The Walker Case

[Charles Collins]

Priscilla McMillan, in her book “Marina and Lee” page 481, has an interesting footnote (#17) regarding some of LHO’s writings that he reportedly wrote shortly before the Walker assassination attempt:


17. Exhibit No. 97, Vol. 16, pp. 422–430. This is probably the most significant document Oswald ever wrote, revealing both his emotions and his political ideas. It is striking for its apocalyptic, megalomaniacal tone, and the reader almost has to conclude that the author was possessor of the “narcissistic” personality described in Ernest Jones’s famous essay “The God Complex” (Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis by Ernest Jones [London], pp. 204–226). Politically, the author denounces both the US and Soviet systems and the US Communist Party; but his primary concern appears to be destruction of the capitalist system in the United States and its future replacement. Although written before the Walker attempt, the document looks forward to Oswald’s own future. It gives a better idea than anything else he wrote of what appears to have been his conscious purpose in killing President Kennedy, and of the resigned, stoical, and yet exalted spirit in which he went about it.

[Walt Cakebread]

Priscilla McMillan, in her book “Marina and Lee” page 481, has an interesting footnote (#17) regarding some of LHO’s writings that he reportedly wrote shortly before the Walker assassination attempt:


17. Exhibit No. 97, Vol. 16, pp. 422–430. This is probably the most significant document Oswald ever wrote, revealing both his emotions and his political ideas. It is striking for its apocalyptic, megalomaniacal tone, and the reader almost has to conclude that the author was possessor of the “narcissistic” personality described in Ernest Jones’s famous essay “The God Complex” (Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis by Ernest Jones [London], pp. 204–226). Politically, the author denounces both the US and Soviet systems and the US Communist Party; but his primary concern appears to be destruction of the capitalist system in the United States and its future replacement. Although written before the Walker attempt, the document looks forward to Oswald’s own future. It gives a better idea than anything else he wrote of what appears to have been his conscious purpose in killing President Kennedy, and of the resigned, stoical, and yet exalted spirit in which he went about it.

 Exhibit No. 97, Vol. 16, pp. 422–430. This is probably the most significant document Oswald ever wrote, revealing both his emotions and his political ideas. It is striking for its apocalyptic, megalomaniacal tone, and the reader almost has to conclude that the author was possessor of the “narcissistic” personality described in Ernest Jones’s famous essay “The God Complex” (Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis by Ernest Jones [London], pp. 204–226). Politically, the author denounces both the US and Soviet systems and the US Communist Party; but his primary concern appears to be destruction of the capitalist system in the United States and its future replacement. Although written before the Walker attempt, the document looks forward to Oswald’s own future. It gives a better idea than anything else he wrote of what appears to have been his conscious purpose in killing President Kennedy, and of the resigned, stoical, and yet exalted spirit in which he went about it.


What a pile of BS!!

[Charles Collins]

Exhibit No. 97, Vol. 16, pp. 422–430. This is probably the most significant document Oswald ever wrote, revealing both his emotions and his political ideas. It is striking for its apocalyptic, megalomaniacal tone, and the reader almost has to conclude that the author was possessor of the “narcissistic” personality described in Ernest Jones’s famous essay “The God Complex” (Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis by Ernest Jones [London], pp. 204–226). Politically, the author denounces both the US and Soviet systems and the US Communist Party; but his primary concern appears to be destruction of the capitalist system in the United States and its future replacement. Although written before the Walker attempt, the document looks forward to Oswald’s own future. It gives a better idea than anything else he wrote of what appears to have been his conscious purpose in killing President Kennedy, and of the resigned, stoical, and yet exalted spirit in which he went about it.


What a pile of BS!!

Here’s a link to the book that Priscilla cites “Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis” by Ernest Jones:


https://books.google.com/books/about/Essays_in_Applied_Psycho_analysis.html?id=Pk5qAAAAMAAJ

Chapter 5 is the one on the God Complex…

[Zeon Mason]

Well, if the premise is that Oswald had a “God complex” then all the MORE reason it seems to me that Oswald would have shot multiple times or taken a shot that would SURELY have hit and killed Walker, a man whom Oswald (allegedly) considered as dangerous a man  as Hitler.

