Dale Myers Controversal Diagram

[Bill Brown]

Gerry Down,

By the way, I am leaving for Dallas tomorrow morning (as long as my flight doesn't get cancelled).  I am going to time the walk from the rooming house to Tenth & Lansing (where the curve is on Tenth Street), using the following route...

South on Beckley to 5th
East on 5th to Lansing
South on Lansing to Tenth

Then, from that point (Tenth & Lansing, where the curve is), it is a 2 minute 8 second walk to the patrol car.

I'll let you know how long THAT walk takes., but my guess is it gets Oswald to the curve on Tenth a couple minutes quicker than if he went down Beckley to Davis to Patton to Tenth to the curve before turning around on Tenth at the curve.

[Gerry Down]

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying.

But in doing that odd manoeuvre, wouldn't you be drawing more attention to yourself than if you'd simply walked straight across in front of the car?

[Tom Graves]

But in doing that odd manoeuvre, wouldn't you be drawing more attention to yourself than if you'd simply walked straight across in front of the car?

"He couldn't possibly be the killer. He's not hiding, he's 'bringing attention to himself!'"

[Gerry Down]

Gerry Down,

By the way, I am leaving for Dallas tomorrow morning (as long as my flight doesn't get cancelled).  I am going to time the walk from the rooming house to Tenth & Lansing (where the curve is on Tenth Street), using the following route...

South on Beckley to 5th
East on 5th to Lansing
South on Lansing to Tenth

Then, from that point (Tenth & Lansing, where the curve is), it is a 2 minute 8 second walk to the patrol car.

I'll let you know how long THAT walk takes., but my guess is it gets Oswald to the curve on Tenth a couple minutes quicker than if he went down Beckley to Davis to Patton to Tenth to the curve before turning around on Tenth at the curve.

So Bill, did you come home yet or are still lost around the streets of Oak Cliff walking behind cars that are placed 20 feet back from each intersection?

[Bill Brown]

So Bill, did you come home yet or are still lost around the streets of Oak Cliff walking behind cars that are placed 20 feet back from each intersection?

Ha  Nice 

I timed the walk...

South on Beckley to Fifth
East on Fifth to Lansing
South on Lansing to Tenth

It took me 14:55, no running or speed walking.
I was disappointed to learn that the time won't work.

However, Lansing is more like an alley than a street.  One could run or jog down Lansing without being noticed.
Lansing runs parallel to Marsalis but is much less busy.  Did Oswald take that route (with the library at Jefferson & Marsalis in mind) and jog a bit down Lansing?  Who knows.