a case of malicious murder harder to prove, as the state would have to "prove that somebody tipped Jack Ruby off and set premeditation in force. And that is what a conspiracy is." He was saying in effect that if they jury found Ruby guilty of malicious murder they would have to find the DPD guilty as well, of course this did NOT happen, they found Ruby guilty of malicious murder with NO assistance at all.
Based on the delay in the transfer and all the issues surrounding it, the clear point to me is this was prearranged and the DPD allowed it to happen to help avoid a trial that would have aired a lot of dirty laundry. Just too much luck and coincidences in the official theory for me to believe it all.
Who was in the basement when Jack Ruby entered it? There were 40 to 50 newsmen and cameramen and some of them knew Ruby. There were also 70 to 75 policemen there, and again, many of them knew Ruby. The WC thought it was "appropriate to consider whether there is evidence that Jack Ruby received assistance from Dallas policemen or others in gaining access to the basement on the morning of November 24. An affirmative answer would require that the evidence be evaluated for possible connection to the assassination itself." (WCR 219)
Why could the WC not reach a positive conclusion when they themselves said, "Dallas officials, particularly those from the police department, have fully complied with all requests by the Commission?" (WCR xi) It instead relied on speculation that Ruby "probably" walked down the ramp into the basement. This would be horrible police work in a normal case, but when the president has been killed this is treasonous, as they had a duty to find out the truth, but they decided it was easier to NOT find out what really happened.
A witness that corroborated Vaughn’s claim of NOT seeing or allowing Jack Ruby entrance to the garage via the ramp was former Dallas Police Officer Napoleon Daniels.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I know you have already made a statement to the FBI, as a matter of fact, I think you have made two statements, one to the State police--I would now just like for you to tell us what you know of entry of Jack Ruby into the basement?
Mr. DANIELS. Well, actually, I don't feel like I really know anything, but I saw a guy go in the basement, but I don't think it was Ruby.
The rest is a waste of time and paper as the WC would spend pages and pages of testimony going over in minute detail where he was standing and what he was doing, BUT the name Ruby NEVER appears again in his testimony. Once they heard this statement—I don’t think it was Ruby—they began to play a game.
There are two more good witnesses that said Ruby DID NOT enter via the Main St. ramp. The first it UPI newsman Terrance McGarry, who said he was standing at the base of the ramp for at least 5 minutes leading up to the shooting and he DID NOT see Ruby come down the ramp and pass him. The right-hand columns have the pertinent info. Here is his FBI report (12/4/63; CE 2050, pp. 453-454):
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The other witness was Harry Tasker, a cab driver, was there to pickup a customer. He said he was there about an hour before the shooting and was near the Main St. ramp the whole time, he did NOT leave at all according to his testimony. He saw the officer stationed at the ramp, in uniform, but said he did not know him by name. He said he was only 7 or 8 feet away from the mouth of the entrance and he said here were at least 50 people on either side of it. He was asked if the police officer was having any troubles with a crowd so large and he said, "Well, yes, he had a little difficulty now and then. Somebody would try and slip by him and he would hail them and bring them back out." This happened more than once, so often in fact, Tasker lost count. So it seems officer Vaughn was paying attention despite what the WC claimed. (Vol. XV, 681)
When asked how they would slip by Tasker said, "Well, he was probably looking at something on this side and somebody didn't know he was on guard there and walked on down there." He also mentions a car going IN, something the WC doesn't mention in their report. He says it went in about 15-20 minutes before the shooting. It was a police squad car with two officers and a person in civilian clothes. He testified that he did not know Jack Ruby (Officer Daniels either), but of course he had seen his picture by then. (XV, 682) When asked if he saw Jack Ruby enter the Main St. ramp entrance Tasker said, "No, sir; I have never remembered seeing that man coming up, walking, riding or anything else." He replied "No" when asked if he saw him coming up Main St. from the Western Union. (XV, 683)
So, in addition to Officer Daniels we have two more witnesses that never saw Ruby come down the Main St. ramp.
We also have this comment from Detective Leavelle that states he offered an ALTERNATE route to take LHO out from, but it was IGNORED.
