77. File cabinets containing records...
Jan 30, 2020 5:19:46 GMT -5
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Post by Tom Sorensen on Jan 30, 2020 5:19:46 GMT -5
The note by Hancock regarding the missing file cabinets is spot on and can be found in the Warren Report on page 666:
Speculation.—After Oswald's arrest, the police found in his room
seven metal file boxes filled with the names of Castro sympathizers.
Commission finding.—The Dallas police inventories of Oswald's
property taken from his room at 1026 North Beckley Avenue do not
include any file boxes. A number of small file boxes listed in the inventory
as having been taken from the Paine residence in Irving contained
letters, pictures, books and literature, most of which belonged
to Ruth Paine, not to Oswald. No lists of names of Castro sympathizers
were found among these effects. 124
seven metal file boxes filled with the names of Castro sympathizers.
Commission finding.—The Dallas police inventories of Oswald's
property taken from his room at 1026 North Beckley Avenue do not
include any file boxes. A number of small file boxes listed in the inventory
as having been taken from the Paine residence in Irving contained
letters, pictures, books and literature, most of which belonged
to Ruth Paine, not to Oswald. No lists of names of Castro sympathizers
were found among these effects. 124
One will immediately notice the Commision's usual trick of misrepresenting evidence by inventing fake speculation indicating boxes were supposed to be taken from his [Oswald's] room at 1026 North Beckley, not in Irving. In fact, this fake rumor can be traced back to LIEBELER's interview with Walthers:
Mr. LIEBELER. I have been advised that some story has developed that at some point that when you went out there [Irving] you found seven file cabinets full of cards that had the names on them of pro-Castro sympathizers or something of that kind, but you don't remember seeing any of them?
Mr. WALTHERS. Well, that could have been one, but I didn't see it.
Mr. WALTHERS. Well, that could have been one, but I didn't see it.
Wow, apart from leading the witness Liebeler is flat out lying (and so is Walthers!) because this is what Walthers wrote to Decker (his boss) on November 22nd (Decker Exh. 5323 -- 19H520):
"Upon searching this house we found stacks of hand bills concerning "Cuba for Freedom" advertising, seeking publicity and support for Cuba. Also found was a set of metal file cabinets containing records that appeared to be names and activities of Cuban sympathizers. All of this evidence was confiscated and turned over to Captain Fritz of the Dallas Police Department and Secret Service Officers at the City Hall."
This is corroborated by Deputy J. L. Oxford on November 23 (Decker Exh. 5323 -- 19H530):
"We found a blanket in the garage. This blanket looked like a rifle had been wrapped in it. We also found about 7 metal boxes which contained pamphlets and literature from abroad. Also, there were cameras and film found. All of this was brought to the City Hall along with Mr. and Mrs. Paine and Mrs. Oswald."
Footnote 124 in the WC report does not include the Decker reports but refers to 7H549-559 (Walthers/Liebeler) and CE 2003, pp. 295-299, which "shows" no cabinets was found at the rooming house -- DOH!
But the crooked Commission went even further to confuse the record...
Somebody on the ROKC forum noticed some irregularities in the WC evidence listings related to the cabinets, the post can be found here
The excerpt regarding CE numbers not used is from 17Hvii (but formatting is messed up), here is how it looks in the Vol. 17 index.
There can be no doubt that footnote "1" states: CE 457 & 458 were not used. That's a lie. Looking at the deposition by Ruth Paine, starting 9H331, these are the key statements related to those exhibits:
Mr. JENNER - Now, I have, which I will mark only for identification, three file cases of correspondence of your themes or writings in college. You might be better able to describe what is in these boxes than I in the way of general summary. Would you do so?
Mrs. PAINE - It also includes information helpful to me in recreation leadership, games, something of songs. It includes a list of the people to whom I sent birth announcements, things of that nature.
Mrs. PAINE - It also includes information helpful to me in recreation leadership, games, something of songs. It includes a list of the people to whom I sent birth announcements, things of that nature.
[Only for identification? What does "recreation leadership" mean? All harmless stuff, right?]
Mr. JENNER - It covers a span of years going back to your college days?
Mrs. PAINE - And a few papers prior to college.
Mrs. PAINE - And a few papers prior to college.
Mr. JENNER - I have marked these boxes for identification numbers 457, 458, and 459. During my meeting with you Wednesday morning, I exhibited the contents of those boxes to you, and are the materials in the boxes other than material which is printed or is obviously from some other source that which purports to be in your handwriting, actually in your handwriting?
Mrs. PAINE - Yes.
Mrs. PAINE - Yes.
[Boxes marked, and we also know that Jenner discussed the contents of the boxes with Ruth Paine off the record, and there was evidently stuff from "some other source". And what did the four other boxes contain?]
Mr. JENNER - And those pieces of correspondence which purport to be letters from your mother, your father, your brother, and your sister are likewise the originals of those letters?
Mrs. PAINE - Yes.
Mrs. PAINE - Yes.
Mr. JENNER - And the copies of letters which purport to be letters from you to your mother, father, sister, and brother, and in some instances others are copies of letters that you dispatched?
Mrs. PAINE - That is right.
Mrs. PAINE - That is right.
(Discussion off the record.)
[Again, why is there a need to go off record unless they are discussing "others"?]
(...)
Mr. Jenner. I offer in evidence all of the exhibits which have been identified this evening.
Is there anything at all which has occurred to you that you desire to add, Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Paine. I can think of nothing else at this point.
Is there anything at all which has occurred to you that you desire to add, Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Paine. I can think of nothing else at this point.
[Forgot the cabinets, Jenner!]
Only marking an exhibit, but not entering it into evidence, was the standard way of making unwanted stuff disappear as the exhibit numbers would not show up in the index (Vol. 15) and not be listed in the "exhibits introduced" section at the beginning of the volume.
Back in the day when the volumes weren't searchable by computers this would be extremely hard to spot unless a researcher for some reason took note of CE numbers and systematically cross checked the indexes. Only 459-1 is listed as reference to a Ruth Paine letter, 3H134.
There can be no doubt the primary purpose of making CE 457--459 disappear was to avoid having pictures of the cabinets shown in Volume 17. Nobody would be able to testify whether those cabinets came out of the Irving garage or who actually was responsible for the content described as "names and activities of Cuban sympathizers".
Yet more lies and deception by the Warren boys.
