O H Lee and the Beckley Rooming House

[Tim Nickerson]

Oscar, how did Mrs Bledsoe see a hole in Oswald's shirt when he was, according to witnesses, wearing two jackets?

Ray,

Who were the witnesses who said that he was wearing two jackets? There were some who thought that the shirt he had on looked like a jacket, but I'd never heard of any who said he had two jackets on.

[Tim Nickerson]

My Dear Oscar...  It is with deep regret that I'm compelled to deliver to you... bad news.....

Please review  the reports of the witnesses at the scene of the murder of Officer J.D. Tippit,  And also check  the DPD radio description of the man who was wanted for shooting JD Tippit.   

I believe you'll find that the man was wearing a WHITE shirt.....

What color was Lee Oswald's shirt when he was dragged from the theater?

It is with deep regret that I'm compelled to point out that Mr Oswald's shirt was NOT WHITE.....

With deep regret and sympathy...

Walt

You need to have your eyes checked Walt. Oswald was wearing a white shirt when he was dragged from the theatre.

[Walt Cakebread]

Ray,

Who were the witnesses who said that he was wearing two jackets? There were some who thought that the shirt he had on looked like a jacket, but I'd never heard of any who said he had two jackets on.

William Whaley said that the passenger in his cab was wearing two jackets....

I suspect that ol bull shippin Whaley was deeply regretting the tall tale he had created for his cabbie buddies....By making the outrageous statement about his passenger wearing all that clothing he hoped they would dismiss him....

[Tim Nickerson]

William Whaley said that the passenger in his cab was wearing two jackets....

I suspect that ol bull shippin Whaley was deeply regretting the tall tale he had created for his cabbie buddies....By making the outrageous statement about his passenger wearing all that clothing he hoped they would dismiss him....

Whaley was a witness. Ray used the term "witnesses".

[Jerry Freeman]

Redundancy ...Bledsoe upon seeing CE-150 stated that 'No No that is not the shirt' Oswald was wearing....but then could somehow identify a hole in the sleeve. How stupid is that?
She said in her statement that she had only glanced at him and then turned away not wanting him to see her. On the other hand, Wes Frazier spent the entire morning meeting with Oswald and driving him to work and then when Frazier was shown that same shirt [CE-150] he was UNABLE TO IDENTIFY IT.  https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10408#relPageId=311&tab=page 

[Jerry Freeman]

BUMP [with some addition]

During his testimony, A C Johnson [owner of 1026 Beckley rooms] provided some interesting information.
Who all knew that his housekeeper --Mrs Roberts had ducked out on them without notice one night? Johnson  couldn't remember what particular night though. He said she left 3 or 4 weeks before this testimony....[just vanished?]
A C stated that he had heard that JFK had died before he got home that day that the announcement had come right at 1:00 PM Dallas time. A C testified that he had come home to the 1026 Beckley house just afterwards. The police had arrived between 1:30 and 2:00 looking for Oswald...Lee Harvey Oswald.
I believe it is singular that the police are looking for LHO when they couldn't have possibly known that he had done anything criminal.
 
   

Mr. BELIN. And did you hear this on the radio?
    Mr. JOHNSON. No. Uh--we have a friend that is a policeman, works for Cotton Belt Railroad. And he called us--called up here and told us. Of course, we had heard all the sirens and everything, you know, going, and we couldn't imagine what it was. And Nicholson called us and told us that he had heard it over the radio.
    Mr. BELIN. He had heard over the radio that the President had been shot?
    Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
    Mr. BELIN. And then, did you turn on your radio?
    Mr. JOHNSON. Yes. We don't have one there in the place, so we went out in the car and sat there in the car and listened.
    Mr. BELIN. All right. And was it while you were sitting in the car that you heard that the President had died?
    Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; we didn't leave until we--it was announced that he was dead.
    Mr. BELIN. How soon after that announcement did you leave?
    Mr. JOHNSON. I'd say 5 minutes.
    Mr. BELIN. All right. Then, how long did it take you to get to 1026 North Beckley?
    Mr. JOHNSON. It takes us about 5 minutes.
    Mr. BELIN. So that about 10 minutes after you heard on the radio that the President had been shot, you arrived with your wife at 1026 North Beckley?
    Mr. JOHNSON. That's right.
    Mr. BELIN. Did you see anyone? Was Mrs. Roberts there?
    Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; she was there at the television.
    Mr. BELIN. She was watching television?
    Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
    Mr. BELIN. Had this man, O. H. Lee, was he there when you got there?
    Mr. JOHNSON. No; he had been there--just--uh--before we got home.
    Mr. BELIN. Did Mrs. Roberts tell you that he had?
    Mr. JOHNSON. She told us that he come in and got a--uh--little coat or something and just walked in his room and right back out the door.

   That statement was glossed over and smoothed away saying that this conversation occurred AFTER the cops came. BTW how considerate of this policeman/railroad worker friend to take time out from the all the chaos that was ensuing to call the Johnsons and re-report the news that he heard on the radio. Belin failed to specify the difference there between shot- and dead. The president was SHOT at 12:30 and he was pronounced DEAD at 1:00 [but not announced dead publicly for another half hour]
Why did the cops come to 1026 Beckley?
 

   

Mr. BELIN. Did they say how they happened to come there?
    Mr. JOHNSON. "Well, uh--after he was--uh--apprehended out there, they searched him and found my address in his pocket....comment- [that just couldn't be like Oswald had a paper in his possession stating 'I live at 1026 N Beckley'] 
    Mr. BELIN. Your address of 1026 North Beckley?
    Mr. JOHNSON. That's right.
    Mr. BELIN. All right. What happened when the officers got there? They asked if Lee Harvey Oswald lived there?
    Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
    Mr. BELIN. How long had you been at the house when the officers arrived?
    Mr. JOHNSON. Oh, probably 30 minutes.

The timeline as testified by A C Johnson seems totally out of kilter [There were four months available to prepare his story]
So for some reason, Oswald had the Beckley address on him...Why? And it was found when he was somehow searched by the police before [according to the clock] he was even arrested.
[How very odd that David Belin failed to even try and correct Mr Johnson's bogus testimony] 
 

[Walt Cakebread]

You need to have your eyes checked Walt. Oswald was wearing a white shirt when he was dragged from the theatre.

Oh really???....  Hmmmm that's weird..The FBI reported the shirt was composed of DARK BLUE, GRAY-BLACK, and ORANGE -YELLOW, fibers.

In what institution could those colors be called WHITE?

[Tim Nickerson]

Oh really???....  Hmmmm that's weird..The FBI reported the shirt was composed of DARK BLUE, GRAY-BLACK, and ORANGE -YELLOW, fibers.

In what institution could those colors be called WHITE?

You're referring to his brown shirt. I'm referring to the one he had on underneath it.