Then went outside to watch P. parade ( Parts 1 & 2 )

[Alan Ford]

A curious item re. Ms Jeraldean Reid.......

Ms Martha Reed, a second floor Depository employee, was on the sidewalk on the north side of Elm St "about one-half way between Record and Houston Streets" when she heard the shots. Here's what she told the FBI 11/23:

"... she did not know where the shots came from. She went up the front stairs of the Texas School Book Depository building to the second floor offices where she spoke to Mrs HEID and Mrs HINE, told them about the shooting of the President, which she had heard on the street, and then returned to the front door of the building...."



If "Mrs HEID" is a typo for "Mrs REID", then we have a problem: the woman who supposedly informed Mr Oswald about the shooting of the President herself needed to be informed by another colleague about the shooting of the President.

[Alan Ford]

A curious item re. Ms Jeraldean Reid.......

Ms Martha Reed, a second floor Depository employee, was on the sidewalk on the north side of Elm St "about one-half way between Record and Houston Streets" when she heard the shots. Here's what she told the FBI 11/23:

"... she did not know where the shots came from. She went up the front stairs of the Texas School Book Depository building to the second floor offices where she spoke to Mrs HEID and Mrs HINE, told them about the shooting of the President, which she had heard on the street, and then returned to the front door of the building...."

If "Mrs HEID" is a typo for "Mrs REID", then we have a problem: the woman who supposedly informed Mr Oswald about the shooting of the President herself needed to be informed by another colleague about the shooting of the President.

As I've already made clear, I do not believe for one second the story told by Ms Reid after 11/23. It's as phony as the lunchroom story her boss Mr Truly was telling.

Now, in the light of the above information from Ms Martha Reed------------in which she informs both Ms Reid and Ms Hine in the second floor office area that JFK has just been shot-------------I offer again Ms Scranton's recollection of what Ms Reid was telling colleagues in the second floor office while they were on lock-down after the shooting:

"Mrs Reid said that she--when everybody was walking and milling and so forth--that Lee came to the door with a coke in his hand and said, 'What's all the excitement about?' And Mrs Reid said she told him, 'Oh my God, someone has shot the President'"

The temptation is to read this as "Mrs Reid, when everybody was walking and milling and so forth, said that..." But that's not what Ms Scranton has said, which is instead: "Mrs Reid said that she--when everybody was walking and milling and so forth--that Lee came to the door..."

What if we put these two elements together, i.e.
--------------a) Ms Jeraldean Reid not knowing about the shooting until Ms Martha Reed comes into the second floor office and tells her and Ms Hine about what has just happened out in the street
--------------b) Ms Jeraldean Reid having an interaction with Mr Oswald at a time when "everybody was walking and milling and so forth" and when she (Ms Reid) has knowledge that somebody has shot the President?

When and where might such a LHO-Reid encounter have really happened?

[Alan Ford]

As I've already made clear, I do not believe for one second the story told by Ms Reid after 11/23. It's as phony as the lunchroom story her boss Mr Truly was telling.

Now, in the light of the above information from Ms Martha Reed------------in which she informs both Ms Reid and Ms Hine in the second floor office area that JFK has just been shot-------------I offer again Ms Scranton's recollection of what Ms Reid was telling colleagues in the second floor office while they were on lock-down after the shooting:

"Mrs Reid said that she--when everybody was walking and milling and so forth--that Lee came to the door with a coke in his hand and said, 'What's all the excitement about?' And Mrs Reid said she told him, 'Oh my God, someone has shot the President'"

The temptation is to read this as "Mrs Reid, when everybody was walking and milling and so forth, said that..." But that's not what Ms Scranton has said, which is instead: "Mrs Reid said that she--when everybody was walking and milling and so forth--that Lee came to the door..."

What if we put these two elements together, i.e.
--------------a) Ms Jeraldean Reid not knowing about the shooting until Ms Martha Reed comes into the second floor office and tells her and Ms Hine about what has just happened out in the street
--------------b) Ms Jeraldean Reid having an interaction with Mr Oswald at a time when "everybody was walking and milling and so forth" and when she (Ms Reid) has knowledge that somebody has shot the President?

