During the WC hearings Allen Dulles asked DPD Chief Jesse Curry : "Is there any truth to the rumor that Tippit was involved in narcotics? "
Obviously Dulles had heard that Tippit was involved in drug dealing....
Why he would ask Curry such a question, can only be explained by the obvious answer that would be expected from Chief Curry.... Dulles would have known that Curry would reply that he knew nothing about Tippit being involved in anything like that. And that's what Dulles wanted to get on the record..... Chief Curry's denial, which basically curtailed any further investigation into the matter.
BUT the fact remains Dulles did ask Curry about the rumor ( 4H 177-178) that Tippit was involved in drug dealing.....and there must have been a basis for dispelling the "rumor"
Personally I find this tidbit of information highly interesting. Since I'm 100% sure that Lee Oswald did NOT shoot JD Tippit, then I'd like to know WHO did shoot Tippit and for what reason? If Tippit was involved in dealing drugs and he discovered a sub dealer who hadn't paid for the drugs that Tippit had delivered to him, sauntering down the street and then stopped him and confronted him about the debt he owed Tippit .....And Tippit acted as though he was going to arrest the man the man may have panicked and shot Tippit.
As I recall Helen Markham reported that when Tippit tooted his horn to get the man's attention and then called him over to the squad car, they conversed as though they were friends. ( That's what Helen Markham said)
