Errata on Jack Lawrence

[Sam McClung]

After reading a discussion on the edumacation for'em about Jack Lawrence seems it missed some major stuff on Lawrence and Cuba. See below quoted info.

My conclusion on Lawrence is perhaps he was a radio man (Jack Grimm?, per Robert Gaylon Ross) on the north (grassy) knoll parking lot area on 11-22-63.

Seems he was mentioned in earlier edition(s) of Double Cross but the data removed in later edition(s) though still shown in the later edition(s) Index at the back of the book.

One might wonder why he borrowed a car (demonstrator?) from the car dealership he briefly worked at (Downtown Lincoln Mercury, where Phil Willis also worked) for a date the evening of 11-21-63 when he was married? He did (as Donny Allen Lance or Donny Allen Vance( dance with Beverly Oliver at the Cabana Lounge (of the Cabana Motel?) the evening of 11-21-63, was that his "date" he needed to borrow the car for?

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"Check the admiralty case regarding the Elsie M. Riechert. LaBorde, who was the guy who introduced us to Banister, recruited people out of New Orleans in 1962, one of whom was Jack D. Lawrence. He was a former Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. They invested money in the Elsie M. Riechert. Lawrence came back to the dealership puking, with mud over him, right after the shooting. His fellow employees called the cops on him and he was picked up and told them some kind of a story. OSWALD'S picture comes on the T.V. and the other employees start talking in front of the cops. Lawrence was put in jail overnight and cut loose early the next morning. The way those people were handled, the next day they had something to say to the cops, and decided not to. They never mentioned it again. Two of their cars were missing off the lots. Dealer's plates. Lawrence had taken a new car from the dealership for a hot date. It was found parked behind the picket fence. He was supposed to park it there and flash some credentials. He didn't know shit about the assassination. He was a ex-cop. He had a gun and a badge. "Bogard was from Louisiana and was at the training camp. He was one of the owners of the Elsie M. Riechert. He died four miles from the fucking training camp. [Bogard died in Louisiana.] He was murdered. He went out to talk to the property owner where the McLaney raid was made. "The Elsie M. Riechert suit was filed in 1963. It came to court in 1964. And Lawrence is scared shitless of me. Here he is a guy who carries a gun, a Deputy Sheriff. He was an owner of the ship. I didn't realize this guy had something else on his mind. LaBorde sent him into the killing zone, and he saw what went down. He wasn't part of it. He was

supposed to supply a car to OSWALD for some deal OSWALD was involved in. Get the court file. Jack Lawrence was scared shitless in the Miami Federal Courthouse. Because LaBorde convinced him I was heading the team." Gordon Winslow obtained this file in May 1995. Collins, Seymour and Justin Wilson were libelants. They claimed they worked as seaman on the ship in the summer of 1962 and were not paid so they wanted the boat as compensation. "From the papers in the possession of the claimant it appears that the said Lee M. Parish purchased the vessel on or about January 2, 1963, from the following named individuals all residents of Louisiana; Irvin Anthony Roy, Jack D. Lawrence and George Rutherford." [USDC SDF ADMIRALTY 63-15-Adm-DD] Jack Lawrence was located in St. Albans, West Virginia. He refused to talk. A pretext call was made several months later. Lawrence said his middle initials were "A.C." and he was never a deputy sheriff in Louisiana. Lawrence's arrest appears in Crossfire, by Jim Marrs. Marrs wrote that Lawrence obtained his job by obtaining false references in New Orleans. Lawrence failed to show up for work on November 22, and he told his boss he had a heavy date. After the assassination he came back to showroom, puked, and said he had parked his car on the grassy knoll. He had left it there because of heavy traffic. Lawrence, however, cannot be linked with HEMMING via the Elsie M. Riechert case. In 1994 the CIA released a document to Chief Contact Divison (Support) Stuntz from Chief, New Orleans office in which Jack D. Lawrence tells the Domestic Contacts Office in New Orleans that LaBorde represented himself as a CIA when he got Lawrence to volunteer his boat the Elsie M. Riechert to run arms and medical supplies to Cuba. Lawrence wanted the CIA to buy the boat from him. Burke 9.25.62. Copies sent to Sam Halpern. BERNARD FENSTERWALD FBI M.A. Jones to Bishop Memo circa 1969 - National Committee to Investigate Assassinations; FBI 62-112697-18; NYT---; Allen v. DOD CIA 20866 0815 Allen v DOD; Miami News 3.18.75; NY Review of Books 4.3.75; CIA 958-927AD, 959-927AE, 960927AF, 961-927AG, 963-927AI, AH, 964-927AJ, AK, AL, AM, AN, AO, AP, 1057-947R, 971-927AQ, AR, As, 1064-964C, D, 1182-998, 1179-995, 1068-964G, 1181-997; Manchester Union Leader 7.17.70 Edith Roosevelt; Tel. Con. Fenster / Colson 7.1.74; CTIA Newsltr. Fall 73; Wash. Star 10.22.76, 11.25.73, 11.23.73; Is Fensterwald CIA Plant?- Bill Choyke - Capitol Hill News Service; FBI Jones:Bishop Memo 1.6.69; Murkin 44-38861-5877, NR 6,17,70, 5883, NR 12.19.74; Wash. Post 1.3.69; Miami Herald 7.18.76; WG Hearings p3445; FBI Tolson/Belmont Memo re: Long Committee 2.27.65; NYT 2.12.67, 1.17.75, 10.8.67, 5.22.67, 2.24.65, 1.17.75-Fensterwald 201; Wall Street Journal 3.23.77; Life-Lambert 5.26.67; The Intruders-Long's book published by Praeger. Louis Russell: NYT 7.3.73-death, 5.25.73, 5.24.73; Yakovlev Washington Silhouettes 1985 p122; FRANK FERRARO
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from https://inba.info/coup-d39etat-in-america-vol-4_58b4dcb3b6d87f01698b4c08.html