When and where might such a LHO-Reid encounter have really happened?

One way into this might be to note a certain detail in this photograph of the second-floor lunchroom---------------

[Zeon Mason]

If PM is Oswald then he was still outside even as Baker is seen in Couch film running across the pavement towards the TSBD entrance steps.

Since PM has been outside for the duration of the 3 shots fired   Idoes not make any sense he would have asked a question like “what’s all the excitement about?” in some post shots meeting with Mrs Reid.

On the other hand , if Oswald has been eating his lunch in the 2nd floor lunchroom 12:15 to 12:30 ( Carolyn Arnold sighting him SEATED at 12:15)

Then a siren crescendo by 20 sec shots might of been the reason Oswald left the lunchroom, approx 20 sec post shots , wearing only his Tshirt and with an unopened coke in hand, to enter the 2nd floor office to enquire why airens were going off

Hence, the Question “What’s all the excitement about”  when Oswald meets Reid entering the front office door at approx 50-60 sec post shots

[Zeon Mason]

The other alternatives:
1: Mrs Reid fabricating a false story
2. Mrs Reid confusing a pre parade meeting with Oswald just before she being the last of the office women to leave the office approx 12:14 a minute
prior to Carolyn Arnold returning to the lunchroom at 12:15
3. Mrs Reid is one of those women seen ascending the TSBD front steps in Couch film and runs into PM (Oswald) and for some reason Oswald hasn’t realized the President was shot even though Oswald must have heard shots fired, this asking Reid what’s all the excitement about
4. Mrs Reid is one of the women seen turning around in the Couch film as Baker runs past and thru them, and thus meets Oswald about 15 seconds behind Baker and Truly entering the front lobby (approx 35 sec post shots)
The meeting occurs with Oswald as Reid try’s to use the passenger elevator and finds its inoperative

5. Oswald meets Baker/Truly in the entrance lobby. Oswald has returned into the front lobby about 10 sec before Baker enters the front door. Oswald goes to storage room by the front staircase where he had left his jacket, puts it on and exits just as Baker and Truly have traversed the entrance foyer  and about open the 2nd set of glass doors.

6. Oswald is missed being seen by Baker/Truly in the foyer because Oswald was going up the front staircase , in his way to A. Get his jacket, which he had left in the 2nd floor lunchroom, and B. Returning his empty coke or Dr.Pepper bottle, to the box Mr. Ford has pointed out in the lunchroom photo

[Walt Cakebread]

If PM is Oswald then he was still outside even as Baker is seen in Couch film running across the pavement towards the TSBD entrance steps.

Since PM has been outside for the duration of the 3 shots fired   Idoes not make any sense he would have asked a question like “what’s all the excitement about?” in some post shots meeting with Mrs Reid.

On the other hand , if Oswald has been eating his lunch in the 2nd floor lunchroom 12:15 to 12:30 ( Carolyn Arnold sighting him SEATED at 12:15)

Then a siren crescendo by 20 sec shots might of been the reason Oswald left the lunchroom, approx 20 sec post shots , wearing only his Tshirt and with an unopened coke in hand, to enter the 2nd floor office to enquire why airens were going off

Hence, the Question “What’s all the excitement about”  when Oswald meets Reid entering the front office door at approx 50-60 sec post shots

If PM is Oswald then he was still outside even as Baker is seen in Couch film running across the pavement towards the TSBD entrance steps.

PM man isn't Lee Oswald.....

Since PM has been outside for the duration of the 3 shots fired   Idoes not make any sense he would have asked a question like “what’s all the excitement about?” in some post shots meeting with Mrs Reid.

That's logical.... 

