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Post by Herbert Blenner on Jan 15, 2019 13:04:09 GMT -5
A Dirty Little Company
by Herbert Blenner | Posted February 28, 2013
The biography of Jack Ruby presented by the Warren Commission fitted the profile of a typical agent of the internal security apparatus, which preceded the organizations established under the National Security Act of 1947. Surprisingly the commission provided many details to argue that Ruby was actively engaged in local security operations.
Jack Ruby had one rumored and three documented linkages with witnesses to the shooting of Officer Tippit. These witnesses were Temple Ford Bowley, Barbara Jeanette Davis, Mrs. Charlie Virginia Davis and Helen Markham.
The message pad of Larry Crafard listing incoming calls for Jack Ruby contained the WH3-8120 telephone number that Barbara and Virginia listed on their affidavits concerning the shooting of Tippit.
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Post by Herbert Blenner on Jan 15, 2019 13:04:45 GMT -5
Another witness to this shooting, Helen Markham, was waiting for a bus to take her to work at a place described by Ruby's roommate, George Senator, as his hangout. history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0157b.htm
history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh14/html/WC_Vol14_0101a.htmGeorge Senator was a regular customer at Eat Well. He was at this place when the news of the shooting of Oswald by Jack Ruby was broadcast. Naturally, George promptly left the restaurant.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh14/html/WC_Vol14_0101a.htm
history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh14/html/WC_Vol14_0127a.htmA listing of witnesses by the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice noted that Helen Markham knew Ruby as a customer.www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?docId=10756&relPageId=566These documented linkages lend credibility to the rumor that the first citizen who used the police radio to report the shooting of Officer Tippit, Temple Ford Bowley, was a longtime friend and a former employee of Jack Ruby. I describe this linkage as a rumor because the HSCA contact report allegedly containing this information is still classified. Ruby's circle extended beyond Oak Cliff. A piano player at his Carousel club, William F. Simmons, lived at 2530 West Fifth Street in Irving.
The Warren Commission reported the address of Simmons as 2539 West Fifth Street. Ruth Paine and Marina Oswald resided at 2515 West Fifth Street. A few days before the assassination, Jack Ruby had a business meeting with Bertha Cheek whose sister, Earlene Roberts, was the housekeeper at the room rented by Lee Harvey Oswald under the name of O. H. Lee.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh13/html/WC_Vol13_0200a.htmOn the afternoon of November 22, 1963, Williams Scoggins picked up a passenger at Love Field at about 12:35 p.m.and drove them to 321 North Ewing.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0166a.htm
Kay Olsen formerly Kathy Kay Coleman who had worked for Jack Ruby during 1961 was living at 325 North Ewing.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh14/html/WC_Vol14_0326a.htmAndrew Armstrong, Jr. identified Kathy Kay as Kathy Coleman.Source: 13H, 357Mr. ARMSTRONG. Yes. Mr. HUBERT. One of them has blonde hair and seems to be dressed in black, has a black sweater, apparently, and black pants visible in some of the picture; do you know who she is? Mr. ARMSTRONG. Kathy Kay. Mr. HUBERT. What is her full name? Mr. ARMSTRONG. Kathy Coleman, I think it is. According to Mrs. Irene Hall, the manager of 321 and 325 North Ewing, Kathy Kay Coleman resided at 321 North Ewing.www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?mode=searchResult&absPageId=372132In December 1963 or January 1964, Kathy Coleman married Harry N. Olsen and became known as Kay Helen Olsen.Joyce Lee McDonald worked for Jack Ruby under the stage name of Joy Dale.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh13/html/WC_Vol13_0182a.htm
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The C. Ray Hall Exhibit 1 gives the address of Joyce McDonald as 410 1/2 10th Street without specifying whether the address is on the east or the west side.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh20/html/WH_Vol20_0030b.htm A criminal intelligence report by the Dallas Police Department found in box 18, folder 9, item 2 of the Dallas Archives stated that McDonald was living at 424 1/2 West 10th Street and listed previous addresses as 328 1/2 East 9th Street, 427 West 10th Street, 3116 Alaska and 2921 Michigan.live.staticflickr.com/65535/51076571847_44afcf29e6_c.jpgIn late November of 1963, Helen Markham was living at 328 1/2 East 9th Street and William Scoggins resided at 3138 Alaska.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0157a.htm
history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh3/html/WC_Vol3_0165b.htmThe Warren Commission did not call Joyce McDonald as a witness.I suggest these linkages have a simple explanation. Ruby ran a dirty little company.
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Post by Herbert Blenner on Jan 16, 2019 15:46:16 GMT -5
Note From Captain Crowder
by Herbert Blenner | Posted March 5, 2014
On November 24, 1963, Lieutenant Bohart of the Dallas Police Department made notes on a call received from Captain Crowder of the Texas State Police in Dallas.
"From Capt. Crowder
He received information from an anonymous caller that -"
In 1963, any citizen could have called their operator and get the telephone number of their most recent caller. For this reason, Crowder had no excuse for not learning the number of the anonymous caller. Obviously an informant at either the DPD or its local phone exchange was the source of this information. Crowder protected their identity by labeling them as an "antonymous caller."
"Oswald sent coded message out to Jack Ruby this morning - Jack did not receive same - Message in hands of person at FE1-3746 which is listed to Stewart T. Palmer 2728 W Davis, apt. 125"
Crowder related definite information on the telephone number of the person who held the message without relating definite knowledge of their name. This shows that a wiretap on the telephone that called FE1-3746 was the source of the information reported by Crowder.
The legal obligation of Captain Crowder to protect his methods and sources explains and justifies his deception of an anonymous caller.
Placement of a wiretap on the phone which called FE1-3746 is easily explained by the two previously filed murder complaints against the named caller, Oswald. Under these conditions, no court would deny permission to wiretap the jailhouse phone used by this prisoner.
Figure 1 - Message Received by Lieutenant Bohart From Captain Crowder
"The holder of this message is in fear of life + fear of police."
Recognition of the name Oswald as the sender of a coded message intended for any third party would have caused extreme concern if not outright fear in any rational person.
"Was going to take message to F. B. I."
On November 24, 1963, Stewart T. Palmer went to the FBI who reported that Palmer discussed office politics.
Figure 2 - FBI Report on Palmer Interview, pages one and two of four
Apparently the FBI afforded Palmer more than safety. They provided a cover story for the uncompleted relay of a message from Oswald to Ruby. |
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