On Mar 1, 4:27=EF=BF=BDam, Raymond <Bluerhy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ruby and the Ramp
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> PROBE
> Index Vol. 6 No. 3 January-February, 1999
>
> R. F. Gallagher presents a compelling case based on a microscopic
> examinination of the evidence that Ruby entered the basement to shoot
> Oswald with assistance from the Dallas Police.
>
> Ruby enetred the Dallas Police Station through a door, in the alley,
> next to the Western Ubion Office that was either left open or opened
> by a policeman friend of Jack Ruby
>
> Raymond Gallagher explores the mystery of how Jack Ruby made it so
> easily and conveniently into the basement of the Dallas jail with such
> exquisite timing. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
>
> CTKA/Probe Back Issues Index
>
> CTKA formerly published Probe Magazine. Most of the articles on this
> site ... Copies of these back issues can be ordered from The Last
> Hurrah Bookstore This article , by Gallagher, is worth the effort.
>
> From the Chairman's Desk
>
> http://www.ctka.net/fullarticles.html
Ruby and the Ramp
The Warren Commission claims that Ruby entered the basement of the
Dallas Police Station via the Main Street ramp. He did not. He entered
the building through a side door that is not less than fifty feet from
the door of
the Western Union building It is still there.
Why would Jack say that he entered the basement of the jail via the
ramp if he entered the building by another entrance? What difference
would it make? Everyone knows that he was in the basement and shot
Oswald.
There is no genuine evidence, other than Jack's own story, that he
entered via the ramp. If there is, I sure would like to see it. Even
the Warren Wizards doubted the tall tale. After claiming that Ruby
entered the basement by way of the ramp, the Re****t adds:
Although the sum of the available evidence tends to sup****t Ruby's
claim that he entered the Main Street ramp, there is other evidence
not consistent with Ruby's story. If Ruby entered by any other means,
he would have had to pass through the Police and Courts Building, and
then secondly through one of the five doors into the basement, all of
which, according to the testimony of police officers were secured .
The testimony was not completely positive about one of the doors.
(Re****t, pp. 221-222)
Both the police and the Commission were concerned about the one door.
But they were careful not to investigate the issue to a positive
conclusion because it would almost surely implicate one or more
members of the Dallas police force.
The door in question was near the passenger elevator that opens into
the Municipal Building.
"Despite the thoroughness with which the search was conducted, there
still existed one and perhaps two weak points in controlling access to
the garage. Testimony did not resolve positively whether or not the
stairway door near the public elevators was locked both from the
inside and outside as was necessary to secure it effectively. "
(Re****t. p. 212)
In his book Conspiracy, Anthony Summers deals with this particular
door:
"In 1979, the Assassination Committee rejected the old story that
Ruby got in down the ramp from the street. Following its own research
on the spot, it plumped instead for a brand-new hypothesis. The
Committee found that Ruby could have got into the basement by
slipping
down an alleyway at the side of the police station. In the middle of
the alley is a door opening onto the ground floor of the building
which houses the police station, and from there Ruby could have
reached the basement. It was a far less conspicuous means of entry
than the ramp route and therefore a better choice for a premeditated
approach. The Committee had to consider whether, if he indeed took
this route. Ruby would have been stopped by a locked internal door
leading to the basement. On this point, it once again encountered the
ubiquitous voice of Sergeant (Patrick) Dean. It turned out that he had
vascillated in his statements as to whether the door could be opened
from the outside. On one occasion he had not answered the question and
then said he had been assured by the maintenance man that the door was
secure from both sides. Two maintenance men and a ****ter said the
opposite. They asserted it could be opened without using a key, from
the direction Ruby would have entered." ( p. 469, 1991 edition)
The Warren Re****t provides us with a diagram of the basement of the
Dallas Police Building (CE 2179), which shows the three elevators
opening into the garage, and the steps, by the elevators that Ruby
would have used to gain entrance to the basement. They do not however
provide a floor plan of the main floor that would show the alleyway
door that Jack surely used to enter the building.
COMM EX 2179
http://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh24/html/WH_Vol24_0...
The truth about the door can be seen by anyone who visits the corner
of Pearl and Main streets, in Dallas. Standing in front of the former
Western Union Office Building, the door to the Municipal Building can
be seen . It is less than a child's stone throw away from the door to
the Western Union. Additonally, there are over 20 windows on the side
of the Municipal Building that could have been used to signal Jack
that the transfer was in progress.
I wrote an article in PROBE. March-April, 1999 titled Ruby and the
Ramp. I included pictures of the scene showing the door to the side
of
the police building and the front of the Western Union Office.
Perhaps
Probe could provide a copy of the article.