[Sam McClung]

A repost of one of my posts from 2005, with more detail regarding Bogard.

Seems Gerald Hemming identifies Jack A. Lawrence aka Jack A. C. Lawrence as Jack D. Lawrence.

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more on: lawrence; and bogard (assaulted in dallas 1-11-64, alleged suicide in louisiana 2-14-1966)

establishment of motive


from http://www.ajweberman.com/nodules/nodule16.htm
JACK A. LAWRENCE
Salesman Jack A. Lawrence, who moved to South Charleston, West Virginia, after the assassination, told the FBI that Albert Guy Bogard "wrote up papers covering the sale of this car to OSWALD." The FBI reported: "On September 14, 1964, Jack A. Lawrence, 205 Ninth Avenue, South Charleston, West Virginia, was re-interviewed and advised that he did not know and had never seen LEE HARVEY OSWALD. He said that a day after the assassination of President Kennedy, a group of salesmen at Downtown Lincoln-Mercury in Dallas, Texas, including Mr. Bogard, Mr. Pizzo, himself and others, were standing around listening to a radio in the salesroom when the news that OSWALD had been arrested for the assassination came over the air. When the name OSWALD was spoken, Mr. Bogard said OSWALD was the man who had been in the Downtown Lincoln-Mercury about ten days before to look at cars and was to return later concerning buying one. This was the first time that Mr. Lawrence knew that OSWALD had been in the automobile agency and was a prospective customer of the firm. "Mr. Lawrence said that at no time did he see Mr. Bogard take any papers or card out of his pocket and say the name OSWALD was on them. He said that Mr. Pizzo told Mr. Bogard to go get 'the papers' on OSWALD, but that Mr. Bogard never did this. He said that whenever they have a prospective customer, it is a rule of the firm that they take the name and address of the prosect and write up a possible sale on paper in each case, even though no sale is actually made. This gives them prospects for possible future sales. These papers are filed and maintained for some period of time. He said he never saw any papers that had been drawn up with OSWALD as a prospective buyer, and that Mr. Bogard never did go get the papers, if there ever were any."
"Mr. Lawrence continued that during the conversation among the men at the time they were listening to the radio, someone, he believes it was Mr. Bogard, said that he had used Mr. Wilson's demonstrator when OSWALD was in, and that he and OSWALD took a ride in Wilson's car on the day OSWALD was there.

