Gus Rose HSCA interview

[Colin Crow]

Interesting interview with Gus Rose. A couple of things of interest.

The detectives obviously arrived before Oswald was announced over the TV/radio as Ruth said she was expecting them after she heard where to shooting had come from.

Rose claimed that the outline of the rifle was quite distinct in the blanket. So much for Michael Paine's claim of camping equipment.

[Mike Orr]

Ruth Paine was very suspicious when it came time to tell the detectives who 1st went to her house that she was expecting them , due to the mere fact that since the shooting of JFK had supposedly originated from the TSBD , then she thought that LHO would have been the  shooter because that is where Oswald worked !

[Walt Cakebread]

Ruth Paine was very suspicious when it came time to tell the detectives who 1st went to her house that she was expecting them , due to the mere fact that since the shooting of JFK had supposedly originated from the TSBD , then she thought that LHO would have been the  shooter because that is where Oswald worked !

Ruth, Had been working as informant for J. Edgar Hoover for months......   She knew that Hoover thought the Oswald's were Russian spies....and she was happy to set Lee up as the killer.   

[Colin Crow]

Or one could assume a communist defector working at that location might come under attention rather quickly. Joe Molina was not in a dissimilar category. The key point is that Rose, Stoval etc talked to Ruth before Oswald was named in the media. This puts their arrival and timing of the conversation much earlier than they reported. The report of Rose, Stoval and Adamcik differs considerably from that of the Sherriff's deputies (Walthers et al) who met them there with regards to the arrival time.

[Jerry Freeman]

Rose claimed that the outline of the rifle was quite distinct in the blanket. 

A most dubious claim.

So much for Michael Paine's claim of camping equipment.

The owners of the Irving home, Ruth and Michael Paine, both testified they had actually picked up the blanket and moved it around in the garage and were completely unaware that it contained a rifle..... A completely dubious claim.
 

[Bill Chapman]

Ruth Paine was very suspicious when it came time to tell the detectives who 1st went to her house that she was expecting them , due to the mere fact that since the shooting of JFK had supposedly originated from the TSBD , then she thought that LHO would have been the  shooter because that is where Oswald worked !

Is there something about a rifle gone missing from the blanket belonging to the Oswalds, and Oswald working in the TSBD, that wouldn't immediately give one pause?

[Louis Earl]

I think Ruth, being the epitome of the nosy landlady, knew LHO had a rifle rolled in the blanket.  When the cops knocked on her door she already knew the rifle was missing.  THAT's why she was expecting their visit.

[Denis Pointing]

Is there something about a rifle gone missing from the blanket belonging to the Oswalds, and Oswald working in the TSBD, that wouldn't immediately give one pause?

Hi Bill, the point is RP didn't know about the rifle when she made the "I've been expecting you" comment to the police. She made the comment purely because Oswald worked at the TSBD. A 'gut feeling' if you like, which goes to show just how weird/strange Oswald must have come across to her.