=46rom the Chairman's Desk at PROBE Magazine:
"Raymond Galllagher explores the mystery of how Jack Ruby made it so
easily and conveniently into the basement of the Dallas jail with
such
exquisite timing. As they say, a picture is worth a rhousand words."
A book, No More Silence, written by Larry A . Sneed, provides more
information on the subject. I will leave that to interested people to
read , but it is convincing evidence that Ruby entered by way of the
door I described.
The Sneed witnesses include police officers, deputy sheriffs, and
government officials.
Before anyone begins to write negative posts about the contents of
this effort, make sure that you have exhausted your own research. Few
still believe that Jack entered via the ramp.
ONE MORE TIME
Hopefully, I will use witness testimony to sup****t the proposition
that Jack Ruby did not enter the basement of the police building by
way of the Main Street ramp. At least three of the police officers
told Larry Sneed, author of No More Silence, that Ruby undoubtedly
entered the basement via the alleyway doors that ran north and south
alongside the Western Union office.
Officer Roy Vaughn, who was assigned to guard the top of the Main
Street ramp told Sneed: "There was a stairway that went from the first
floor down to the basement out of the Municipal Building." Vaughn
said , " Very easily somebody could have gone to the back door, which
is still there today, opened the door, let somebody in, walked
straight and come right into the basement. It wouldn't have been a
problem."
The officer explained that, in 1963, there were two possibilities to
enter the basement. There was a business college and a cafe NEXT to
the Western Union. They have since been torn down, ...
Is it im****tant how Ruby entered the police building to shoot Oswald?
Maybe not. On the other hand, why would Jack say he went down the
ramp? If he entered the building from some other entrance, he could
have admitted it. The result was the same-he was able to accomplish
his objective. However, if he was in touch with someone from the
police department, who was providing him with information about the
transfer and aided him in getting into the basement, then there was a
reason to lie. Ruby, a long time friend of many members of the
department, would not want to reveal the truth about their
assistance.
"The rulers of the state are the only ones that should have the
priviledge of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to
lie for the good of the state."
---- Plato: The Republic
Jack Ruby was interviewed in the Dallas County Jail on Dec. 21, 1963
by FBI SA Hall and Clements regarding his Sunday morning trip to the
Western Union office, and his alleged ramp entrance to the basement
of
the Police Department building. Jack furnished the following
information:
After sending the telegram, he left the Western Union officeand
walked west on the same side of the street, toward the City Hall
located on the next corner. Before he reached the Police Department
building, he noticed a police officer standing at the entrance to the
ramp going into the basement from Main Street, but he did not know the
police officer. Just before he reached that point, a police car came
out of the basement, and he recognized the driver of the police car as
Lieut. PIERCE. He explained he had known Lt. PIERCE for twelve years.
PIERCE did not look toward him or speak to him and Ruby did not speak
to Lt. PIERCE. Ruby could not recall seeing anyone in the police car
with Lt. PIERCE in either the front or back seat of the police car.
As the police car driven by Lt. PIERCE came out of the basement ramp,
the officer on duty at the entrance stepped back and walked toward
the
curb next to the street, with his back toward RUBY. As the police car
got even with this officer, the officer stooped down and looked
inside
the car. At about this time, RUBY had reached the entrance to the Main
Street ramp, and he took in the movement of the police car and the
officer on duty at the ramp, with a quick glance. Without breaking his
stride or hesitating, RUBY turned to his left and walked down the ramp
into the basement. As he entered the ramp, he does not recall seeing
any person standing around the entrance, and he does not know a former
officer named DANIELS.
(HAll (C.Ray) Exhibit No. 3, p.11)
At 6:00 pm on the 20th. of November, Jack visited his Trichologist
for a baldness treatment which took about 30 minutes. (22 H. 913 and
Ce 1494) He should have made an appointment with his Optometrist as
well-he was not only losing his hair; he was apparently having a
problem with his vision as well. On Sunday, as Jack approached Lt.
PIERCE'S car at the top of the ramp, he was able to see Pierce who was
driving the car, but he did not see Sgt. Putnam who was in the front
seat of the patrol car (on Jack's side) or Sgt. Billy Joe Maxey in the
back seat. Neither did he see any person standing around the entrance
to the ramp. So Ruby failed to see two men in the car with PIERCE and
a former police officer , N.J. Daniels, who was standing at the top of
the ramp with the single patrolman guarding the entrance , R.E.
Vaughn.
"Vaughn denied that the emergence of Lt. Pierce's car from the
building distracted him long enough to allow Ruby to enter the ramp
unnoticed, and neither he nor any of the three officers in Lt.
Pierce's car saw Ruby enter."
(WR 221)
HE WHO HATH NOT A GOOD AND READY MEMORY SHOULD NEVER MEDDLE WITH
TELLING LIES.
--Montaigne: ESSAYS
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