"After this conversation, Jack A. Lawrence said that he told Frank Pizzo and Albert Bogard that they should call the FBI and give them this information because everyone should cooperate in helping to clear up this matter. He said that when he suggested this, Mr. Guy Bogard seemed a little nervous and walked off, but would not make the call. He told Frank Pizzo he was going to call the FBI and Mr. Pizzo was in favor of the call. Therefore he called the FBI reporting the above concerning OSWALD, and that then Mr. Pizzo became miffed and appeared angry that the call had been made. "Mr. Lawrence said that shortly thereafter, William Faller, 'the big boss' called him into his office and had a check for Mr. Lawrence, telling him that his services had been good, and they would like to keep him on, but since he had already given notice and decided to leave in a few days, they felt it best that he leave then, and he was paying Mr. Lawrence what was due him. This action caused Mr. Lawrence to believe that Mr. Pizzo had gone to Mr. Faller and told him about the call to the FBI and that Mr. Faller had let him go right away, instead of letting him stay on till the end of the month as he had planned when he gave notice he was leaving. "Mr. Lawrence said that on the day of the assassination, he felt rather bad
because he had been out the night before. He did go down to a sales meeting that morning, but left afterwards, driving in his assigned demonstrator to the YMCA where he stayed in Dallas, so he could get some rest and sleep. He said that right after noon he was on his way back to the Downtown Lincoln Mercury Company and was going along the same way that the Presidential party had ridden. When he approached the place where the assassination took place, the police stopped all traffic and he could go no farther. He said since he was due back at the salesroom, he parked the car because he could go no farther and walked the rest of the way. He said he was nervous mainly because of his having been 'out on the town' the night before and because of the shock of learning of the President's assassination." [NARA FBI
124-10268-10303]
ANALYSIS
The salesman and management of Downtown Lincoln Mercury did not want their establishment associated with OSWALD. This was why Wilson and Pizzo were reluctant to positively identify OSWALD. If not for Jack Lawrence, Bogard's story would never have come to light.

ALBERT BOGARD IS BEATEN
On January 24, 1964, Bogard appeared at the Dallas Office and advised he was willing to be interviewed with the polygraph. He related to Special Agents Arthur E. Carter and C. Ray Hall that on Saturday night, January 11, 1964, while worked as the manager of the Bent L-Bow Tavern is Dallas, Texas, several men came into the tavern, asked to see the manager, then, when Bogard appeared, they proceeded to hit him about the head with a beer bottle, then knocked him down and stomped him about the head. "He said he never had seen these men before, could not identify them, and had no idea why they assaulted him. He said he was hospitalized at Baylor
Hospital, Dallas, Texas, for concussion and head cuts, from January 11, 1964, to January 18, 1964. Since his release, he has been taking Dramamine for dizziness, and took his last medication at about 11:00 p.m. on January 23, 1964." [FBI Dl-10010461 Arthur E. Carter: LAC] In September 1964 Albert Guy Bogard was in jail for having passed bad checks. [FBI 62-109060-3761]

THE DEATH OF ALBERT BOGARD
On February 14, 1966, at 41, Bogard allegedly committed suicide by inhaling car exhaust somewhere in Louisiana. Researcher Penn Jones wrote: "Bogard was from Hallsville, Louisiana. He was found dead in his car at the Hallsville Cemetery on St. Valentines Day, 1966. A hose had been connected to the exhaust end, and the other end inside the car, with the windows up. The ruling was suicide."
ANALYSIS
The Warren Commission acknowledged that: "The testimony of Albert Bogard received corroboration. The assistant sales manager at the time, Frank Pizzo, and a second salesman, Eugene M. Wilson, said that they recalled an instance when the customer described by Bogard was in the showroom." Paul Oran Brown recalled the name OSWALD as did his wife. You had three people who recalled the name OSWALD. None of these men had ties to the intelligence community, as did Ruth Paine, who said she was with OSWALD during the time he took the test drive with Bogart. Bogart, who spent the most time with OSWALD, remembered his face. Shortly after the assassination Pizzo felt that OSWALD may have been this prospective customer, but was unsure later on. Had any pressure been exerted on him by his boss? Gerald Posner wrote that no
other employee of this Lincoln-Mercury dealership corroborated Albert Guy Bogard and so he was "fired soon after the told the story." The Warren Report stated: "Whereas Bogard stated that the customer said he did not wish credit but wanted to purchase a car for cash, Pizzo and Wilson did indicate that the man did attempt to purchase on credit." Perhaps Bogard was not privy to these conversations? Why split hairs? Bogart was no a publicity seeker. He said "Was the other salesman notified the FBI." He passed a lie detector test. According to the Warren Report: "On Saturday, November 23, 1963, a search through the refuse of the showroom was made, but
no paper bearing OSWALD'S name was found." S.A. DeBRUEYS was one of the FBI Agents who questioned Albert Guy Bogard and made this search. If such a card
existed DeBRUEYS would have destroyed it or not conducted a through enough search of the large garbage bin behind the showroom to locate it. The FBI ignored Bogard's testimony because it indicated OSWALD did, in fact, know how to drive. More importantly, his testimony indicated that OSWALD was under the impression that he was going to have some money, for the first time in his life, in two or three weeks. This sounded like a promise that was made to someone who was going to be dead in two or three weeks. It was clear from this incident that OSWALD had another life that was unbeknownst to the FBI. Bogard's beating came around the same time that the FBI was debating how to discredit his testimony. The circumstances surrounding his suicide deserves a closer look.

