Dallas policemen Marvin Wise and Bill Bass arrested three tramps found hiding in a train after the assassination.
Officer Wise appears in some photographs accompanying the tramps to the Sheriff's Office. See what Wise thought the tramps really were and what one of them was carrying in a bag. It has been alleged that Wise had a listening device in his ear, possibly to communicate with conspirators (See picture below). Read his explanation.
HSCA 180-10112-10156 (1977 HSCA interview)
Marvin L. Wise
1992 FBI interview of Marvin L. Wise.
FBI 124-10179-10310
1992 FBI interview of Marvin L. Wise.
FBI 124-10273-10440
1977 HSCA interview with Dallas officer Billy Lee Bass, one of the arresting officers of the Tramps.
HSCA 180-10112-10154
1992 FBI interview with Dallas officer David V. Harkness, one of the arresting officers of the Tramps.
FBI 124-10273-10402
"On the day of the assassination there were several individuals removed from the train other than the three individuals previously arrested."
David Harkness, D.P.D. officer
HSCA interview with Dallas officer David V. Harkness. Harkness claims that he saw Lee Oswald handing out Fair Play For Cuba Committee pamphlets in Dallas.
HSCA 180-10111-10106
1992 FBI interview of William E. Middleton, allegedly one of the arresting officers of the Tramps.
FBI 124-10273-10392
1992 FBI interview of William Earl Chambers, a policeman who interviewed the Tramps.
FBI 124-10179-10312 Gus Abrams, one of the tramps.
1992 FBI interviews with several Dallas policemen believed to have handled the arrest and interviews of the Tramps. Other subjects are discussed.
FBI 124-10273-10448
Hand-written notes used for redacting some 1992 FBI reports on interviews of Elmer L. Boyd, John Sigalos (attorney for Charles Bronson), and Dallas policemen William E. Chambers and Marvin L. Wise, regarding the handling of the arrest and interrogation of the Tramps.
FBI 124-10180-10305 Harold Doyle
1992 FBI interviews of Harold Doyle, believed to be one of the Tramps.
Document on the 1975 arrest of Tramp Harold Doyle in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Doyle was fingerprinted and photographed by the police.
FBI 124-10151-10225
Note: I contacted the Klamath Falls police. Unfortunately, I was told that the fingerprints and the photographs are missing from the arresting file.
1992 FBI interview of Robert C. Downing and a former policeman who have known Harold Doyle, believed to be one of the Tramps.
FBI 124-10151-10224 John Gedney
1992 FBI interview of John Gedney, believed to be one of the Tramps. Gedney says that a fourth man was brought into the cell with him.
FBI 124-10273-10381
1992 FBI interview of John Gedney, believed to be one of the Tramps.
FBI 124-10151-10214
Documents on the Tramps prepared by researcher A.J. Weberman.
HSCA 180-10095-10390
OTHER SUSPECTS AND ARRESTS
Jack Lawrence
Various reports on Jack Lawrence, salesman at Downtown Lincoln-Mercury.
1980 letter from suspect Jim Braden to the U.S. Attorney General
FBI 124-10073-10226
William Frank Goffney was arrested after running from the City Hall following the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald
FBI 180-10100-10441 Clay Shaw
Document on an allegation of a NBC reporter that a New Orleans homosexual named Eugene (Gene) Davis used the pseudonym "CLEM BERTRAND." New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison claimed that Clay Shaw - who was tried for conspiracy to kill JFK - used the name "CLAY BERTRAND." The Warren Commission investigated the allegations of New Orleans attorney Dean Andrews that a Clay Bertrand asked him to represent Lee Harvey Oswald.
FBI 124-10054-10205 David Ferrie
Was there a record of a phone call between Clay Shaw and David Ferrie? And Did Clay Shaw write a book wherein the main character was depicted as Clay Bertrand? FBI 124-10048-10338 The car at the back of Walker's house
General Walker
A photograph, found among Oswald's possession, was of a car parked at the rear of General Walker's house. The license plate had been excised from the picture. It was alleged that the car belonged to Walker's friend C.F. Klihr. Under author David Lifton's request Warren Commission Staff member Attorney Wesley Liebeler wrote to Klihr asking him if he was indeed the owner. This is Liebeler's letter and an FBI report. Notice the complete lack of curiosity from the FBI.
FBI 124-10106-10275
This is Klihr's reply.
FBI 124-10092-10206
A citizen wrote the FBI to inform them that an individual named Gregory Lynn could have participated in the JFK assassination.
Souetre - or someone using his name - was present in Dallas on November 22, 1963, and expelled from the USA the same day.
CIA 104-10002-10042
Souetre 201 File.
HSCA 180-10142-10273
The DPD was alerted by the Grand Prairie police after they received a call from a Mrs. Cunningham saying that she knew of a car involved in the JFK assassination. The car was traced to Donald Wayne House who was arrested 90 minutes after the assassination.
SSCIA 157-10005-10016
Arrest of Donald Wayne House in Fort Worth. See also document SSCIA 157-10005-10016 above.
