Did Ruby Know J.D.Tippit?
One observation of physics suggests that for every action
there is a reaction.
A similar condition seems to exist within the historic JFK
assassination investigation. For every defender of a conspiracy
theory, there is a champion for non-conspiracy.
It appears that each of us begins with a pre-conceived notion about
what is correct, and seek only evidence and testimony that sup****ts
our premise. And then, there are the predators that search for new
analysts, from both sides of the issue ,hoping to find fault and
create as much dissension as possible.
A recent survey revealed that 85% of those individuals interviewed
believe that the death of JFK involved a conspiracy. Yet, if these
same participants, in the survey, were questioned about why; it
becomes obvious that they know so little about the details of the
event that their opinion is worth no more than their reason for having
a favorite color.
The Warren Wizards, themselves, were guilty of a similar pattern of
conduct. If testimony of a witness failed to meet their eventual, pre-
conceived, lone-assassin pronouncement, the witness became only a
footnote.
EXAMPLES: The testimony of Earlene Roberts, who said a police car
stopped and blew the horn in front of the rooming house, while LHO was
"getting his gun."
Now, if Earlene had been an apartment owner, in Arlington, instead of
a common landlady, in a cheap rooming house, in Oak Cliff, the
Wizards might have devoted a chapter to the reliability of her
testimony. Not the case. Roberts was "confused."
Did Ruby know Tippit ? Not so, said the Wizards. On whose word did
they rely? On the word of the hero of Nov. 24.-Jack Ruby himself - or
the word of the honorable defenders of our homes and streets - the
other officers of law within the Dallas community.
Despite the claim of the WC that Tippit was not known to frequent
nightclubs and had no reason during his tour of police duties to enter
any of Ruby's clubs, there is testimony by Jack's sister, Eve Grant,
to indicate that Tippit was in the Vegas nightclub not long before the
assassination.
From Eva's testimony when asked by a member of the WC staff if Jack
knew J.D. Tippit - Grant answered:
" I don't -I don't know, all I could tell you is that Jack lived in
the Oak Cliff area for a couple of years or maybe a year and a half
and Tippit, being of that area, he could have run into him and known
him slightly. HE DIDN"T KNOW HIM AS WELL AS OTHER POLICEMAN much
closer than him, but since all this happened, one of my coworkers,
Leo Torti, showed me a magazine and Tippit was in our club sometime a
month previous to this-previous to his killing."
MR. HERBERT:" Was it a picture of Tippit?"
GRANT: "It was a picture of Tippit, and he said, " Do you remember he
talked to you up at the front, and he was in September or October or
November sometime."
BURLESON:" Was that the Carousel or the Vegas?"
GRANT: "The Vegas, and while I looked at him I remembered that he
looked familiar..."
BURLESON:" Mr. Herbert, I think that is all I have along that line."
Vol. 14, p 486.
At this point of inquiry, the questioners ended what might have proven
to be a fruitful revelation, but as wasgenerally the case, they muted
the possibility of producing testimony that would lead to a possible
conspiracy.
When Harry Officer Harry Olsen was asked if Ruby knew Tippit:
OLSEN: "It seemed that he did know Officer Tippit."
SPECTER: "Why do you say , "It seemed that he did know Officer
Tippit."
OLSEN: I believe he said that Tippit had been to the club."
Vol.: 14, p. 632
The picture presented to the public by the DPD and the WC would appear
to be the perfect family living in harmony with the world, but even
before the revelations of J.D's adulterous conduct by the HSC in 1977,
there was an indication that something was wrong at 238 Glencarin, the
home of the Tippits. Heard on the police radio transcripts shortly
after Tippit was pronounced dead at Methodist Hospital- the following
communication:
CALLER MESSAGE
210 Has anyone made arrangements or
picked up Tippit's wife yet?
Dispatcher: I'm not sure 210
210 If you give me his address, I will
go
go there and pick her up. I do not
have anybody to send right now.
210 I'll call 505 for the address.
Dispatcher 10:4, 1:51 pm.
At 1:56 pm
210 ; I'm downtown.
J.D. Tippit lives at7500
So. Beckley. I'm running Code 2
(URGENT) TO HIS WIFE'S HOUSE
Dispatcher: Yes, go ahead. 1: 56 pm.
The 1963 Dallas City Directory listed the name of John E. Boone as the
resident of 7500 So. Beckley. Telephone CA 43847.
Occupation: Press Operator at the Dallas Times Herald. The above
transcript can be found: CE 705, Vol. 17, PP. 471-472-473.
Ruth Paine became the darling of the age, and whatever she said became
The Gospel of Ruth. Yet, among the more realistic members of the
Oswald Inquisition, a special investigation of Ruth and "hen-pecked-
hubby," Mike, was in order. That thought was shut down post-haste. We
can only wonder why. Some believe that because the Paines
were "rolled-over" agents of the intelligence community, they deserved
a hands-off treatment and a silent offering of immunity.
Ass't D.A. Wm. Alexander felt that "more should have been done with
the Paines." I agree, and it isn't too late.
Then, again, who was Alexander? Here was a guy who told the FBI that
he didn't know of any connection between Ruby and the underworld. If
there was such a connection, he believed "it would have come to the
attention of his office." He also had a signed pass to Ruby's club,
found among Ruby's possessions, and had spoke to Jack the day before
the assassination.
(CE 1628, CE 1322, pp.735-36 A microfilm of the actual cards revealed
a signed card for every name listed, except that of Alexander's card
is curiously missing. JFK microfilm, Vol. 5, pp R 13-28)
But, Que scais-je? - What do I know?
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