Where Was Oswald Heading After The Assassination?

[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.

[John Mytton]

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.

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.

Oswald's picture was on the TV, IIRC in the afternoon after the assassination but of course he was already arrested, there were Oswald photos published the next day and even those were from the halls of Dallas Police. I'm pretty sure Oswald's photo was in the paper when he defected or when he came back so there would have been AP photos(which were not a very good likeness) to be found if he wasn't captured, or perhaps the Police would release the New Orleans arrest photos which would have helped the public track him down.
Depending on his smarts and what photos were available to the press, Oswald may have been on the run for some time and Oswald having a revolver with about ten bullets would have any arresting Officer a likely target, as seen by what happened with Tippit and very nearly McDonald.





JohnM

[Zeon Mason]

Oswald's picture was on the TV, IIRC in the afternoon after the assassination but of course he was already arrested, there were Oswald photos published the next day and even those were from the halls of Dallas Police. I'm pretty sure Oswald's photo was in the paper when he defected or when he came back so there would have been AP photos(which were not a very good likeness) to be found if he wasn't captured, or perhaps the Police would release the New Orleans arrest photos which would have helped the public track him down.
Depending on his smarts and what photos were available to the press, Oswald may have been on the run for some time and Oswald having a revolver with about ten bullets would have any arresting Officer a likely target, as seen by what happened with Tippit and very nearly McDonald.





JohnM

That smirk on Oswald’s face is the same expression I’ve seen on that kook that’s on trial for shooting Charlie Kirk.