Mr. HUBERT. The car was not pulled back because pulling it back would block the----
Mr. LEAVELLE. That, I don't know. Of course, you are--according to one of my previous reports I earlier suggested to Captain Fritz that we make the suggestion to the chief that we take him out to the first floor and put him out at Main Street to a car and proceed to the county jail that way and leave them waiting in the basement and on Commerce Street, and we could be to the county jail before anyone knew what was taking place.
Mr. HUBERT. What time did you make that suggestion, sir?
Mr. LEAVELLE. That was either just before or just after--probably just after I had gone there and got Oswald and we were talking about the transfer.
Mr. HUBERT. Who did you make that suggestion to?
Mr. LEAVELLE. I made it to Captain Fritz.
Mr. HUBERT. What answer did you receive from him?
Mr. LEAVELLE. Said he didn't think the chief would go for it.
So much for worrying about the safety of your prisoner, huh? The Chief wouldn’t go for it supposedly because he had promised the media some shots of the prisoner. Good one.
Now, lets discuss the man who was responsible for the ramp and its security. Officer Vaughn was stationed on the ramp and he said he did NOT see Ruby trying to go down, or actually going down the ramp. He testified to having met Ruby before too so he would know what he looked like!
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know Jack Ruby at all prior to this occasion?
Mr. VAUGHN. Well, I had met Mr. Ruby prior to this time, Mr. Hubert.
Mr. HUBERT. How many times would you say?
Mr. VAUGHN. I would say two or three times to be at the most.
Here is the important part about the width of the ramp. People like Bill Brown argue he could have missed him when the ramp was so NARROW, but then argue that FIFTY SIX FEET (Callaway) and FIFTY FEET (Wes Frazier) is NOT that far off to see things when they NAIL LHO! LOL! Oh the hypocrisy of it all.
Mr. HUBERT. The ramp is about how many feet wide?
Mr. VAUGHN. I would just have to estimate it--I would say it was 12 to 15 feet.
Mr. HUBERT. And you were standing more or less in the middle?
Mr. VAUGHN. In the middle.
Mr. HUBERT. And that was about from 9:30 on?
Mr. VAUGHN. Yes.
WC defenders have tried to argue that when the car driven by Lt. Pierce came out someone could have slipped in, but Vaughn nixed that too.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ever leave that post?
Mr. VAUGHN. The only time when I ever moved out of my position there was when this car which was driven by Lieutenant Pierce exited by that ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. What steps did you take to maintain the security of your post while you were talking to such people so that other people wouldn't sneak through?
Mr. VAUGHN. I was still standing in the middle of the ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. It would be impossible, you think, for anybody to pass on either side of you?
Mr. VAUGHN. That's right--without seeing them.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, coming to the time when the automobile passed through, tell us what you know about that?
Mr. VAUGHN. Well, I would say it was approximately a quarter or a little past--about 18 minutes past 11, somewhere around there I wouldn't be exact on the time.
Mr. HUBERT. How do you fix that time?
Mr. VAUGHN. Well, they established, I think, that the shooting occurred at 11:21 and I'm just judging by the minutes before.
Mr. HUBERT. Let's do it this way. How long before you heard the shot did that car driven by Rio Pierce pass by you?
Mr. VAUGHN. I would say not over 3 minutes.
How convenient that this happened so close to the shooting! The WC will specifically ask if he sees anyone coming in after the the car, but did not ask if it was possible anyone could have gone in when the car was coming out right away.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it fair to say, then, that after you got back to your post, following the exit of Rio Pierce's car, that nobody passed you?
Mr. VAUGHN. Nobody passed me.
Mr. HUBERT. Specifically, did Jack Ruby pass you?
Mr. VAUGHN. No, sir.
Finally they ask the important question.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, when the Rio Pierce car was coming out. what steps or action did you take to maintain the security of your post while that car was passing through?
Mr. VAUGHN. The only steps, like I said, Mr. Hubert, on that--is when I stepped out onto the sidewalks--why--I made sure that my view of the entrance of the city hall was not completely blocked, that I could still see the entrance to the right.
