These twentytwo items were arranged to correspond to my scenario of eight shots. Apr 16, 2020 that would be william shelley, who oswald worked under for six weeks as an order filler for the texas school book depository tsbd. Giancana fingered cain as one of the jfk shooters in double cross, as the actual gunman in the alleged oswald snipers nest on the 6 th floor of the texas school book depository. Roy truly texas school book depository superintendent while accompanying dpd officer marrion baker he saw oswald on the second floor and indicated that oswald was a tsbd employee. A texasbased assassination research group has publicly named a man believed to have left a previously unidentified fingerprint on a box making up the socalled snipers nest on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. In cooperation with the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza, earthcam has placed a live hd streaming webcam in the southeast corner window of the sixth floor in the former texas school book depository in dallas. This is the view from the window from which an assassin fired the shots that killed president john f. Jul 24, 2016 alyea was the only press cameraman who was able to make his way into the texas school book depository before the building was sealed off by law enforcement. The conspirators had to plant the mauser then later swap the carcano with the mauser possibly because oswald the patsy wasnt killed in the 411 elm as planned and he fled the 5th or 6th floor. The most important conclusion of the warren commission wc concerning the assassination of president john f. Employees included 21 year old bill shelley, joe molina, and a shipping clerk named roy truly. The hypothetical trajectory path red line was extended forward without. I have entered other webs, but this one is different because the spider leaves the web and stalks its prey sometimes for many years.
Kennedy is that lee harvey oswald was at the 6 th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd and fired three rifle shots at the presidential motorcade. Alyea filmed police officers and detectives searching the sixth floor, examining the sniper s nest, and discovering oswalds rifle hidden near the stairwell. The warren report tells us that oswalds palm print was found on one of the book cartons used for the sniper s nest. In 1947 the president of the hugh perry book depository, jack cason, changed the companies name to the texas school book depository tsbd. This page is for study of the line of sight of the shooter in dealey plaza. There was a period of just under six seconds between the car becoming visible to anyone in the easternmost sixthfloor window and the moment of the fatal head shot. Jfk inside the texas school book depository 50 years. According to the official version of the assassination of john kennedy, lee oswald shot from the snipers nest in the southeast corner of the sixth floor of the texas school book depository, wiped his fingerprints off the gun and then hid it among stacks of boxes although he left three shell casings in the snipers nest, then left the sixth floor by the. When the texas school book depository company finally moved out in 1970, there were. Five years later, in 1952, most of these schoolbook companies moved from the santa fe building to the first. On november 22, 1963, arnold louis rowland dictated and signed a statement in which he described in detail seeing one man with a rifle on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. Discovered by deputy sheriff luke mooney, they were matched ballistically to lee oswalds gun to the exclusion of all other weapons. Visitors and researchers can see the restaged assassins lair but cannot look out the window as the sniper did when he shot at president john f.
Kennedys and king the cia and the texas school book depository. Sep 26, 20 giancana fingered cain as one of the jfk shooters in double cross, as the actual gunman in the alleged oswald snipers nest on the 6 th floor of the texas school book depository. But this conclusion falls apart completely if oswald was actually on the second floor just after the shots were fired he. Texas school book depository how is texas school book. Boxes, bags and barrels the finger and palm print evidence in the. Behind the cover of textbooks the girl who shot jfk. Conspiracy theory wednesdaythe snipers nest pbenjays blog. The bag was made from the texas school book depositorys stock of wrapping paper, and sealed with the tsbds tape. I would have never put anyone in the texas school book depository tsbd with so many locations that were much more advantageous, roberts said, unless i needed a diversion. Oct 07, 2019 the main occupant of the third floor was the hugh perry book depository, a privately owned company, incorporated in 1927 and the predecessor of the tsbd.
The finding of snipers nest empty hulls and one live round a mauser rifle or a mannlichercarcano rifle. Jan 10, 2019 since the 6th and 7th floors of the texas school book depository building became the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza, tourists can see the alleged oswald snipers nest from approximately 25feet away behind a glass barricade. Kennedy is that lee harvey oswald was at the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd and fired three rifle shots at the presidential motorcade. These 4 rifles were available to the conspirators inside the texas school book depository tsbd on 112263. Texas school book depository as in 1963 3d warehouse. Kennedy and severely wounded texas governor john connally as the presidential. The dillard photograph and a potential discovery in the tom. Jack dougherty texas school book depository employee he took one of the west elevators to the 1st floor after hearing a noise that sounded like a backfire. Kirk similass late father norman, who was in dallas on the day jfk was assassinated, took a nowmissing photo that he claimed showed two people in the sniper s nest at the texas school book. Kennedy was assassinated by a sniper while riding in an open limousine in dallas, texas on 22 november 1963.
