The Bus Stop Farce

[John Iacoletti]

So, the ambulance arrived while Scoggins was talking to his dispatcher. And the dispatcher recorded the time as 1:23.

Let’s see the time sheet.

[John Iacoletti]

The other Frazier threatened him physically, while the notorious vulture Henry Wade hovered overhead: Why help the cops throw you to the wolves, mulled Lillie Mae..

The “other Frazier”? You mean Fritz?

Is there any reason anyone should engage seriously with somebody who is so woefully ignorant about the case?

[Charles Collins]

Why did it take Scoggins so long to go over to Tippit? This sentence "Yes, I went up there, but by the time I got up there the ambulance had already got there." perhaps suggests that Scoggins and Callaway went chasing after the shooter in Scoggins cab, came back and then saw the ambulance. And that Scoggins then called the dispatcher. Am i getting this wrong?

Gerry, the delay was due to the dispatcher being in the middle of a call with another cab driver. Scoggins said he called his dispatcher after the shooter ran past his cab.


Mr. Dulles. Could I ask one question? You were in touch with your dispatcher over your radio contact?
Mr. Scoggins. Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles. What did you tell your dispatcher?
Mr. Scoggins. I told him there had been a policeman shot at 10th and Patton, and you see they have a number of cars they are talking to, you know, and I had to holler about three of four times before I got his attention, and then I seen I wasn’t going to get through to him, so I just hollered there had been a policeman shot at 10th and Patton, and then they went to talking to me then.


From an affidavit:

He ran west on Tenth to Patton then south on Patton to Jefferson. After he ran past my cab, I picked up my mike and reported the shooting to my dispatcher.

[John Iacoletti]

For this purpose, the bag Frazier saw Oswald carry had to become big enough to conceal a broken down rifle, Dorothy Garner was ignored as a witness to allow Oswald a way to leave the 6th floor and Oswald had to be seen in the shirt of which similar fibers were allegedly found on the rifle. Bledsoe provided the perfect way to do the latter. That's the only plausible and logical explanantion for which the arrest shirt was brought to Bledsoe's house prior to her testimony.

But I'm sure that's all way above lyin' Richard's head.

Brilliantly stated, Martin. This was witness tampering at its finest. They weren’t “investigating” so much as “steering”.

[Bill Chapman]

The “other Frazier”? You mean Fritz?

Is there any reason anyone should engage seriously with somebody who is so woefully ignorant about the case?

Your profound desperation is in full view: Is there any reason why anyone would take the time to nitpick someone who is "so woefully ignorant" about the case? Seems I'm a thorn in a few sides hereabouts.

[Charles Collins]

Let’s see the time sheet.

Why the double standard? You take a bystander’s testimony that he looked at his wristwatch. But you don’t take an eyewitness’ testimony that his supervisor told him the time that his call was recorded?

FWIW, An FBI interview of cab dispatcher D.G. Graham on November 28, 1963 says Graham recorded the call coming in at 1:25 p.m. The two minute discrepancy is probably due to Graham’s desire to notify the DPD before recording the time of the call.

“With Malice” (reference note #399).

[Bill Chapman]

Brilliantly stated, Martin. This was witness tampering at its finest. They weren’t “investigating” so much as “steering”.

Let me catch you up: Martin P. Weidmann has never stated anything even remotely brilliant. Or even anywhere close to clever, for that matter. Additionally, I recently outed him as to what he really is, to the point of him 'steering' himself into the ditch and out the door... as is always his fate whenever he attempts to get around me.