Mr. HUBERT. You use the words "completely blocked," do you mean to infer by that it could have been partially blocked?
Mr. VAUGHN. No, sir; the only thing--when I stepped out, as the car came out, I still had a view of the actual entrance to the ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. Would it have been possible that part of your view was blocked by the automobile itself?
Mr. VAUGHN. It possibly--for an instant while the car was coming out--actually out of the entrance but after it cleared the ramp---no, sir.
The possibility Ruby slipped in this way exists, but it would seem he would have to be very quick on his feet IF the car cleared out as fast as Vaughn said it did. Vaughn passed the lie dectector test three times too!
I think Vaughn's testimony shows us Ruby did not get in via the Main St. Ramp. Even the HSCA would say this:
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…Ruby probably did NOT come down the ramp, and that his most LIKELY route was an alleyway located next to the Dallas Municipal Building and to a stairway leading to basement garage of police headquarters. (emphasis mine)
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More from the HSCA:
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…Ruby’s shooting of Oswald was NOT a spontaneous act in that it involved at least some premeditation. Similarly, the committee believed it was less likely that Ruby entered the police basement WITHOUT assistance, even though the assistance may have been provided with no knowledge of Ruby’s intentions…The Committee was troubled by the apparently UNLOCKED doors along stairway route and the REMOVAL of security guards from the area of the garage nearest the stairway shortly before the shooting,…There is also evidence that the Dallas Police Department WITHHELD relevant information from the Warren Commission concerning Ruby’s entry to the scene of Oswald’s transfer…(Emphasis mine)
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We see here the HSCA found evidence of complicity in Ruby’s entrance to the garage. They also found the DPD GUILTY of withholding information from the WC. The ONLY reason they would do this is to protect and hide something that was NOT good. Finally, let’s ask the man who got into the basement. Ruby would say this to the WC about the event:
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…who else could have time it so perfectly by seconds. If it were timed that way, then someone in the police department is GUILTY of giving the information as to when Lee Harvey Oswald was coming down. (emphasis mine)
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I think this sums it up perfectly. While the WC was weak in proclaiming he came down the ramp, they still claimed it nonetheless. And again, we see their claim is sunk.
Portions of this came from Jim Marrs’ book, Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy, page 420
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The Warren Commission (WC) would claim Jack Ruby entered the Dallas Police Department (DPD) garage via the Main St. ramp, but like almost every other claim they made they would NOT support it with evidence. Furthermore, the ONLY officer assigned to the ramp area, Roy Vaughn, said he NEVER saw Jack Ruby enter the ramp. Over the years WC defenders have argued that he simply missed Ruby walking by him, but as you will see from testimony the ramp was ONLY 12-15’ wide! (Actually researcher Walt Brown said he measured it and it was 9’ by 11”!)
This means Vaughn would have had very bad eyesight NOT to see him, and this is precluded by the fact they assigned him this task. The WC itself would have to use the term “probably” as they could NEVER show he did, and the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) would write the same thing, but just in the OPPOSITE way (he probably did NOT come down the ramp). Let’s look at this issue more closely.
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The first issue never resolved was that Jack Ruby entered the basement at 11:20 a.m., and yet the transfer was announced on all radio and television stations to be occurring at 10:00 a.m. How did Ruby expect to shoot Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) by coming in an hour and twenty minutes AFTER the transfer time? Was this just another coincidence or splendid luck on Ruby's part? Why did he NOT get there by 10:00 a.m. if he was really intent on killing LHO to spare Jackie from a nasty trial? Detective Jim Leavelle was handcuffed to LHO and he would tell researcher Jim Marrs that he never understood the nearly one-hour delay in transferring LHO.
Again, the fact Ruby was so late and LHO was still ready for him has lead many to surmise they were holding the transfer up UNTIL Ruby showed up. We also have that car honk just before Ruby moved in for the kill. This has been posited for years as the signal to bring LHO out.
