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Subject: Gary Mack Explains
Date: 3/10/2013 7:08:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: Gary Mack
To: David Von Pein
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Hi Dave,
Exactly right, folks who think I would make up something wrong to
mislead people just make me laugh. I sat for an interview with a News
reporter and spoke off the top of my head for well over an hour and
got one thing wrong out of many, many topics we discussed. I sent word
to him quickly and the story was corrected. What's online is the
archive version people will read forever. There may even be a formal
correction notice.
As for the property invoice, that was the standard form used for items
retrieved with a prisoner. Unfortunately, it was misidentified twenty-
five years later when the DPD's Kennedy papers were inventoried by
city archivists. Such forms were kept by the property clerk and the
listed items would be released to the prisoner later. Prisoners were
allowed to keep their wallets but Oswald's bullets were likely
withheld along with the revolver police found him trying to fire at
them. There's a separate listing for the items found in Oswald's room,
though I haven't seen it in years.
Gary
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Date: 3/10/2013 7:17:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: David Von Pein
To: Gary Mack
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Thanks, Gary.
Did the reporter just get mixed up and confused about the "note left
for Marina" topic? I mean, when you talked about a "note" in your
lengthy interview with the Dallas Morning News, were you really
referring to the Walker incident from April 1963 and the reporter got
mixed up and thought you were referring to 11/22/63 instead?
Anyway, I appreciate your taking the time to write.
Regards,
David Von Pein
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Date: 3/10/2013 9:09:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: Gary Mack
To: David Von Pein
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As for the mistake, it was probably mine, but I'm not sure. We did
talk about the Walker shooting and I could have mentioned the note
then.
BTW, the DPD records probably have a similar property receipt for
Ruby, too.
Gary
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Date: 3/10/2013 9:14:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: David Von Pein
To: Gary Mack
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Gary,
Thanks for your latest reply.
It just goes to prove that even someone who knows the JFK case
backward and forward (like yourself) can sometimes make an
inexplicable error about a fact relating to the assassination.
I said that exact same thing to conspiracy theorist Ben Holmes when
discussing Vincent Bugliosi's "brain cramp" regarding the "ragged"
nature of the wound in JFK's throat (which is a topic that Ben is
absolutely positive Bugliosi "lied" about in his book).
Vincent's memory is not exactly what it was many years ago (and Vince
even admits that fact himself), and I think a little bit of that
failing memory did, on rare occasions, sneak into the pages of his JFK
book.
Bottom line -- People are HUMAN. Not machines. They make mistakes and
always will as long as we humans roam the Earth.
Best regards,
David Von Pein