The TSBD rollcall that doubtfully happened

[Alan Ford]

IF-------------------as I suspect------------------this man was the man caught by Officer Baker walking away from the rear stairway on the third or fourth floor................



...................THEN Mr Truly had reasonable expectation of getting away with his desperate substitution of him with Mr Oswald. The physical resemblance to Mr Oswald would be strong enough to fool Officer Baker in retrospect-------------and who was going to doubt Mr Truly's identification of one of his own employees?

 

[Walt Cakebread]

Let's continue this segment of Captain Fritz's WC testimony----------------

Mr. Ball. Did you question Oswald about that?
Mr. Fritz. Yes, sir; I asked him about that and he knew that the officer stopped him all right.
Mr. Ball. Did you ask him what he was doing in the lunchroom?
Mr. Fritz. He said he was having his lunch. He had a cheese sandwich and a Coca-Cola.
Mr. Ball. Did he tell you he was up there to get a Coca-Cola?
Mr. Fritz. He said he had a Coca-Cola.

Captain Fritz's responses are a masterclass in jesuitical evasion! He manages to answer Mr Ball's questions here WITHOUT telling a straight lie:

-Yes, Mr Oswald knew that the officer 'stopped' him (but NB! the lunchroom story does NOT involve Mr Oswald's being 'stopped')
-Yes, Mr Oswald did talk about going to the lunchroom
-Yes, Mr Oswald did say he had a Coca-Cola WHEN THE OFFICER 'STOPPED' HIM (at the front entrance), and Captain Fritz takes care NOT to say that yes, Mr Oswald said he was "up there" in the lunchroom when the officer stopped him------------he merely had the Coke which he HAD EARLIER BOUGHT up there in his hand and had since come downstairs.

What we're seeing here is the true role of the final version of the lunchroom fiction: to have a MOBILE Mr Oswald challenged; to involve a COKE; to get Mr Oswald AWAY from the front entrance seconds after the shooting; to make the NON-EMPLOYEE caught walking away from the rear stairway on the third or fourth floor disappear

Postscript!

As late as 23 December, Captain Fritz STILL believed what he had been told initially at the Depository: a suspicious employee was caught on the rear stairway by Officer Baker...............



"Our investigation"----------the one that showed it ACTUALLY happened in the lunchroom-----------must have been pretty darned slow. Captain Fritz is STILL going by what "Mr Truly or somebody" told him 11/22/63 in the Depository! 

 Mr Oswald did say he had a Coca-Cola WHEN THE OFFICER 'STOPPED' HIM (at the front entrance),

Please post the information that Oswald said the officer STOPPEDHIM....

Fritz asked Lee:...  "Where he was when the police officer stopped him.    And Fritz said that Lee replied...that he was on the second floor drinking a Coca Cola when the officer came in . "....(page 600 WR)   

Lee told Fritz that he was ON THE SECOND FLOOR drinking a Coca Cola when the officer came in..... 

It can't get any clearer than that Mr Ford.......

[Walt Cakebread]

Roy Truly provided a hand written undated statement.
A higher quality view can be seen here----
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338979/m1/1/

 

I am still searching for a mention of a roll call. The belief is that Oswald was not present at this alleged roster and therefore a hunt for him was instituted.   
It is now quite apparent that the search for Oswald was spontaneous.



                                                                Roy S Truly

the search for Oswald was spontaneous.

"Spontaneous".....As easily ignited...  And that's good description for what Roy Truly did....He ignited the raging fire to fry Lee Oswald....