The WC declared Ruby "probably" entered via the Main St. ramp despite the only officer stationed there, Officer Vaughn, denying he passed him. The WC continued to speculate by saying Ruby walked down the ramp into a supposedly cleared area, it was NOT, as it was very crowded. (XIII, 7) The transfer car was to have been in place; it was NOT. (WCR, 230) A corridor of police officers was to have shielded the prisoner; there was no such corridor in place. (WCR, 213, 229-230) A 'high sign' was to be given ONLY if all was in order; it was given despite NOTHING being in order. (XIII, 17; WCR, 230) The police officers guarding LHO should have been briefed regarding the death threats against him, but they never were. (XIII, 5, 26-27) Ruby was thus NOT obstructed by a car, a corridor of officers, or officers alerted to the fact there had been death threats made against LHO, and just fired away into the abdomen of LHO.
Was Ruby aided, or was it just a case of total ineptness on the part of the DPD? Since he was an hour and 20 minutes late, did Ruby arrive by pre-arrangement or by chance? Of course the WC favored "chance." Sgt. Patrick Dean of the DPD said Ruby told him two nights before the shooting he planned on gunning down LHO. (V, 257) If this killing was premeditated could Ruby have pulled it off without the help of the DPD? Furthermore, why did Dean NOT report this threat to his superiors? Why was he NOT held accountable for the failure to do so?
Dean, who was in charge of the security detail during the LHO transfer , would also give crucial evidence against Jack Ruby, but remained close friends with him. Dean would claim that Ruby told him a few minutes after shooting LHO that he, Ruby, had been planning to do it. [Obviously since he told Dean a few nights before he planned on doing it and Dean did NOTHING despite being in charge of the security detail for the transfer!]
WC counsel Griffin acted as if he did NOT believe this, and said he felt Dean was lying. Part of his reasoning was due to the fact it was shown Dean was NOT alone with Ruby for some time after the shooting, thus it would have been impossible for others NOT to have heard this confession as well. But this was accepted by the court and eventually it would be overturned on appeal.
Dean was the "author" of the lie that Ruby came down the Main St. ramp past Roy Vaughn and into the basement. There is NO evidence that this is what happened, in fact Officer Vaughn passed THREE lie detector tests on this topic while Dean FAILED his -- and he was allowed to write HIS OWN QUESTIONS TOO according to JFK researcher Anthony Summers!
Lt. Jack Revill was part of a task force that was assigned to look into the shooting of LHO by Ruby. The others on the committee were: Inspector Herbert Sawyer, Captain Westbrook, Capt. O.A. Jones, a Lt. Paul McCaghren, Lt. Frank Cornwall, Lt. Cecil Wallace, and initially a detective, one of the subordinates in the intelligence unit, H.M. Hart. Here is what he would tell the WC during his testimony regarding what Ruby told him about how he entered the basement:
Mr. HUBERT. Will you tell us about what happened?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; Lieutenant Cornwall and I, after interviewing all these people, trying to determine how Ruby got into the basement, decided that the best thing was to talk to Ruby himself, so, we finally got clearance to go talk to him and we did. and----
Mr. HUBERT. Now, by that time you had already heard from the press that he had said that he had come through the Main Street ramp?
Lieutenant REVILL. Something to the effect that, "You may not believe me, but I walked down the ramp." Anyway at the interview, Ruby was there with Cornwall and I, and this unknown jailer, and he refused to disclose how he gained access into the basement stating that this is a part of his defense, so, we then had Sheriff Decker call Tom Howard, who was representing Ruby at that time as a legal counsel. Mr. Howard came to the jail and was present throughout the interview…
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Mr. HUBERT. Did you ask him specifically whether the story in the press, that he had come through the Main Street entrance, was correct or not correct?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; I asked him this, and he refused to discuss it. He said that he did not want to get anyone in trouble.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you pursue that?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; I did. I was assigned to this committee to find out what happened, and I really wasn't concerned who we got in trouble, because if someone was wrong, then they suffer the consequences and I asked him about officers by name who were present in the basement, if they had seen him or talked to him, and he wouldn't discuss it. Knowing Jack Ruby, Jack Ruby is the type of individual that can't be anywhere for a period of time without talking to someone.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you mention to him specifically Roy Vaughn's name?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; the officer----
Mr. HUBERT. At the Main Street exit?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. HUBERT. He made no comment?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; he wouldn't discuss this.