FBI 124-10013-10029.
Allegations of Thomas White III who says that he witnessed a meeting between Santos Trafficante, Frank Ragano and Frank Ippilito during which the assassination of President Kennedy had been discussed. Other JFK assassination aspects are discussed.
FBI 124-10273-10448
Investigation of Dallas Constables Robie Love and Billy J. Preston on documents possibly proving a relation between Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.
FBI document, File number unknown
"Ruby and Oswald were seen by four persons who saw them talking and drinking together"
A citizen informed the Dallas Police of the suspicious presence of a car in the vicinity of the overpass when the motorcade was to pass.
FBI 124-10178-10416
BULLETS
Letter to FBI Laboratory in the 9-19832, containing a bullet. Is it the letter or 9-19832 that contains the bullet? I would appreciate anyone telling me what is 9-19832.
FBI 124-10075-10213
Deputy Sheriff Eddie Walthers and DPD Officer Joe W. Foster watching an unidentified man searching for a bullet in the grass. Several researchers believe he picked up a bullet.
Allegation in the book Red Roses in Dallas by author that Deputy Sheriff Buddy Walthers found an unaccounted-for bullet in the grass on Elm Street.
HSCA 180-10022-10419
Series of articles on a bullet found in the grass on Elm Street.
FBI 124-10052-10202, 10203,10204, and 10205
Allegation in the book Red Roses in Dallas by author that Deputy Sheriff Buddy Walthers found an unaccounted-for bullet in the grass on Elm Street.
FBI 124-10047-10427
FBI agents asked Dallas FBI Field Office Supervisor Robert Gemberling to identify the man photographed picking up evidence from the grass on Elm Street some minutes after the assassination. Some researchers claim that the man retrieved a bullet. Dallas Detective James Leavelle wrote to me that he met with this mysterious man, but refused to divulge his name.
FBI 124-10052-10212
Memo from Arthur Marmor to Warren Commission Attorney Norman Redlich reporting a "discrepancy between his - Deputy Sheriff Buddy Walthers' - investigative report of November 22, 1963, and his statement to the FBI on June 18, 1964."
SSCIA 157-10008-10089
FBI investigation of a bullet allegedly found by Deputy Sheriff Eddie Buddy Walthers.
Article on a bullet found in the grass on Elm Street.
FBI 124-10050-10234
Opinion of a citizen on the bullet allegedly found by Deputy Sheriff Buddy Walthers.
FBI 124-10030-10361
Report of FBI Supervisor Robert P. Gemberling on the hole in the grass on Elm Street seen by witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Hartman. The hole is located in the general area where some people allege that a bullet was found by Deputy Sheriff Eddie Walthers.
Part of Warren Commission Document 1518
Photographers James Underwood and Tom Dillard took pictures and movie footage of the mark on the curb from which a bullet ricochet struck motorcade spectator James Tague's face.
HSCA 180-10088-10218
HSCA interview with Admiral Osborne who claims that he saw an intact bullet at the beginning of the JFK autopsy. The government denies the existence of this bullet.
HSCA 180-10072-10139
PHOTOS AND FILMS
Transcript of ARRB interview with James Powell who took a photo of the Texas School Book Depository approximately 30 seconds after the shots.
Various reports on Agent James Powell of the 112th Military Intelligence Unit who took a photo of the Texas School Book Depository approximately 30 seconds after the shots.
Photographer Tom Dillard took photographs at Parkland Hospital. But why was this report not released in full? What do the photos referred to in this report reveal?
HSCA 180-10119-10276
Edward F. Bray claims that he wrote a letter warning John Connally of a death threat against the governor in Dallas. After the assassination, BRAY was shown a film, by an organization named "The Justice for the Tresher Crew", of JFK's head "blowing out". The Tresher was a US nuclear submarine that sank in 1963.
Did Jim Connors see a film of the assassination before it was even made public? The FBI contacted Connors to ask if he had seen the film on closed-circuit television at IBM.
FBI 124-10276-10035
Examination of Oswald's backyard photographs by FBI photo expert Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt to verify their authenticity.
FBI 124-10041-10120
FBI and Secret Service examination of the Croft pictures. One of the frames would have coincided with the head shot had it not been blank due to a camera malfunction.
Croft documents
Negotiations between the FBI and Charles Bronson to study the Bronson film. Other JFK assassination aspects are discussed.
FBI 124-10273-10448
Report of HSCA photo consultant Robert Groden about the Roy Cooper film of the grassy knoll and parking lot just after the assassination. The document also mentions that Carolyn Klein might have two photographs of Kennedy taken from the overpass just after the shot."
HSCA 180-10104-10435
The HSCA�s conclusions about the Cooper film
HSCA 180-10087-10413
WITNESSES
Statement by DPD policeman Joe W. Foster on his observation of the assassination.
FBI 180-10083-10033
Assignments of Joe W. Foster and James C. White on November 22, 1963.
