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Offline Bill Brown

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Re: Who Killed J.D. Tippit?
« Reply #72 on: May 17, 2023, 04:13:34 AM »
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Actually, we can rule out that it was a "citation book" because FBI agent Bob Barrett said that it was a wallet. Or is Barrett lying?

There is nothing from Barrett that weekend, that month, the rest of 1963, during the investigation in 1964... or any time during the decade of the 60's or the 70's where Barrett ever mentions any wallet at all.

The same can be said for Westbrook and/or Owens.
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Offline Martin Weidmann

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« Reply #73 on: May 17, 2023, 10:49:49 AM »
There is nothing from Barrett that weekend, that month, the rest of 1963, during the investigation in 1964... or any time during the decade of the 60's or the 70's where Barrett ever mentions any wallet at all.

The same can be said for Westbrook and/or Owens.

So, Barrett was lying?

Offline Jon Banks

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Re: Who Killed J.D. Tippit?
« Reply #74 on: May 17, 2023, 03:20:14 PM »
There is nothing from Barrett that weekend, that month, the rest of 1963, during the investigation in 1964... or any time during the decade of the 60's or the 70's where Barrett ever mentions any wallet at all.

The same can be said for Westbrook and/or Owens.

There's news footage of police officers inspecting a wallet at the Tippit murder scene.

Also, didn't James Hosty corroborate Barrett's claim in one of his books?

As for Barrett not speaking on the issue for decades, bear in mind that most of these bureaucrats involved with the investigations weren't willing to risk their careers by blowing the whistle on the problems with the evidence. Being a government whistleblower usually doesn't end well. To that extent, it makes sense why some of them waited until retirement to speak more openly about weird things they observed.
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Offline Jon Banks

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Re: Who Killed J.D. Tippit?
« Reply #75 on: May 17, 2023, 03:35:02 PM »

Now, let's apply some factual information to see where we get. Paul Bentley was the officer who took Oswald's wallet from him in the car while en route to DPD HQ. The next day he was interviewed on television and he was asked what was in the wallet. Did he answer that there were two ID's in the wallet, one in Oswald's name and the other for Hidell? No, he didn't. He just said he found some card with Oswald's name on it and a driver's license and a credit card. In fact, Bentley, nor any of the three other officers in the car reported about the name Hidell being found in the wallet. Bentley never testified before the WC and that was likely for a reason.

Now, let's turn to the other wallet, found at the Tippit crime scene. FBI agent Bob Barrett confirmed it was in fact a wallet. He also confirmed that Captain Westbrook, at some point, asked him if he knew somebody called Oswald or Hidell. Westbrook found those names in the wallet.

So, what happened? Well, when Detective Guss Rose arrived at DPD HQ just after Oswald had been brought in. An unidentified officer gave him a wallet and said it belonged to Oswald. Rose then proceeded to talk to Oswald.

The question now is; Did the unidentified officer give Rose the wallet Bentley took from Oswald (with no Hidell ID, a driver's license and a credit card) or the wallet Westbrook and Barrett saw at the Tippit murder scene (with the Oswald and Hidell ID in it)?


Captain Westbrook was johnny on the spot that day. he was present at all three crime scenes (TSBD, the Tippit scene, and the movie theater).

I suspect (but can't prove) that Westbrook was part of the conspiracy and cover-up.

Offline Walt Cakebread

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Re: Who Killed J.D. Tippit?
« Reply #76 on: May 17, 2023, 04:03:26 PM »
There's news footage of police officers inspecting a wallet at the Tippit murder scene.

Also, didn't James Hosty corroborate Barrett's claim in one of his books?

As for Barrett not speaking on the issue for decades, bear in mind that most of these bureaucrats involved with the investigations weren't willing to risk their careers by blowing the whistle on the problems with the evidence. Being a government whistleblower usually doesn't end well. To that extent, it makes sense why some of them waited until retirement to speak more openly about weird things they observed.

Hosty??....The Man who destroyed evidence when he destroyed the Oswald letter??     His book is basically lies intended to prop up the official tale.

It good that many researchers are awakening to the fact that the Dallas Police and the FBI  were accessories ....

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Offline Louis Earl

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« Reply #77 on: May 17, 2023, 05:12:17 PM »
Is this relevant?  The shooting of Tippitt is entirely consistent with the LN theory as well as with the Patsy theory. 

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« Reply #78 on: May 17, 2023, 05:26:48 PM »
Is this relevant?  The shooting of Tippitt is entirely consistent with the LN theory as well as with the Patsy theory.

Agreed.

Offline Martin Weidmann

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Re: Who Killed J.D. Tippit?
« Reply #79 on: May 17, 2023, 06:57:23 PM »
Is this relevant?  The shooting of Tippitt is entirely consistent with the LN theory as well as with the Patsy theory.

Yes, it's relevant. And no, it isn't consisent with both theories, simply because the two theories are not only different but also contradict eachother on key issues.

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