How Did Roscoe White Obtain a BY Photo?!!
John McAdams
<msh...@concentric.net> wrote:
>Vern,
>
> It isn't accurate that no one knew what Roscoe White did at the
>DPD. At a research discussion at the Assassination Information Center
>in the early 90s, it was noted that he worked with the Crime Scene
>people in the area of photography, which would explain how he obtained
>one of the backyard photos--although it hadn't been previously
>published, other Dallas police officers also had copies of the photo, as
>the HSCA discovered. The theory that the photo is White's body has been
>nonsense since it was first proposed, and certainly not the reason he
>kept the photo. DPD officers kept quite a few "souveniers" of that weekend.
Remember the book FIRST DAY EVIDENCE, which is based on the
"souvenirs" that one cop kept.
> Not sure how significant it was that Oswald and White were on the
>same ship, as there were a LOT of guys on that ship, so it's not much of
>a "connection." Nor is knowing J.D. Tippit particularly odd for a member
>of the Dallas Police Department. Apparently the Whites and Tippits lived
>in the same neighborhood, as was mentioned at the AIC discussion.
>Knowing Ruby also isn't a stretch, given that his wife briefly worked
>for Ruby.
> One of the things that makes Ron Lewis look less credible is his
>claim that Oswald told him (in the summer of 1963) that Roscoe White
>would be committing the assassination. That makes no sense on ANY level.
>
Do you take any part of the Ron Lewis story seriously, Martin?
.John
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John McAdams
Pascal) wrote:
>When the name Roscoe White comes up occasionally, many simply roll
>their eyes and sigh in exasperatewd disbelief, mainly because of the
>story related by his son Ricky in 1990 about his father's complicity in
>both the JFK assassination, and the killing of J.D. Tippit. But let's
>leave Ricky's strange tale out of it for the moment and simply list the
>documented facts about Roscoe White, which in themselves are highly
>provocative, and seemingly much more than mere coincidences.
>
>Briefly:
>
>1.White served in the Marine Corps with LHO. They traveled from
>California to Japan at the same time on the same ship.
>
>2. White attained a position with the Dallas Police Department just two
>months before the assassination, and left their employ in 1965. No one
>knows precisely what White did for the DPD.
>
>3.White died suspiciously in 1971, of injuries suffered from a fire (one
>of those "going out of business" explosions?)
From Dave Perry's essay, "Who Speaks for Roscoe White?"
<quote on>
Facts
Roscoe White and Richard Adair were both burned in an industrial
accident (fire) while working at M&M Equipment. The fire report shows
the accident happening on 09/23/71 at 4:30 p.m. Adair survived. White
died on 09/24/71 at 5:50 p.m. "of severe burns of the body."
Both Adair and the Estate of Roscoe White filed lawsuits against Arrow
Chemical to recover for damages. Each lawsuit described how the loss
occurred. Adair's is more specific, as he lived through the ordeal.
What follows are the descriptions of the loss as found in Adair's
lawsuit.
Richard Adair was helping White "to weld a piece of metal by holding
the piece of metal while White did the actual welding. They were
working on a metal table which had been constructed for that purpose
and under this metal table was stored a can of liquid compound known
as PC-68...a substance which is highly volatile and inflammable and
explosive in nature." Arrow Chemical marketed this compound which they
claim "was of merchantable quality, safe, and fit for the purpose for
which it was used." Adair claims that the defendant (Arrow Chemical)
failed "to test its product and provide an adequate warning of any
dangerous propensity..." of the product PC-68.
As to the claim of the Estate of Roscoe White: "Retired Dallas lawyer
Lamar Holley represented the White family in a lawsuit against the
manufacturer of a flammable chemical that apparently caused the
explosion that resulted in Mr. White's death. Mr. Holley said he
considered the lawsuit nothing more than a product liability case."
Conclusion
There was a fire, but the record shows it was not intentional. A can
of volatile liquid with the warning label missing was stored under a
workbench for an indeterminate period of time. No one knew of its
dangers until metal slag dripped onto the top of the can, burned
through, and the liquid exploded.
I have interviewed four witnesses to the fire (including Adair) and
the widow of a fifth witnesses. Not one person indicated the fire
mysterious, only accidental. One witness stated "Roscoe was in the
driveway, totally burned. He said he was sorry for causing the
accident and felt it would cost him his job."
<Quote off>
So it seems this is another one of those "suspicious" deaths that's
not suspicious if you know the details.
Martin Shackelford
untrue? Probably some of it was true, but aside from probably working
for Banister, the video didn't really seem to say much that was
credible. As for the book, it's one of those I haven't read yet, so no
opinion there.
Martin
John McAdams
wrote:
>
>"John McAdams" <john.m...@marquette.edu> wrote in message
>news:3ee559e7...@news.newsguy.com...
>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:21:51 -0700 (PDT), lazu...@webtv.net (Vern
>> Pascal) wrote:
>>
>> >When the name Roscoe White comes up occasionally, many simply roll
>> >their eyes and sigh in exasperatewd disbelief, mainly because of the
>> >story related by his son Ricky in 1990 about his father's complicity in
>> >both the JFK assassination, and the killing of J.D. Tippit. But let's
>> >leave Ricky's strange tale out of it for the moment and simply list the
>> >documented facts about Roscoe White, which in themselves are highly
>> >provocative, and seemingly much more than mere coincidences.
>> >
>> >Briefly:
>> >
>> >1.White served in the Marine Corps with LHO. They traveled from
>> >California to Japan at the same time on the same ship.
>> >
>> >2. White attained a position with the Dallas Police Department just two
>> >months before the assassination, and left their employ in 1965. No one
>> >knows precisely what White did for the DPD.
>> >
>> >3.White died suspiciously in 1971, of injuries suffered from a fire (one
>> >of those "going out of business" explosions?) On his death bed, White
>> >told Reverend Jack Shaw that sometime earlier he had tried to sever his
>> >affiliation with U.S. Military Intelligence. He also confessed that he
>> >was a professional assassin.
>>
>> Citation!!
>>
>> This has "factoid" written all over it.
>
>TRANSLATION: I want to shoot this down, but I can't.
>
Are you going to provide a citation, or not?
.John
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