And can one conclude that a shot that was aimed presumably with an MC rifle (that the WC considered to be accurate), was a shot meant to kill Walker, when that round hit the FRAME of the window?

[Charles Collins]

Well, if the premise is that Oswald had a “God complex” then all the MORE reason it seems to me that Oswald would have shot multiple times or taken a shot that would SURELY have hit and killed Walker, a man whom Oswald (allegedly) considered as dangerous a man  as Hitler.

And can one conclude that a shot that was aimed presumably with an MC rifle (that the WC considered to be accurate), was a shot meant to kill Walker, when that round hit the FRAME of the window?

There are quite a few legitimate reasons that could explain why the shot missed. We will never know exactly why, but it didn’t miss by much. And some fragments actually did wound Walker in an arm. The “frame” that the bullet deflected off of is the horizontal piece of wood that is approximately centered between the top and the bottom of the entire window. This is typical of double hung windows and, looking at the ones in our house right now, they are at about eye level when I am seated. So, it appears to me that the shot was aimed to hit the head of Walker.
Here is one scenario that I think is a possible explanation as to why the bullet hit the window frame. Robert Oswald said in his book that he thought that LHO had previously had no experience with rifle scopes. However LHO did apparently (shortly after taking the photos of Walker’s house) order the rifle with a scope. And therefore we can deduce that he probably intended to use that scope for the shot that he was planning. An inexpensive scope like the one on the rifle is relatively small, has inexpensive lenses, and does not let in enough light in relatively dark environments (like dawn or dusk for hunters) for the user to see the target very well. LHO probably didn’t realize the low-light issues until he was actually aiming to take the shot. The incandescent lighting typical of homes (especially in that era) is relatively dim compared to daylight conditions. It would be interesting to duplicate the lighting conditions and look through that scope to see how well the target could be seen. And especially whether or not the wooden frame (cross member) could be easily seen through that scope. I think that, under the low-light conditions, that wooden frame member might have tended to blend in with everything else and not been very obvious to the shooter as he looked through the scope.
LHO reportedly intentionally chose that particular night due to the nearby church activity. I think that he purposely used that church activity as a diversion to help him get away from the scene in case there were any potential witnesses. I believe that he probably thought that he only needed one shot. And if he had taken another shot, he knew that he would probably be leaving an empty shell behind as evidence. So, the one-shot plan appears to me to be intentional.

[Jon Banks]

The only way I can see Oswald shooting at Walker is if he had an accomplice who drove him to and from Walker's home.

None of the theories about how he rode the bus to and from Walker's home with a rifle make any sense. The lack of physical evidence connecting Oswald to the Walker shooting also makes no sense.

[Charles Collins]

The only way I can see Oswald shooting at Walker is if he had an accomplice who drove him to and from Walker's home.

None of the theories about how he rode the bus to and from Walker's home with a rifle make any sense. The lack of physical evidence connecting Oswald to the Walker shooting also makes no sense.

The only way I can see Oswald shooting at Walker is if he had an accomplice who drove him to and from Walker's home. None of the theories about how he rode the bus to and from Walker's home with a rifle make any sense.

On Friday, April 5, two days after his first practice session with his new rifle, Lee signed out of work at 5:05 and arrived home just as Marina was about to take the baby for a walk. Out of breath, Lee announced that he would like to join them; go on ahead, he said, and he would catch up with them. Marina pushed the baby slowly in her stroller, and Lee caught up with them before they had walked two blocks. He was moving even more rapidly than usual, and Marina could not help noticing that he was carrying his rifle, clumsily wrapped in his green Marine Corps raincoat. “Where are you going?” she asked. “Target practice,” he replied and asked her to walk him to the bus stop.

“Marina and Lee” by Priscilla McMillan, Page 494




The lack of physical evidence connecting Oswald to the Walker shooting also makes no sense.


The bullet was too badly damaged to provide conclusive ballistics tests, but neutron activation analysis tests later determined that it was "extremely likely" that the bullet was manufactured by the Western Cartridge Company and was the same type of ammunition as was used in the Kennedy assassination.[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Walker

Consider all of the evidence, as a jury is required to do, and there is no reasonable doubt as to who took the shot at Walker.