HSCA 180-10012-10219 William B. Pitzer
Information on an article on the suicide - or murder? - of William B. Pitzer who may have had movie film of the JFK autopsy. Officials and researchers have never been able to locate the film though then-petty officer Dennis David - also present at the autopsy - observed Pitzer editing it. Dennis David is the source referred to in this article.
HSCA 180-10106-10207
This is the article.
HSCA 180-10099-10436 For more on the mysterious death of William Pitzer: www.manuscriptservice.com/DarkCorners.html
MISCELLANEOUS
Oswald imposter?
Paul L. Hoch's report on Oswald's visit to the Soviet Embassy in Mexico City. Hoch examines The possibility that an imposter posed as Oswald in Mexico City.
HSCA 180-10088-10176
Letter indicating that Clay Shaw Trial depositions may have been recorded. I will appreciate your contacting me if you know anything about those audio recordings.
HSCA 180-10084-10147
FBI report on an unidentified latent palm print, presumably found on the sixth floor of the TSBD.
FBI 124-10043-10378
DPD report on how Jack Ruby was able to get in the City Hall basement to kill Lee Oswald.
DPD, File number unknown.
Rumor that Oswald killed another policeman prior to November 22, 1963.
Testimony of Dr. Charles Laburda to the HSCA concerning the mental condition of Dallas Deputy Constable Seymour Weitzman. Dr. Laburda recounts what Weitzman told him what he observed on November 22, 1963. (HSCA 180-10077-10208)
"He mentioned that exactly other people that are somehow witnesses of the situation, or part of the investigation, died mysteriously... His hands tremor; it is obviously very upsetting for him."
Dr. Laburda reporting what Seymour Weitzman told him.
1963 FBI interview with Seymour Weitzman who claimed that he had found a Mauser on the sixth floor of the TSBD. The official story determined that the rifle used by Oswald and found was actually a Carcano.
FBI 180-10115-10327
1963 FBI interview with Seymour Weitzman.
FBI 180-10086-10049
HSCA interview with Dallas policeman David V. Harkness. Harkness claims that he saw Secret Service men on the Grassy Knoll.
HSCA 180-10082-10443
"There were some Secret Service agents there -- on the grassy knoll -- but I did not get them identified. They told me that they were Secret Service."
David Harkness, D.P.D. officer
FBI's investigation of the "new evidence" uncovered by D.A. Jim Garrison, mentioned on the Johnny Carson Show on January 31, 1968.
DOJ 179-20003-10071
Note: The memorandum refers to another memorandum in which appear the results of FBI's study of this "new evidence." Unfortunately, this memorandum is not included with the copy of the document that I received.
Document regarding the allegations of New Orleans FBI Clerk William S. Walter, claiming that a week before the Kennedy assassination he received a message from the Director's office stating that "an attempt to assassinate President Kennedy would be made in Dallas on November 22, 1963."
DOJ 179-20003-10073
Note: The document refers to a February 6, 1968, memorandum, which I did not receive.
This is a February 1, 1968, memorandum on the allegations made by FBI Clerk William S. Walter.
FBI 124-10020-10479
William Kloepfer, a possible link between Lee Oswald and Clay Shaw?
HSCA 180-10076-10057 Ruth and Michael Paine
FBI�s check of Ruth Paine�s long distance phone calls
HSCA 180-10004-10066
These two documents elaborate on Ruth Paine�s request to Ruth Kloepfer for assistance to Marina Oswald.
SSCIA 157-10003-10376 SSCIA 157-10003-10005
Details on the Quebec-Washington-Guantanamo Walk For Peace in which Lee Harvey Oswald may have participated.
HSCA 180-10029-10182
Discussion with Naval Medical Staff participating in the JFK autopsy.
DOJ 182-10001-10021
FBI Laboratory Work Sheet depicting the damage done to the windshield by a bullet.
FBI 180-10012-10114
Note: The writings on the Laboratory Work Sheet are sometimes hard to decipher. The document just below may be of great help.
For more information on the damages done to the windshield: Pamela Brown's website: http://www.jfk100x.com
Report prepared by government employee, Suzanne Cavanagh, entitled, "Assassination of John F. Kennedy: The conspiracy controversy."
Memo on FBI photo expert Shaneyfelt`s testimony to the Warren Commission on some key photos. Also discussed: Some unidentified prints on the cartons on the sixth floor of the TSBD.
Warren Commission 180-10041-10210
Dallas Police Department documents available online
Marvin L. Wise
Gus Abrams, one of the tramps.
Harold Doyle
John Gedney
Jack Lawrence
Jim Braden in Dealy Plaza
Clay Shaw
David Ferrie
The car at the back of Walker's house
General Walker
Jean Souetre
William McEwan Duff
John Howard Bowen
Deputy Sheriff Eddie Walthers and DPD Officer Joe W. Foster watching an unidentified man searching for a bullet in the grass. Several researchers believe he picked up a bullet.
Tom Dillard
Charles Bronson
William B. Pitzer
Oswald imposter?
Seymour Weitzman (CBS, 1967)
Ruth and Michael Paine