So we see in this snippet Ruby would NOT confirm or deny that he came down the ramp for “fear of getting someone into trouble”! How much more trouble could he get in since he was charged with MURDER? It seems he may have been afraid of something worse. What was it?
Revill would continue and say that he did NOT ask Dean about the statement he made regarding Ruby coming in the Main St. ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. In your discussion with Dean, do you recall whether he stated to you how he found out about Ruby's alleged entry through the Main Street ramp ?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; I do not.
Why not? Didn’t he just testify to being “…assigned to this committee to find out what happened, and I really wasn't concerned who we got in trouble, because if someone was wrong, then they suffer the consequences…?” It seems this statement was NOT true since he did NOT force Dean to tell him how he knew Ruby entered via the Main St. ramp as he claimed.
The WC would try and find someone to say they saw Ruby coming down the ramp, but to NO avail.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know the reserve officer by the name of Holly?
Lieutenant REVEL. Holly? Yes, sir; I talked to Mr. Holly.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you recall the nature of the conversation?
Lieutenant REVILL Yes, sir; I do.
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; and they are filed alphabetically. Ordinarily I can find it probably easier this way. Holly, yes, Holly was interviewed and he stated that he had been assigned to a traffic corner and after the shooting occurred he was reassigned to Parkland Hospital, and that while there some unknown police reservist told him that he had observed, or admitted Ruby into the basement of the city hall, and that Ruby had presented press credentials.
Mr. HUBERT. Well.----
Lieutenant REVILL. Well, what we did, we have photographs of all of the police reserve, and Holly could not identify anyone as being this officer, or reserve officer.
Mr. HUBERT. Where did this take place, that is to say, where was Holly shown these pictures?
Lieutenant REVILL. In the city hall, in the special services bureau.
Who was this “police reservist” who told Holly that had seen Ruby come down the ramp? We don’t know yet since Holly could NOT ID the person he spoke with. Look at this.
Mr. HUBERT. That this reserve officer told him?
Lieutenant REVILL That he had seen Ruby in the basement of the city hall, and that Ruby had presented press credentials to someone in the basement of the city hall. We were never able to locate this reserve officer.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Holly tell you that a reserve officer, possibly the same one, possibly another, had told him that he had seen Ruby coming down the ramp, Main Street ramp, and just about a minute before the shooting?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; Holly did not say that to me. I found a reserve officer who was present in the basement of the city hall who saw some individual coming down the ramp, the Main Street ramp. He could not identify this person as being Ruby. As you said, approximately a minute or minute and a half after the shooting--I mean, prior to the shooting. Have you got a----
We now have two questions that need answering. Firstly, who was this alleged reserve officer who told Holly that he had seen Ruby enter the basement via the ramp? Secondly, who was this alleged person that was seen coming down the ramp since he could NOT be ID as Jack Ruby? It turns out it was an Officer Newman who saw a person come down the ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you interview Newman?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Newman said that he had not recognized Jack Ruby?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; he did not recognize the man coming down the ramp, and the distance involved, I can readily see why he could not identify him.
Again, who was this person then? Ruby was already in the building in all likelihood as he probably came into the basement another way with help of Asst. Chief Batchelor. This is confirmed by multiple sources. Gary Shaw wrote in "Cover-up", "...no less than the Assistant Chief of Police was recruited to personally escort Jack Ruby into the Dallas Police Station basement to kill Oswald." This was learned during the suit issued by Officer Roy Vaughn's lawyer as he has been trying to clear his name for years as the man who allowed Ruby into the basement. Several Officers gave affidavits stating it was Batchelor who escorted in Ruby.
Harrison Livingstone talked with Vaughn's attorney, James Neill, about this and he said based on the evidence they have Ruby never passed Vaughn on the ramp and was escorted in by Batchelor. Beyond the affadavits they have the fact Vaughn PASSED THREE lie detector tests confirming his claim he NEVER saw Ruby enter the basement via the ramp.
