Then went outside to watch P. parade

[Thomas Graves]

Oswald was a liar and manipulator. He’d have been a wonderful GOP candidate for POTUS.

Good one!

--  MWT 

[Jack Trojan]

Oswald claimed:

1 - To have eaten his lunch on 1st floor
2 - Then went outside to watch P. parade
3 - Then went up to get coke (which is when Baker and Truly encountered him)

Sure, Oswald was a liar and maybe "in on it", but he didn't realize he was being set up as the pasty and never took a shot. The conspirators would never have relied on Oswald alone to do the job. Otherwise, how could Baker have encountered him calmly having a coke on the 1st floor after he had just shot the POTUS, wiped ALL the prints off his rifle, ditched it, then scrambled downstairs and bought a coke in <1.5 mins? Baker noted that he wasn't winded after flying down 5 flights of stairs. Was that possible if he was a lone nut assassin or was he a patsy that got double-crossed? Which is more likely and why?

[Nicholas Turner]

Sure, Oswald was a liar and maybe "in on it", but he didn't realize he was being set up as the pasty and never took a shot. The conspirators would never have relied on Oswald alone to do the job. Otherwise, how could Baker have encountered him calmly having a coke on the 1st floor after he had just shot the POTUS, wiped ALL the prints off his rifle, ditched it, then scrambled downstairs and bought a coke in <1.5 mins? Baker noted that he wasn't winded after flying down 5 flights of stairs. Was that possible if he was a lone nut assassin or was he a patsy that got double-crossed? Which is more likely and why?

Thought it had been shown he only needed to walk briskly.

[Alan Ford]

Oswald claimed:

1 - To have eaten his lunch on 1st floor
2 - Then went outside to watch P. parade
3 - Then went up to get coke (which is when Baker and Truly encountered him)

Incorrect!

Mr Oswald claimed

1. - To have bought a coke in the second floor lunchroom
2. - Then went downstairs to the first floor
3. - Then went outside to watch P. parade.

Read for yourself------------------



In order to protect the lie that Mr Oswald was on the sixth floor when Mr Kennedy passed the building, Mr Oswald's claims had to be grotesquely distorted in the interrogation reports. Mr Oswald's claim to have gone "outside to watch the P. parade" was suppressed, and bogus confirmatory words were put in his mouth re. a post-assassination lunchroom encounter with Officer Baker & Mr Truly!

 

[Jack Trojan]

Thought it had been shown he only needed to walk briskly.

Not if he had to wipe ALL his prints off the rifle 1st.

[Nicholas Turner]

Not if he had to wipe ALL his prints off the rifle 1st.

How long would that take?

[Jack Trojan]

How long would that take?

If Oswald needed to walk briskly without wiping off his prints then any extra time would have quickened his pace. There were no smeared prints on the rifle, they were wiped off clean or were never there in the 1st place. Since I don't believe Oswald smuggled the rifle into the TSBD in a paper bag or reassembled it or fired it or planted it, my guess is the latter. Seems more probable to me. Conspirators would never have relied on the patsy to stage the crime scene and take the shots and ditch the rifle and leave behind 3 hulls on the floor in a tight group near the SN window. That was Fritz's job. The actual shooter used a more reliable weapon that resembled a Carcano, such as a Mauser.

[Nicholas Turner]

If Oswald needed to walk briskly without wiping off his prints then any extra time would have quickened his pace. There were no smeared prints on the rifle, they were wiped off clean or were never there in the 1st place. Since I don't believe Oswald smuggled the rifle into the TSBD in a paper bag or reassembled it or fired it or planted it, my guess is the latter. Seems more probable to me. Conspirators would never have relied on the patsy to stage the crime scene and take the shots and ditch the rifle and leave behind 3 hulls on the floor in a tight group near the SN window. That was Fritz's job. The actual shooter used a more reliable weapon that resembled a Carcano, such as a Mauser.

But you said he'd have to fly and do more than a brisk walk if he had to wipe all his prints off the rifle, so I presumed you knew how long that would take. No?