Donald Willis
2024-02-16 21:29:22 UTC
Whaley's "Neches" wrecks Warren Report's Oswald/Tippit timeline
Apparently, the Warren Commission panicked when witness William W. Whaley went off-script, on 3/12/64, and testified that he dropped Oswald off at "Neches and North Beckley". (In his 11/23/63 affidavit, Whaley mentions only "500 block of North Beckley".) That would have screwed up the official eta of Oswald at 10th & Patton of 1:16. (Warren Report p158) As the WR says, "Neches is within one-half block of the rooming house at 1026 N. Beckley where Oswald was living." (WRp162) That would, in fact, seem to have been an ideal spot for Oswald to get out of the cab--not right in front of the house, but close, as Norman Redlich here acknowledges. Close enough perhaps, that is, for Oswald to see without being seen. The Commission--which had all the time in the world--went so far as to recall Whaley, who capitulated and now said that he left Oswald off at "the intersection of Beckley and Neely" (4/8/64 testimony p429), at (as per the WR p158) 12:54. That would have meant a walk of about 6 minutes to get to the rooming house. (WR pp158, 163) Then another 3 minutes before departing, arriving at 10th & Patton about 1:16. (WRp158) A 13-minute walk. However, Whaley's blundering, out-of-left-field reference to "Neches" throws that timeline a bit out of whack. Dutifully, he retains "Beckley" through it all, from affidavit to testimony to corrected testimony. But as a cab driver, he must have known that Neches and Beckley did not actually intersect--certainly he did know by 11/22/63. In fact, that might have been where Oswald actually instructed him to go, Neches near Beckley. How else would Whaley have latched on to "Neches"? To reconstruct the adjusted timeline: Out of cab 12:54 on Neches. Rooming house 12:55. Leaving rooming house 12:58. 10th & Patton 1:11.
Leaving Oswald patiently waiting around for Tippit to show up, four or five minutes later. However, no witness saw the gunman do any such waiting, just walking.
Revised, adjusted timeline, then, for Oswald: Leaving rooming house 12:58. Arriving Texas Theatre 1:16. No stopovers.
dcw
Apparently, the Warren Commission panicked when witness William W. Whaley went off-script, on 3/12/64, and testified that he dropped Oswald off at "Neches and North Beckley". (In his 11/23/63 affidavit, Whaley mentions only "500 block of North Beckley".) That would have screwed up the official eta of Oswald at 10th & Patton of 1:16. (Warren Report p158) As the WR says, "Neches is within one-half block of the rooming house at 1026 N. Beckley where Oswald was living." (WRp162) That would, in fact, seem to have been an ideal spot for Oswald to get out of the cab--not right in front of the house, but close, as Norman Redlich here acknowledges. Close enough perhaps, that is, for Oswald to see without being seen. The Commission--which had all the time in the world--went so far as to recall Whaley, who capitulated and now said that he left Oswald off at "the intersection of Beckley and Neely" (4/8/64 testimony p429), at (as per the WR p158) 12:54. That would have meant a walk of about 6 minutes to get to the rooming house. (WR pp158, 163) Then another 3 minutes before departing, arriving at 10th & Patton about 1:16. (WRp158) A 13-minute walk. However, Whaley's blundering, out-of-left-field reference to "Neches" throws that timeline a bit out of whack. Dutifully, he retains "Beckley" through it all, from affidavit to testimony to corrected testimony. But as a cab driver, he must have known that Neches and Beckley did not actually intersect--certainly he did know by 11/22/63. In fact, that might have been where Oswald actually instructed him to go, Neches near Beckley. How else would Whaley have latched on to "Neches"? To reconstruct the adjusted timeline: Out of cab 12:54 on Neches. Rooming house 12:55. Leaving rooming house 12:58. 10th & Patton 1:11.
Leaving Oswald patiently waiting around for Tippit to show up, four or five minutes later. However, no witness saw the gunman do any such waiting, just walking.
Revised, adjusted timeline, then, for Oswald: Leaving rooming house 12:58. Arriving Texas Theatre 1:16. No stopovers.
dcw