I've been thinking a lot about the well-hidden gun between the boxes and the spent shells found in the sniper's nest. And it makes absolutely no sense. If Oswald didn't want to get caught, how did he know he had "x" amount of time to make his escape? If his plan was to try to leave the building undetected or blend in with the crowd [e.g., going down and getting a Coke], he had to have known it would take time to supposedly wipe the gun down [but supposedly leave a palm print on the box - oops!]. He had to know it would take time to carefully hide the gun between the boxes. Yet, he leaves three spent shells in the sniper's nest [yet one of the shells was supposedly bent at the lip, making it unworkable in the gun - oops again].
And if he was a crazed assassin trying to make a statement about what he had supposedly done, why all the subterfuge? If he shot at Walker, why all the subterfuge there?
The hiding of the gun and leaving the shells is illogical and makes absolutely no sense.
The hiding of the gun and leaving the shells is illogical and makes absolutely no sense.What is the point of wiping down the rifle for prints?
If it was always Oswald's intention to flee the scene, he can leave the rifle in the SN covered with prints. His act of fleeing the scene totally incriminates him, it is this act that brings him to the attention of the police within an hour after the assassination. Any attempt to distance himself from the crime by wiping down the rifle is blown out of the water by fleeing the scene.
What is the point of fleeing the scene?
Within seconds of the assassination Oswald is confronted in the second floor lunchroom whilst drinking a Coke. It is as good as an alibi. All he has to do is mingle with his co-workers, he is in no immediate danger. Instead, he incriminates himself by fleeing the scene.
And, as Martin pointed out, why would a fleeing assassin choose to enter the door leading to the lunchroom [dead end/trap] and not the one leading to the corridor which would take him to the front entrance [escape].
Why not just bend down and pick the shells up?
All this care and attention wiping down the rifle and hiding it but leaving the shells lying there is bizarre. Why hide the rifle but leave the shells out in the open? It would take a couple of seconds to pick the shells up and there are a thousand places they could be effectively hidden on the 6th floor. If the thought process behind hiding the rifle is to somehow slow the investigation down, why doesn't this same thought process apply to the shells?
What is the point of hiding the rifle?
Hiding the rifle isn't buying the fleeing assassin any time. If Oswald had decided to mingle with his co-workers in the TSBD instead of fleeing the scene it might make sense. But he chose to run, an unnecessary act which put him immediately in the spotlight of the investigation. The pre-constructed hiding place would appear to show Oswald had thought his escape through but his actions demonstrate that this is clearly not the case.
