Apparently Gus Rose was possibly that stupid then.
Mr. ROSE. No; he didn't, not right then--he did later. In a minute--I found two cards--I found a card that said "A. Hidell." And I found another card that said "Lee Oswald" on it, and I asked him which of the two was his correct name. He wouldn't tell me at the time, he just said, "You find out."
Cool story, bro. But I'm more interested in the "Oswald's wallet" that Rose looked at and the "Oswald's wallet" that Bentley looked at.
"I asked for his name. He refused to give me his name. I removed his wallet from his back pocket and obtained his identification, and also asked him if he was still living at the Elsberry address and he says, well you find out for yourself."
"What kind of identification did he have?"
"The card that I got this information from was the Dallas Public Library Card. He had other identifications such as driver's license, I believe and credit cards and things like that."
Apparently Gus Rose was possibly that stupid then.
Mr. ROSE. No; he didn't, not right then--he did later. In a minute--I found two cards--I found a card that said "A. Hidell." And I found another card that said "Lee Oswald" on it, and I asked him which of the two was his correct name. He wouldn't tell me at the time, he just said, "You find out."
Context is everything!
Your selective quoting of Rose is a typical CT tactic, here's the entire relevant quote where Oswald says his name is "Hidell", which for a start makes your conspiracy theory that Oswald never knew about the alias "Hidell" seriously flawed. LOL
So with the fact that Oswald admitted to the Hidell alias, there is really no need to continue because the only reason you are questioning the wallet is the Hidell ID which was provably in the Wallet and was connected to Oswald because Oswald himself admitted to "Hidell" LOL
Now to put the FULL Rose quote into context, Oswald said his name was Hidell and Rose had not seen the wallet by that time so Rose checked Oswald's wallet and found the Oswald I.D.'s and wanted to know why Oswald was telling lies, nothing out of the ordinary for Oswald, who lied as often as he breathed.
Mr. ROSE. Well, the first thing I asked him was what his name was and he told me it was Hidell.
Mr. BALL. Did he tell you it was Hidell?
Mr. ROSE. Yes; he did.
Mr. BALL. He didn't tell you it was Oswald?
Mr. ROSE. No; he didn't, not right then--he did later. In a minute--I found two cards--I found a card that said "A. Hidell." And I found another card that said "Lee Oswald" on it, and I asked him which of the two was his correct name. He wouldn't tell me at the time, he just said, "You find out." And then in just a few minutes Captain Fritz came in and he told me to get two men and go to Irving and search his house.
Mr. BALL. Now, when he first came in there--you said that he said his name was "Hidell"?
Mr. ROSE. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Was that before you saw the two cards?
Mr. ROSE. Yes; it was.
Mr. BALL. Did he give you his first name?
Mr. ROSE. He just said "Hidell"; I remember he just gave me the last name of "Hidell".Cool story, bro. But I'm more interested in the "Oswald's wallet" that Rose looked at and the "Oswald's wallet" that Bentley looked at.
"I asked for his name. He refused to give me his name. I removed his wallet from his back pocket and obtained his identification, and also asked him if he was still living at the Elsberry address and he says, well you find out for yourself."
"What kind of identification did he have?"
"The card that I got this information from was the Dallas Public Library Card. He had other identifications such as driver's license, I believe and credit cards and things like that."
I don't tell stories, I tell facts!
Rose doesn't contradict any wallet fact.
Bentley says he saw the library card which had Oswald's name on it, which is a fact and then Bentley adds an "I believe" to the driver's licence I.D. and then mentions a generic list of wallet contents which we know couldn't be true because we know Oswald didn't have a driver's licence and the likely hood of Oswald owning a credit card was zero! Doh!
The following list of Oswald's wallets contents makes perfect sense, Oswald admitted to Rose about the name "Hidell" and the rest are what you expect Oswald to be carrying, military ID, pictures of his wife and child, social security card etc.
So getting back to your original mistake, Hill said Oswald was his name because the besides the FAKE looking Hidell ID, the overwhelming majority of Oswald's ID's said he was Oswald and funnily enough Oswald's name was in fact Oswald, how about that! LOL



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