Where Was Oswald Heading After The Assassination?

[John Corbett]

BB-

Verily, who knows?

It may be LHO expected a ride that did not show up. That may have led to LHO's "patsy" statement, which really meant, "I was left holding the bag."

Larry Hancock, a solid researcher, becomes uncharacteristically speculative, and posits LHO may have planned to hijack a plane from Love Field, to Cuba. That is where he was headed, Love Field, and that is why LHO sought his handgun.

By all accounts, LHO was a smart guy, whatever we think of him.

Did LHO really have no getaway plan?

Since nobody knows what Oswald was thinking at any given time before or after the shooting, any answer is speculation. My own speculation is Oswald did not expect to get out of the TSBD and he had no plan for the aftermath. The fact he left most of his cash with Marina seems to indicate that. If his plan was to go on the lam, he would have needed all the cash he had. Once he got out, his first thought was thought was to arm himself. Once he fetched his revolver, I have no idea where he was going. Once he killed Tippit, he had to know he would be the subject of an intense manhunt. The cops might not have known right away he was the suspect in the assassination, but they would be out to get a cop killer for sure. Maybe his intention was suicide by cop. Who knows. It's all guesswork.

[Benjamin Cole]

JC-

Sure, guesswork.

Larry Hancock posits LHO would not have needed US cash if he got to Mexico, by hijacking a plane from Love Field. LHO was planning a new life in Cuba.

I note that very few people suggest LHO, who was always impoverished, was simply induced by money to take some shots at JFK. Maybe so. LHO expected to get paid later, and escape, but was apprehended instead. And then murdered before he could talk.

If LHO had not encountered Tippit, who knows, maybe LHO would have escaped.

If LHO had even a simple car ride out of Dallas...there were no roadblocks set up.

Most researchers say LHO had high IQ. Was well read. Hard to believe LHO did not have, or agree to, an escape plan. 

[John Corbett]

JC-

Sure, guesswork.

Larry Hancock posits LHO would not have needed US cash if he got to Mexico, by hijacking a plane from Love Field. LHO was planning a new life in Cuba.

I note that very few people suggest LHO, who was always impoverished, was simply induced by money to take some shots at JFK. Maybe so. LHO expected to get paid later, and escape, but was apprehended instead. And then murdered before he could talk.

If LHO had not encountered Tippit, who knows, maybe LHO would have escaped.

If LHO had even a simple car ride out of Dallas...there were no roadblocks set up.

Most researchers say LHO had high IQ. Was well read. Hard to believe LHO did not have, or agree to, an escape plan.

If he was going to Love Field, he was headed in the wrong direction.

Oswald could conceivably have evaded the initial manhunt, but eventually he would have been caught, even if he had made it to Mexico. He wasn't going to get away for long.

[Benjamin Cole]

JC-

Probably so, LHO eventually would have been captured, although in the 1960s-era, anyone with a valid-looking passport could leave the country, even through US ports. No computer connections.

Could LHO, with a bleached Fu Manchu and hair, some elevator shoes, and a "valid" passport, leave the US, say after six months or a year?

James "Whitey" Bulger (16 years on the lam): The South Boston organized crime boss went into hiding in 1994 to avoid racketeering and murder charges. He was on the FBI's Most-Wanted list for 10 years, and a $2 million reward was offered—one of the highest for a domestic target—before he was finally captured in Santa Monica, California, in 2011.

But, as you say, LHO's behavior on 11.22 was inexplicable.

[John Corbett]

JC-

Probably so, LHO eventually would have been captured, although in the 1960s-era, anyone with a valid-looking passport could leave the country, even through US ports. No computer connections.

Could LHO, with a bleached Fu Manchu and hair, some elevator shoes, and a "valid" passport, leave the US, say after six months or a year?

James "Whitey" Bulger (16 years on the lam): The South Boston organized crime boss went into hiding in 1994 to avoid racketeering and murder charges. He was on the FBI's Most-Wanted list for 10 years, and a $2 million reward was offered—one of the highest for a domestic target—before he was finally captured in Santa Monica, California, in 2011.

But, as you say, LHO's behavior on 11.22 was inexplicable.

No country in the world would have given Oswald asylum. His picture would have been seen all over the world. Even Castro would not have taken him in. Castro didn't survive for as long as he did by being stupid. He would have known by shielding JFK's assassin he would have given the US the excuse they needed to break the promise JFK made as part of the deal to end the Cuban Missile Crisis not to invade Cuba at any time in the future.

[John Corbett]

JC-

Probably so, LHO eventually would have been captured, although in the 1960s-era, anyone with a valid-looking passport could leave the country, even through US ports. No computer connections.

Could LHO, with a bleached Fu Manchu and hair, some elevator shoes, and a "valid" passport, leave the US, say after six months or a year?

James "Whitey" Bulger (16 years on the lam): The South Boston organized crime boss went into hiding in 1994 to avoid racketeering and murder charges. He was on the FBI's Most-Wanted list for 10 years, and a $2 million reward was offered—one of the highest for a domestic target—before he was finally captured in Santa Monica, California, in 2011.

But, as you say, LHO's behavior on 11.22 was inexplicable.

Oswald might have evaded early capture had Johnny Brewer not alertly spotted him sneak into the Texas Theater. The cops would have had no reason to look there. Oswald could have sat through the double feature and by that time, it would have been getting dark. He could have easily left with the rest of the crowd without being noticed. Even if his picture had been posted on TV by then, and it probably would have, it's unlikely any of the theater patrons would have seen it. What Oswald would have done after that and how long he could have evaded capture is anybody's guess. Mine is the manhunt wouldn't have lasted more than a few days, if that long.

[Benjamin Cole]

TC-

I posted over at Ed Forum once that Brewer's account of LHO behavior strongly indicates LHO was a participant  in the JFKA, or at bare minimum, knew enough about the JFKA to immediately conclude that he would look guilty in any investigation. Another reason I am banned over there.

Even Larry Hancock dances around the Brewer testimony. If LHO had no knowledge of the JFKA, and was only going to hijack an airplane...why was he acting so furtively, even before getting to Love Field? 

Maybe I will re-post here.