I have to agree with Michael here, and it seems that John does as well. It would never even have occurred to me that Randle was describing the package in any way other than one end being in Oswald's right hand and the other extending toward the ground. "Carried this way" is a perfectly natural way for someone to describe this scenario, meaning "dangling down toward the ground." "Carried" in this context does not inevitably (or even reasonably) mean "in his left hand." That would have him lurching along like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
I have to agree with Michael here, and it seems that John does as well. It would never even have occurred to me that Randle was describing the package in any way other than one end being in Oswald's right hand and the other extending toward the ground Why even mention it and why would I even care about that? I think your completely wrong. For an attorney to not see it, I think is odd. The WC investigators were attorneys.
This is the same old argument being repeated over and over with no resolve. I have no problem seeing the problem with Linnie May’s ever-changing story. She was protecting her brother who she knew had no involvement. Neither did Capasse and Iocaletti have a problem seeing it. What do you think is the reason for their bizarre interpretations? They get what it means. and you don't, instead believing in a 27 inch long package?
“That would have him lurching along like the Hunchback of Notre Dame.” That is exactly the point. He would have been if the bag was 27 inches and him carrying it the way it was described. It is all about “and the bottom he carried it this way”, “and it almost touched the ground as he carried it”. Think of her statement as being from the ground up, not the top down. She always returned to describing the bag almost touching the ground.
If you believe the bag was 27 inches long, how does LHO get the rifle to the TSBD? You do not need to disassemble the rifle to get it to fit in the bag.
The answer is:
Yes, to being bent over, if the bag is 27 inches long
No, to being bent over, if the bag is 42 inches long.
This was Linnie's very first statement on the bag.
FBI 11/22
RANDLE stated that about 7:15 a.m., November 22, 1963, she looked out of a window of her residence and observed LEE HARVEY OSWALD walking up her driveway and
saw him put a long brown package, approximately 3 feet by 6 inches, in the back seat area of WESLEY FRAZIER's 1954 black Chevrolet four door automobile. Thereafter, she observed OSWALD walk to the front, or entrance area, of her residence where he waited for FRAZIER to come out of the house and give him a ride to work.
She changed her estimation to support her brother but not her description of how it was being carried. She cannot describe him carrying a 27 inch bag the same way as a 42 inch bag and the rifle almost touched the ground.
The 12/2 FBI statement has him carrying it even different yet. Thumb down like a baseball player instead of thumb up like John’s depiction. Which is what everyone has assumed.
The WC witness statements are riddled with answers, like hers, that contradict other answers. JBC and Nellie, A Rowland, Hickey, Kellerman, etc. The inconsistency in their answers is how they showed they were changing their stories, and their statements were somewhat unreliable. They do not pass any judgement on JBC and Nellie but instead reveal their inconsistencies on key points.
Read her statement the way she stated it without a bias. Her description of how the bag was being carried confirms it was longer than 27 inches.
The basis of her testimony was he gripped the top and carried the bottom. Two very different actions.