from http://www.ajweberman.com/nodules/nodule26.htm
ELSIE M. RIECHERT

HEMMING: "Check the admiralty case regarding the Elsie M. Riechert. LaBorde, who was the guy who introduced us to Banister, recruited people out of New Orleans in 1962, one of whom was Jack D. Lawrence. He was a former Deputy Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. They invested money in the Elsie M. Riechert. Lawrence came back to the dealership puking, with mud over him, right after the shooting. His fellow employees called the cops on him and he was picked up and told them some kind of a story. OSWALD'S picture comes on the T.V. and the other employees start talking in front of the cops. Lawrence was put in jail overnight and cut loose early the next morning. The way those people were handled, the next day they had something to say to the cops, and decided not to. They never mentioned it again. Two of their cars were missing off the lots. Dealer's plates. Lawrence had taken a new car from the dealership for a hot date. It was found parked behind the picket fence. He was supposed to park it there and flash some credentials. He didn't know shit about the assassination. [Gerald covering for a co-conspirator?] He was a ex-cop. He had a gun and a badge.

"Bogard was from Louisiana and was at the training camp. He was one of the owners of the Elsie M. Riechert. He died four miles from the fucking training camp. [Bogard died in Louisiana.] He was murdered. He went out to talk to the property owner where the McLaney raid was made.

"The Elsie M. Riechert suit was filed in 1963. It came to court in 1964. And Lawrence is scared shitless of me. Here he is a guy who carries a gun, a Deputy Sheriff. He was an owner of the ship. I didn't realize this guy had something else on his mind. LaBorde sent him into the killing zone, and he saw what went down. He wasn't part of it. He was supposed to supply a car to OSWALD for some deal OSWALD was involved in. Get the court file. Jack Lawrence was scared shitless in the Miami Federal Courthouse. Because LaBorde convinced him I was heading the team."

Gordon Winslow obtained this file in May 1995. Collins, Seymour and Justin Wilson were libelants. They claimed they worked as seaman on the ship in the summer of 1962 and were not paid so they wanted the boat as compensation. "From the papers in the possession of the claimant it appears that the said Lee M. Parish purchased the vessel on or about January 2, 1963, from the following named individuals all residents of Louisiana; Irvin Anthony Roy, Jack D. Lawrence and George Rutherford." [USDC SDF ADMIRALTY 63-15-Adm-DD] Jack Lawrence was located in St. Albans, West Virginia. He refused to talk. A pretext call was made several months later. Lawrence said his middle initials were "A.C." and he was never a deputy sheriff in Louisiana.

Lawrence's arrest appears in Crossfire, by Jim Marrs. Marrs wrote that Lawrence obtained his job by obtaining false references in New Orleans. Lawrence failed to show up for work on November 22, and he told his boss he had a heavy date. After the assassination he came back to showroom, puked, and said he had parked his car on the grassy knoll. He had left it there because of heavy traffic. Lawrence, however, cannot be linked with HEMMING via the Elsie M. Riechert case.