Photographs, movies and strange people around tsbd english version. Lbj hitman mac wallaces fingerprints found in texas. About 22 of these stayed within the building during the motorcade, but most left the building to watch the motorcade in the plaza out front. The texas school book depository marquette university. The snipers nest that never was the harold weisberg. It was only months later, when he was deposed for the warren commission. The texas school book depository, now known as the dallas county administration building, is a sevenfloor building facing dealey plaza in dallas, texas. The socalled oswald window is sealed from the public. The building was lee harvey oswalds vantage point in his assassination of united states president john f. The texas school book depository tsbd moved into the sevenstory. The texas school book depository building still appears much as it did the day of the assassination, although the famous hertz timetemperature sign on the roof and the northwest stairway used by oswald after the shooting are in storage. The texas school book depository distributed school books to five states surrounding texas, including louisiana. The shots in dealey plaza the shots in dealey plaza. Apr 09, 20 the youtube episode focuses on the socalled snipers nest, the area next to the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd from which lee oswald allegedly fired a mannlichercarcano rifle wounding governor john connally and killing president kennedy.
Sniper position in daltex building by shel hershorn. As kennedys car passed the texas school book depository, it was hidden at first from the sixthfloor window by a large oak tree. A key part of the case against lee harvey oswald is three spent cartridges found in the snipers nest on the sixth floor of the school book depository in the wake of the shooting. According to bill adler of the texas observer, several of the jurors telephoned. A twostory structure in the the parking lot west of t. If, as many contend, there were other shooters in the tsbd, they would have had to enter and exit the building. C the mc rifle reportedly recovered on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. Since the times picture appeared on november 23, it must have been taken the previous afternoon. Kennedys and king the cia and the texas school book. Three spent cartridges or bullet shells were found in the texas school book depository s sixth floor east corner window area that the warren commission concluded was the sniper s nest. Located 411 elm street on the northwest corner of elm and north houston streets, at the western end of down town dallas. The finding of snipers nest english version youtube. The texas school book depository is the name of the building now the dallas county administration building from which, according to official investigations, lee harvey oswald assassinated president kennedy in dallas, texas, on november 22,1963. Dec 17, 2011 arnold louis rowland testified before the warren commission that he and his wife standing near the corner of houston and main streets at the time of the motorcade.
One of the tsbd employees, bill shelley oswalds supervisor, may have traveled to louisiana in august, 1963 and been in contact with harvey oswald in new orleans. History of the texas school book depository building the. Akey part of the case against lee harvey oswald is three spent cartridges found in the snipers nest on the sixth floor of the school book depository in the wake of the shooting. Includes a basic interior of the 6th floor, and snipers nest the area where lee harvey oswald is believed to have shot at president john f. Texas school book depository which was used in fatal shooting. Feb 26, 2019 some shel hershorn shots, quite rare not any more. Kennedys prescient belief in conspiracies and his own demise. The following is a timeline of what happened with the rifles. Lee harvey oswalds sniper perch from the school book. Oswald, an employee at the depository, shot and killed president kennedy from a sixth floor window on the. Ce511 6th floor snipers nest with a live round and an empty shell. Essay rewriting history bugliosi parses the testimony. This ongoing audiovisual project explores the life, death and legacy of president kennedy and the history and culture of dallas and the 1960s. Jfks assassination only grows more distant at dallass sixth floor.
The paper and the tape each contained markings from one particular tape dispensing machine in the shipping room on the first floor of the building. Dallas police found a paper bag on sixth floor of texas school book depository. I have no idea when and why they went into the daltex building to take these pix of a possible sniper s position. The texas school book depository is on the left side at the corner of. The stacking arrangement of the boxes is completely different from the socalled snipers nest in the warren report fig. If, as many contend, there were other shooters in the tsbd, they would have had.