The original source of the Batchleor story was Red Davis of the DPD, who would state to Vaughn, after he passed the lie detector test, "God, you shouldn't even have to do that" and told him that Batchelor took Ruby in via the elevator.
Batchelor was in charge of security precautions for two important events, the motorcade on 11/22/63 and the transfer of LHO on 11/24/63, and he FAILED on both causing the death of both of his charges. One would think this guy would have been run out of town on a rail, AFTER being tarred and feathered! Instead he would become the Chief of Police later on. We saw a continual pattern of this. Instead of being penalized for failing in their duty we see those responsible for the security of JFK and LHO being PROMOTED after both of their charges were killed! This could lead one to believe the death of these two men was the GOAL instead of misfortune.
Given the fact he was an hour and twenty minutes late and faced no impediments in his entrance to the basement, it is quite clear to me he had some assistance from somewhere. The DPD, and Batchelor, are the most likely simply because they were the ones providing the security.
Joe Tonahill, one of Ruby's defense lawyers at the his trial, reminded everyone that the announcement had been for 10:00 a.m. (the transfer) and that Ruby was seen at the Western Union as late as 11:17 a.m. Tonahill then described Ruby's murder of LHO as "probably the greatest coincidence in the history of the world." He finally presented an alternate explanation to the jury:
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I know come to the point of this great, great burden the State has to prove there is malice in the mind of Jack Ruby. The State has the burden to prove to you that there was a conspiracy in the police department with Jack Ruby. (State v. Jack Rubenstein, alias Jack Ruby, Dallas, March, 13, 1964.)
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He did this to make a case of malicious murder harder to prove, as the state would have to "prove that somebody tipped Jack Ruby off and set premeditation in force. And that is what a conspiracy is." He was saying in effect that if they jury found Ruby guilty of malicious murder they would have to find the DPD guilty as well, of course this did NOT happen, they found Ruby guilty of malicious murder with NO assistance at all.
Based on the delay in the transfer and all the issues surrounding it, the clear point to me is this was prearranged and the DPD allowed it to happen to help avoid a trial that would have aired a lot of dirty laundry. Just too much luck and coincidences in the official theory for me to believe it all.
Who was in the basement when Jack Ruby entered it? There were 40 to 50 newsmen and cameramen and some of them knew Ruby. There were also 70 to 75 policemen there, and again, many of them knew Ruby. The WC thought it was "appropriate to consider whether there is evidence that Jack Ruby received assistance from Dallas policemen or others in gaining access to the basement on the morning of November 24. An affirmative answer would require that the evidence be evaluated for possible connection to the assassination itself." (WCR 219)
Why could the WC not reach a positive conclusion when they themselves said, "Dallas officials, particularly those from the police department, have fully complied with all requests by the Commission?" (WCR xi) It instead relied on speculation that Ruby "probably" walked down the ramp into the basement. This would be horrible police work in a normal case, but when the president has been killed this is treasonous, as they had a duty to find out the truth, but they decided it was easier to NOT find out what really happened.
A witness that corroborated Vaughn’s claim of NOT seeing or allowing Jack Ruby entrance to the garage via the ramp was former Dallas Police Officer Napoleon Daniels.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I know you have already made a statement to the FBI, as a matter of fact, I think you have made two statements, one to the State police--I would now just like for you to tell us what you know of entry of Jack Ruby into the basement?
Mr. DANIELS. Well, actually, I don't feel like I really know anything, but I saw a guy go in the basement, but I don't think it was Ruby.
The rest is a waste of time and paper as the WC would spend pages and pages of testimony going over in minute detail where he was standing and what he was doing, BUT the name Ruby NEVER appears again in his testimony. Once they heard this statement—I don’t think it was Ruby—they began to play a game.
There are two more good witnesses that said Ruby DID NOT enter via the Main St. ramp. The first it UPI newsman Terrance McGarry, who said he was standing at the base of the ramp for at least 5 minutes leading up to the shooting and he DID NOT see Ruby come down the ramp and pass him. The right-hand columns have the pertinent info. Here is his FBI report (12/4/63; CE 2050, pp. 453-454):
history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh24/html/WH_Vol24_0...
