Was Lee Oswald the passenger in Whaley's Taxi?

[Tom Scully]

Sure, once you demonstrate that the fare to Beckley and Neeley (Whaley originally said 500 block of Beckley) actually would have been 95 cents and that it was 10 cents for an additional quarter mile.  Besides,the difference is actually 0.4 miles.  You're just pulling numbers out of your ass.

Since 1937, there was only one city council authorized taxi cab operator in Dallas.:

Soooo....it is supported below that the initial fare of 2/5 mile was 45 cents and add'l 2/5 mile was 10 cents. 95 cents bought 10 - 5ths,
i.e., 2 miles. From June 15, 1964, increased initial fare of 1/3 mile was 45 cents and add'l 1/3 mile was 10 cents. $1.05 bought 6 - 3rds,
i.e., 2 miles.

[Walt Cakebread]

Sure, once you demonstrate that the fare to Beckley and Neeley (Whaley originally said 500 block of Beckley) actually would have been 95 cents and that it was 10 cents for an additional quarter mile.  Besides,the difference is actually 0.4 miles.  You're just pulling numbers out of your ass.

Which is greater 1/4  mile  or 4/10 mile?.....   .250   or .40....

[Walt Cakebread]

Sure, once you demonstrate that the fare to Beckley and Neeley (Whaley originally said 500 block of Beckley) actually would have been 95 cents and that it was 10 cents for an additional quarter mile.  Besides,the difference is actually 0.4 miles.  You're just pulling numbers out of your ass.

Do you deny that Lee told the interrogators that the taxi fare was 85 cents?.....   I don't have to prove why the fare was 85 cents.   

But ....based on William Whaley's testimony and records .....I believe that 85 cents was a logical fare to the rooming house.

[John Iacoletti]

Which is greater 1/4  mile  or 4/10 mile?.....   .250   or .40....

You apparently think they're equal since you claimed it's a quarter mile from Beckley and Neeley to the rooming house.

[John Iacoletti]

Do you deny that Lee told the interrogators that the taxi fare was 85 cents?.....   I don't have to prove why the fare was 85 cents.   

Yes you do.  You're the one who claimed that the fare would have been 85 cents from the bus station to the rooming house.  It doesn't matter what Oswald may or may not have told the interrogators.

[John Iacoletti]

Soooo....it is supported below that the initial fare of 2/5 mile was 45 cents and add'l 2/5 mile was 10 cents. 95 cents bought 10 - 5ths,
i.e., 2 miles. From June 15, 1964, increased initial fare of 1/3 mile was 45 cents and add'l 1/3 mile was 10 cents. $1.05 bought 6 - 3rds, i.e., 2 miles.

Thanks Tom.  Google Maps shows Whaley's route to be 2.1 miles to the rooming house, 2.5 miles to Beckley and Neeley, and 2.6 miles to 500 N Beckley.

Your numbers give us 87.5 cents to rooming house, 97.5 cents to Beckley and Neeley and $1.00 to 500 N Beckley.

Your second screenshot got cut off.  Can you confirm the 10 cents for additional 2/5 mile?

[Walt Cakebread]

Thanks Tom.  Google Maps shows Whaley's route to be 2.1 miles to the rooming house, 2.5 miles to Beckley and Neeley, and 2.6 miles to 500 N Beckley.

Your numbers give us 87.5 cents to rooming house, 97.5 cents to Beckley and Neeley and $1.00 to 500 N Beckley.

Your second screenshot got cut off.  Can you confirm the 10 cents for additional 2/5 mile?

Psssst Johnny.....  I believe the half cent coin was discontinued many decades prior to 1963.....(discontinued 1857).   And the meters in taxis did not increment by less than five cents.....   So only a loon would believe that Lee paid 87 1/2 cents .......

[John Iacoletti]

Psssst Johnny.....  I believe the half cent coin was discontinued many decades prior to 1963......   And the meters in taxis did not increment by less than five cents.....   So only a loon would believe that Lee paid 87 1/2 cents .......

LOL.  I don't believe that Lee paid 87 1/2 cents.  I'm sure it got rounded.  So yeah, it's plausible that he could have been charged 85 cents had he caught a cab from the Greyhound stand to the rooming house.