In 1994 the CIA released a document to Chief Contact Divison (Support) Stuntz from Chief, New Orleans office in which Jack D. Lawrence tells the Domestic Contacts Office in New Orleans that LaBorde represented himself as a CIA when he got Lawrence to volunteer his boat the Elsie M. Riechert to run arms and medical supplies to Cuba. Lawrence wanted the CIA to buy the boat from him. Burke 9.25.62. Copies sent to Sam Halpern.

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[Airline Seat 19efppp]

Perhaps you are aware of the incident with Tom Petit and Bogard. Let me see if I can find that now.

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10672#relPageId=214

Petit interviewed Bogard (where is it now?) and Bogard implied that Lawrence knew much more about Oswald. But, I don't believe that Bogard or Petit were ever questioned on that particular point. The FBI did question Petit, who thought that they were tapping his phone, or following him around or something. So, if Boagrd knew that there was some kind of relationship between Lawrence & Oswald, or that Lawrence knew about Oswald for some other reason, that might have given the coverup team a reason to intimidate or suicide Bogard.

[Airline Seat 19efppp]

There is an interview of Jack Lawrence by somebody named Inkol that is interesting, if you can find that. I have it as multiple image files, if you can't find it.

[Sam McClung]

Lawrence seems to have had a lot in common with Pedro Diaz Lanz. Seems both were loyal to Castro during the revolution in Cuba. Both seemed to have had a falling out with Castro. Lanz was in Operation 40 and Lawrence was at least on the periphery of the anti-Castro movement. Seems both were in the presence of Jack Ruby at least once.

I read some of the Inkol info posted on the edumacation for'em and some of a specific Inkol interview with Lawrence linked theron, if I recall correctly. The info on Oswald and Cuba seems to put Lawrence in areas and situations where Lawrence could have interacted with Oswald.

My take on Lawrence is he was absolutely involved in the assassination as some sort of foot soldier, maybe as radio operator for the two north knoll sniping teams. Allowing Inkol to interview him makes me wonder why Lawrence didn't just go ahead and submit to a polygraph exam. Same with James Files. Ricky White did that much and passed "with flying colors."

Lawrence may have been one of two men Bowers saw run from the north knoll snipers' areas to a car behind the pergola, where one of the two men put something in the trunk of a car, then drove or rode off in the car on the short section of Elm out of the area "in a peculiar method," the item put in the trunk being the suppressed 7.65 Mauser used by JD for a (missed) shot at JFK, which may have hit the Stemmons Freeway sign. JD may have had a another missed shot at JFK, which may have been the first shot at JFK, making the total shots 9 instead of the 8 outlined on my website. This additional shot would tie in with 9 shots per the acoustic evidence which some totally discount.

Paraphrasing Holt, he was told by Twombly there was going to be in Dealey Plaza some sort of incident that would be blamed on the anti-Castro crowd. Maybe Lawrence was told the same thing and didn't expect to see the assassination. Based on his gut reaction after the assassination of puking I wouldn't doubt if within his duties as the two north knoll sniping teams' radio man he saw Roscoe shoot JFK in the neck then head. If he did indeed get drunk the night before this may have also helped weaken his stomach for tossing his cookies at the Downtown Lincoln Mercury dealership.

Assuming in his related comments Gerald Hemming said or implied Jack A. C. Lawrence was also known as the Jack D. Lawrence who owned a boat etc. Lawrence may have been very unhappy with the Castro/Cuba situation, unhappy enough to seek revenge, especially is spurned on by CIA and mob influences.

Seems I read somewhere Lawrence has died.

[Airline Seat 19efppp]

I am inclined at the moment to think that Lawrence was one of the three "Step Men," the younger and unidentified one, and that his job was simply to make sure that nobody was in the line of fire for the throat shot which came from the north end of the overpass. In my understanding of events, the throat shot was very important to be fired on cue, so it was essential that nobody be standing in the line of fire at the moment the shot was required. Somebody would have been tasked with keeping the firing line clear, but it might have been somebody other than Lawrence. Inkol did ask Lawrence whether or not he was this person and Lawrence denied it. I also consider him a possible for the overpass shooter himself, but I think this is less likely. Ralph Delaney Hughes had to be doing something. It might also be that Lawrence's story is essentially true, and that he had no operational role in the assassination itself. There is some suggestion in the evidence that Lawrence had come to Dallas from New Orleans, but he denied it in the Inkol interview and there is no direct evidence to contradict his denial.