The other witness was Harry Tasker, a cab driver, was there to pickup a customer. He said he was there about an hour before the shooting and was near the Main St. ramp the whole time, he did NOT leave at all according to his testimony. He saw the officer stationed at the ramp, in uniform, but said he did not know him by name. He said he was only 7 or 8 feet away from the mouth of the entrance and he said here were at least 50 people on either side of it. He was asked if the police officer was having any troubles with a crowd so large and he said, "Well, yes, he had a little difficulty now and then. Somebody would try and slip by him and he would hail them and bring them back out." This happened more than once, so often in fact, Tasker lost count. So it seems officer Vaughn was paying attention despite what the WC claimed. (Vol. XV, 681)
When asked how they would slip by Tasker said, "Well, he was probably looking at something on this side and somebody didn't know he was on guard there and walked on down there." He also mentions a car going IN, something the WC doesn't mention in their report. He says it went in about 15-20 minutes before the shooting. It was a police squad car with two officers and a person in civilian clothes. He testified that he did not know Jack Ruby (Officer Daniels either), but of course he had seen his picture by then. (XV, 682) When asked if he saw Jack Ruby enter the Main St. ramp entrance Tasker said, "No, sir; I have never remembered seeing that man coming up, walking, riding or anything else." He replied "No" when asked if he saw him coming up Main St. from the Western Union. (XV, 683)
So, in addition to Officer Daniels we have two more witnesses that never saw Ruby come down the Main St. ramp.
We also have this comment from Detective Leavelle that states he offered an ALTERNATE route to take LHO out from, but it was IGNORED.
Mr. HUBERT. The car was not pulled back because pulling it back would block the----
Mr. LEAVELLE. That, I don't know. Of course, you are--according to one of my previous reports I earlier suggested to Captain Fritz that we make the suggestion to the chief that we take him out to the first floor and put him out at Main Street to a car and proceed to the county jail that way and leave them waiting in the basement and on Commerce Street, and we could be to the county jail before anyone knew what was taking place.
Mr. HUBERT. What time did you make that suggestion, sir?
Mr. LEAVELLE. That was either just before or just after--probably just after I had gone there and got Oswald and we were talking about the transfer.
Mr. HUBERT. Who did you make that suggestion to?
Mr. LEAVELLE. I made it to Captain Fritz.
Mr. HUBERT. What answer did you receive from him?
Mr. LEAVELLE. Said he didn't think the chief would go for it.
So much for worrying about the safety of your prisoner, huh? The Chief wouldn’t go for it supposedly because he had promised the media some shots of the prisoner. Good one.
Now, lets discuss the man who was responsible for the ramp and its security. Officer Vaughn was stationed on the ramp and he said he did NOT see Ruby trying to go down, or actually going down the ramp. He testified to having met Ruby before too so he would know what he looked like!
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know Jack Ruby at all prior to this occasion?
Mr. VAUGHN. Well, I had met Mr. Ruby prior to this time, Mr. Hubert.
Mr. HUBERT. How many times would you say?
Mr. VAUGHN. I would say two or three times to be at the most.
Here is the important part about the width of the ramp. People like Bill Brown argue he could have missed him when the ramp was so NARROW, but then argue that FIFTY SIX FEET (Callaway) and FIFTY FEET (Wes Frazier) is NOT that far off to see things when they NAIL LHO! LOL! Oh the hypocrisy of it all.
Mr. HUBERT. The ramp is about how many feet wide?
Mr. VAUGHN. I would just have to estimate it--I would say it was 12 to 15 feet.
Mr. HUBERT. And you were standing more or less in the middle?
Mr. VAUGHN. In the middle.
Mr. HUBERT. And that was about from 9:30 on?
Mr. VAUGHN. Yes.
WC defenders have tried to argue that when the car driven by Lt. Pierce came out someone could have slipped in, but Vaughn nixed that too.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ever leave that post?
