Who Killed J.D. Tippit?

[Alan Ford]

Ms. Markham said the shooter of Officer Tippt went down the lane, not down Patton

[Bill Brown]

Ms. Markham said the shooter of Officer Tippt went down the lane, not down Patton

Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes, sir; towards Patton. He didn't run. It just didn't scare him to death. He didn't run. When he saw me he looked at me, stared at me. I put my hands over my face like this, closed my eyes. I gradually opened my fingers like this, and 1 opened my eyes, and when I did he started off in kind of a little trot.
Mr. BALL. Which way?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Sir?
Mr. BALL. Which way?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Towards Jefferson, right across that way.

"Towards Jefferson", as in down Patton towards Jefferson.


Mr. BALL. When he went towards Jefferson you say he went at sort of a trot?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did he cross Patton?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes, sir.

[Alan Ford]

Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes, sir; towards Patton. He didn't run. It just didn't scare him to death. He didn't run. When he saw me he looked at me, stared at me. I put my hands over my face like this, closed my eyes. I gradually opened my fingers like this, and 1 opened my eyes, and when I did he started off in kind of a little trot.
Mr. BALL. Which way?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Sir?
Mr. BALL. Which way?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Towards Jefferson, right across that way.

"Towards Jefferson", as in down Patton towards Jefferson.

No: as in down the lane. As she told Mr. Nigel Turner.

Mr. BALL. When he went towards Jefferson you say he went at sort of a trot?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did he cross Patton?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes, sir.

Yes: he crossed Patton and then went out of sight down the lane towards Jefferson. As per her same-day affidavit:



Your heroes in the WC couldn't get her to describe the man trotting off out of sight down Patton towards Jefferson. Best they could do was sleight-of-hand the problem with the formula
'Crossed Patton' + 'Towards Jefferson' = 'Down Patton towards Jefferson'

 

[Bill Brown]

No: as in down the lane. As she told Mr. Nigel Turner.

Yes: he crossed Patton and then went out of sight down the lane towards Jefferson. As per her same-day affidavit:



Your heroes in the WC couldn't get her to describe the man trotting off out of sight down Patton towards Jefferson. Best they could do was sleight-of-hand the problem with the formula
'Crossed Patton' + 'Towards Jefferson' = 'Down Patton towards Jefferson'

 

What do you suppose "down the lane towards Jefferson" means?
Answer:  Down the lane means down Patton towards Jefferson.

[Alan Ford]

What do you suppose "down the lane towards Jefferson" means?
Answer:  Down the lane means down Patton towards Jefferson.

Patton Lane?

The word Ms. Markham used with Mr. Turner was 'alley' btw. She said the man went over the fence and down the alley.

Guess we'll have to refine your 'Answer': Over the fence and down the alley means down Patton towards Jefferson.

 

[Bill Brown]

Helen Markham to the Secret Service (12/2/63):

"When he got to the corner of Patton Avenue and Tenth Street, he started running.  He ran at an angle across Patton Ave., and the last time I saw him, he was running down Patton Avenue toward Jefferson Street."

Helen Markham, FBI report (3/16/64):

"After OSWALD had gotten to the southeast corner of Patton and 10th, he started running diagonally across the street in a southwesterly direction to the west side of Patton. She last saw OSWALD as he was running down Patton Street."

[Alan Ford]

Helen Markham to the Secret Service (12/2/63):

"When he got to the corner of Patton Avenue and Tenth Street, he started running.  He ran at an angle across Patton Ave., and the last time I saw him, he was running down Patton Avenue toward Jefferson Street."

Helen Markham, FBI report (3/16/64):

"After OSWALD had gotten to the southeast corner of Patton and 10th, he started running diagonally across the street in a southwesterly direction to the west side of Patton. She last saw OSWALD as he was running down Patton Street."

Indeed------there are times when she appears to be saying what the 'investigating' authorities want to hear, and times when she isn't saying what they want to hear.

You, being a devout Warren Gullible, cherry-pick the times she is on script, and never mention the off-script stuff.

 

[Bill Brown]

Indeed------there are times when she appears to be saying what the 'investigating' authorities want to hear, and times when she isn't saying what they want to hear.

You, being a devout Warren Gullible, cherry-pick the times she is on script, and never mention the off-script stuff.

 

The "off-script stuff", as in the statement for The Men Who Killed Kennedy twenty-five years later?  You do realize what you refer to as what she "told Nigel Turner" was in 1988.  Right?