On the other hand , if Oswald has been eating his lunch in the 2nd floor lunchroom 12:15 to 12:30 ( Carolyn Arnold sighting him SEATED at 12:15)

Lee said that he ate his lunch in the FIRST FLOOR lunchroom.  He also said that he saw Jarman and Norman as they walked by the Domino room while he was eating his lunch.  Jarman and Norman walked by the Domino room at about 12:23....


Then a siren crescendo by 20 sec shots might of been the reason Oswald left the lunchroom, approx 20 sec post shots , wearing only his Tshirt and with an unopened coke in hand, to enter the 2nd floor office to enquire why airens were going off


Hmmmmm....  So you believe the shooting occurred at about 12:15 ....and Lee was in the second floor lunchroom?? WHY on earth would you believe such nonsense?


Hence, the Question “What’s all the excitement about”  when Oswald meets Reid entering the front office door at approx 50-60 sec post shots

There's NO solid evidence that Lee walked through the second floor office are about 2 or 3 mintues AFTER the first shot was fired.....    We have only Mrs. Reid's story, and her story sounds like "office gossip" and it doesn't make sense.....

[Walt Cakebread]

The other alternatives:
1: Mrs Reid fabricating a false story
2. Mrs Reid confusing a pre parade meeting with Oswald just before she being the last of the office women to leave the office approx 12:14 a minute
prior to Carolyn Arnold returning to the lunchroom at 12:15
3. Mrs Reid is one of those women seen ascending the TSBD front steps in Couch film and runs into PM (Oswald) and for some reason Oswald hasn’t realized the President was shot even though Oswald must have heard shots fired, this asking Reid what’s all the excitement about
4. Mrs Reid is one of the women seen turning around in the Couch film as Baker runs past and thru them, and thus meets Oswald about 15 seconds behind Baker and Truly entering the front lobby (approx 35 sec post shots)
The meeting occurs with Oswald as Reid try’s to use the passenger elevator and finds its inoperative

5. Oswald meets Baker/Truly in the entrance lobby. Oswald has returned into the front lobby about 10 sec before Baker enters the front door. Oswald goes to storage room by the front staircase where he had left his jacket, puts it on and exits just as Baker and Truly have traversed the entrance foyer  and about open the 2nd set of glass doors.

6. Oswald is missed being seen by Baker/Truly in the foyer because Oswald was going up the front staircase , in his way to A. Get his jacket, which he had left in the 2nd floor lunchroom, and B. Returning his empty coke or Dr.Pepper bottle, to the box Mr. Ford has pointed out in the lunchroom photo

1: Mrs Reid fabricating a false story

Yes, Mrs Reid, made up the story about seeing Lee walk through the office area about 2 or three minutes after the first shot was fired .  It was just innocent "office gossip" and she had no idea that she laid the foundation on which a shyster lawyer would build a false case against Lee Oswald.

We know that IF the incident had occurred it would have to have happened just a few minutes after the first shot was fired, and AFTER Baker had encountered Lee in the second floor lunchroom.   There was no way that Mrs Reid could have known that someone had shot at the President just a couple of minutes after the shooting..... And I doubt that she would have speculated about the shots so soon after the shooting.           

[Alan Ford]

Since PM has been outside for the duration of the 3 shots fired   Idoes not make any sense he would have asked a question like “what’s all the excitement about?” in some post shots meeting with Mrs Reid.

Well, others in that doorway said they didn't know what had just happened until Ms Gloria Calvery came running up and told them the President had been shot.

On the other hand , if Oswald has been eating his lunch in the 2nd floor lunchroom 12:15 to 12:30 ( Carolyn Arnold sighting him SEATED at 12:15)

Then a siren crescendo by 20 sec shots might of been the reason Oswald left the lunchroom, approx 20 sec post shots , wearing only his Tshirt and with an unopened coke in hand, to enter the 2nd floor office to enquire why airens were going off

Hence, the Question “What’s all the excitement about”  when Oswald meets Reid entering the front office door at approx 50-60 sec post shots

This leaves out the all-important Hosty draft report: Mr Oswald said he "went outside to watch P. Parade"--------something that makes no sense if he's just been told JFK has been shot.