Mr. VAUGHN. The only time when I ever moved out of my position there was when this car which was driven by Lieutenant Pierce exited by that ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. What steps did you take to maintain the security of your post while you were talking to such people so that other people wouldn't sneak through?
Mr. VAUGHN. I was still standing in the middle of the ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. It would be impossible, you think, for anybody to pass on either side of you?
Mr. VAUGHN. That's right--without seeing them.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, coming to the time when the automobile passed through, tell us what you know about that?
Mr. VAUGHN. Well, I would say it was approximately a quarter or a little past--about 18 minutes past 11, somewhere around there I wouldn't be exact on the time.
Mr. HUBERT. How do you fix that time?
Mr. VAUGHN. Well, they established, I think, that the shooting occurred at 11:21 and I'm just judging by the minutes before.
Mr. HUBERT. Let's do it this way. How long before you heard the shot did that car driven by Rio Pierce pass by you?
Mr. VAUGHN. I would say not over 3 minutes.
How convenient that this happened so close to the shooting! The WC will specifically ask if he sees anyone coming in after the the car, but did not ask if it was possible anyone could have gone in when the car was coming out right away.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it fair to say, then, that after you got back to your post, following the exit of Rio Pierce's car, that nobody passed you?
Mr. VAUGHN. Nobody passed me.
Mr. HUBERT. Specifically, did Jack Ruby pass you?
Mr. VAUGHN. No, sir.
Finally they ask the important question.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, when the Rio Pierce car was coming out. what steps or action did you take to maintain the security of your post while that car was passing through?
Mr. VAUGHN. The only steps, like I said, Mr. Hubert, on that--is when I stepped out onto the sidewalks--why--I made sure that my view of the entrance of the city hall was not completely blocked, that I could still see the entrance to the right.
Mr. HUBERT. You use the words "completely blocked," do you mean to infer by that it could have been partially blocked?
Mr. VAUGHN. No, sir; the only thing--when I stepped out, as the car came out, I still had a view of the actual entrance to the ramp.
Mr. HUBERT. Would it have been possible that part of your view was blocked by the automobile itself?
Mr. VAUGHN. It possibly--for an instant while the car was coming out--actually out of the entrance but after it cleared the ramp---no, sir.
The possibility Ruby slipped in this way exists, but it would seem he would have to be very quick on his feet IF the car cleared out as fast as Vaughn said it did. Vaughn passed the lie dectector test three times too!
I think Vaughn's testimony shows us Ruby did not get in via the Main St. Ramp. Even the HSCA would say this:
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…Ruby probably did NOT come down the ramp, and that his most LIKELY route was an alleyway located next to the Dallas Municipal Building and to a stairway leading to basement garage of police headquarters. (emphasis mine)
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More from the HSCA:
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…Ruby’s shooting of Oswald was NOT a spontaneous act in that it involved at least some premeditation. Similarly, the committee believed it was less likely that Ruby entered the police basement WITHOUT assistance, even though the assistance may have been provided with no knowledge of Ruby’s intentions…The Committee was troubled by the apparently UNLOCKED doors along stairway route and the REMOVAL of security guards from the area of the garage nearest the stairway shortly before the shooting,…There is also evidence that the Dallas Police Department WITHHELD relevant information from the Warren Commission concerning Ruby’s entry to the scene of Oswald’s transfer…(Emphasis mine)
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We see here the HSCA found evidence of complicity in Ruby’s entrance to the garage. They also found the DPD GUILTY of withholding information from the WC. The ONLY reason they would do this is to protect and hide something that was NOT good. Finally, let’s ask the man who got into the basement. Ruby would say this to the WC about the event:
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…who else could have time it so perfectly by seconds. If it were timed that way, then someone in the police department is GUILTY of giving the information as to when Lee Harvey Oswald was coming down. (emphasis mine)
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I think this sums it up perfectly. While the WC was weak in proclaiming he came down the ramp, they still claimed it nonetheless. And again, we see their claim is sunk.
Portions of this came from Jim Marrs’ book, Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy, page 420