On that day, there were 73 employees in the building. Jun 15, 2018 the window was removed from the former texas school book depository not long after the assassination. Born in new orleans, louisiana, lee harvey oswald was the fifth cousin five times removed of. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. A texas based assassination research group has publicly named a man believed to have left a previously unidentified fingerprint on a box making up the socalled snipers nest on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository. The texas school book depository was a private firm that distributed textbooks to schools in north texas and oklahoma from a nondescript. View from sniper nest to houston street view from sniper s nest to elm howard brennan sitting across the street from the texas school book depository the former school book depository the sixth floor window, blocked off by a glass box from the inside, is the second from the top on. The texas school book depository employees all of the tsbd employees had access to the entire structure. If i did, it would be a good place for red herrings to be observed by witnesses.
The texas school book depository, now known as the dallas county administration building, is a sevenfloor building facing dealey plaza in dallas, texas, united states. Video of the alleged shooting location on the 6th floor. A fairly acurate and highly detailed model of the texas school book depository as it appeared in 1963 at the time of the kennedy assassination. Nov 14, 2005 pat and tom, this is interesting, however.
The ups and downs of the tsbd the entrances and exits of the texas school book depository in november 22, 1963, along with the stairs and elevators, have always been an interesting sub topic to me. Was the paper bag from the sixth floor of the tsbd genuine. The socalled oswald window is sealed from the public, but. The youtube episode focuses on the socalled snipers nest, the area next to the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd from which lee oswald allegedly fired a mannlichercarcano rifle wounding governor john connally and killing president kennedy. Among the false claims made by bugliosi in his effort to convince us that oswald shot kennedy is that he was the only employee to flee the texas school book depository following the shooting. The window as it looked during its time in the sixth floor museum. But with the release of the uncropped james powell.
Jun 26, 2019 was texas school book depository tsbd superintendent roy truly a sniper. The dillard photograph and a potential discovery in the. Lbj hitman mac wallaces fingerprints found in texas book. Clement cotter who contacted the fbi after the assassination when he heard that the man who had hired the alleged assassin was roy truly. Hugh perry acted as an independent agency for a group of publishers to warehouse and distribute textbooks to schools in texas, oklahoma, arkansas, louisiana, and new mexico. The truth is that several employees left the building affidavits in ce 81. Giancana also mentioned that charles nicoletti was positioned as another jfk shooter on the opposite end of the 6 th floor of the tsbd from cain. The warren report tells us that the rifle used to kill jfk found on the 6th floor of the tsbd was a ww ii italian surplus weapon of 6. Since the 6th and 7th floors of the texas school book depository building became the sixth floor museum at dealey plaza, tourists can see the alleged oswald snipers nest from approximately 25feet away behind a glass barricade. The texas school book depository tsbd building was the headquaters for a dallas. The history of the texas school book depository, site of the snipers nest in the assassination of jfk.
Jul 24, 2018 kamp addresses his entrance into the jfk assassination community, the origins of the prayer man figure and who kamp believes it may be, the employees in the texas school book depository and what they saw on 112263, the prayer man vs doorway man controversy, what lee oswald could and could have done in the time allowed by the warren commission. The texas school book depository the employees of the tsbd. At least two frame rifles and two sets of 3 frame bullet shells. Jfk inside the texas school book depository 50 years youtube. The rifle found on the sixth floor of the texas school book depository was. These are warren commission photos from the so called snipers nest. With perhaps two cia agents on the same premises, a careful scrutiny of the company they worked for is needed to understand what happened the day president kennedy was killed. The case against lee harvey oswald jfk assassination. Im still none the wiser, despite having seen the reconstructed sniper s nest in the texas school book depository.
This would give oswald 30 minutes or less to finish his coke, leave the building, walk four blocks east on elm street, catch a bus and ride it back west in heavy traffic for two blocks, get off the bus and walk two more blocks west and turn south on lamar street, walk four blocks and. The paper and the tape each contained markings from one particular tape dispensing machine in. Wallace may have been on the sixth floor of the book depository to set up the snipers nest framing of oswald, not take shots, which was left to others operating in different locations, like the grassy knoll and daltex building see john f. Just after the shots are fired showing two men who worked at the t. The texas school book depository building still appears much as it did the day of the assassination, although the famous hertz timetemperature sign on the roof and the northwest stairway used by oswald. It is this evidence found in the tsbd, or more specifically the finger prints and. The sixth floor museum at dealey plaza the sixth floor. The youtube episode focuses on the socalled snipers nest, the area next to the 6th floor window of the texas school book depository tsbd from which. William westoninvestigative journalist elzie glaze said regarding the kennedy assassination, there is a very large spider guarding this web of secrecy. In 1898, the rock island plow company constructed a five story building for its texas division, the southern rock island plow company.
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