[Hank Sienzant]

On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2:50:00 AM UTC-4, Sam McClung wrote:
> After reading a discussion on the edumacation for'em about Jack Lawrence seems it missed some major stuff on Lawrence and Cuba. See below quoted info.
>
> My conclusion on Lawrence is perhaps he was a radio man (Jack Grimm?, per Robert Gaylon Ross) on the north (grassy) knoll parking lot area on 11-22-63.
>
> Seems he was mentioned in earlier edition(s) of Double Cross but the data removed in later edition(s) though still shown in the later edition(s) Index at the back of the book.

Yeah, because living people have a tendency to sue the publisher and author for defamation and win when books accuse them of participating in a murder without evidence. Dead people can't sue, which is why you see books naming LBJ, J.Edgar Hoover, Clay Shaw, and a host of others being named as conspirators.

The good news is you're still alive, so you're safe ... for now.

The bad news is you're mortal. So once you're dead, anyone can accuse you of anything and you don't have any right to sue to correct the record.

Hank

[Hank Sienzant]

Hilarious.

1. There were over a dozen railroad men on the overpass, along with two police officers during the shooting. Not one of these men noticed a shooter on the "north end of the overpass". Don't you find that a bit 'curious'?

2. Do you think this supposed shooter on the overpass was aiming for the throat? That's the way it reads. If so, why?

3. Lawrence is the youngest and quickest of the three. He can be seen in film and a photo standing on the steps and bolting up the steps just after the head shot. The other two men react later.
Moorman photo showing Lawrence on steps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Moorman_photo_of_JFK_assassination.jpg
Muchmore film (stats to bolt): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMdreKlLhJY
Nix Film (running into the shadows): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydQtC0m_xzc

> In my understanding of events, the throat shot was very important to be fired on cue, so it was essential that nobody be standing in the line of fire at the moment the shot was required.

1. Why would a throat shot be *required* at any time?
2. Why was it necessary to fire it "on cure"?
3. Why not just shoot for the head and kill JFK with the first shot?
4. What would the backup plan be if the supposed overpass shooter you conjecture hit Connally in the neck?

> Somebody would have been tasked with keeping the firing line clear, but it might have been somebody other than Lawrence. Inkol did ask Lawrence whether or not he was this person and Lawrence denied it. I also consider him a possible for the overpass shooter himself, but I think this is less likely.

Yeah, especially since he's visible in both the Nix and Muchmore films and the Moorman photo on the steps.

> Ralph Delaney Hughes had to be doing something. It might also be that Lawrence's story is essentially true, and that he had no operational role in the assassination itself.

1. Yeah, no more "operational role" than you or I, although I'm no longer sure about *you*.
2. Or me, for that matter, given what we know about memory's fallibility.

> There is some suggestion in the evidence that Lawrence had come to Dallas from New Orleans, but he denied it in the Inkol interview and there is no direct evidence to contradict his denial.

1. What is that *suggestion in the evidence*?
2. How is that significant, even if true?

Hank

[Airline Seat 19efppp]

The Fuggtart keeps demanding that I take him seriously. The father-in-law must have died.

[Chuck Schuyler]

Rumor has it that his body was cryogenically frozen by the same company that has famed slugger and known Kennedy hater Ted Williams on ice. Let's not forget that Charles Harrelson, father of Woody, blurted out during his standoff with police and while high on coke, that he'd shot JFK and that Jack Lawrence would be cryogenically frozen someday. People always forget about this second part of Harrelson's disturbing confessions.

> I am inclined at the moment to think that Lawrence was one of the three "Step Men," the younger and unidentified one, and that his job was simply to make sure that nobody was in the line of fire for the throat shot which came from the north end of the overpass.

Ricky White confessed as much to Arnold Palmer when Palmer spirited White down to Austin in Palmer's Aero Commander 560F after the shooting. David Ferrie was the co-pilot, not pilot, on this flight.

>In my understanding of events, the throat shot was very important to be fired on cue, so it was essential that nobody be standing in the line of fire at the moment the shot was required.

Duh! How would they have spun THAT boo-boo!

>Somebody would have been tasked with keeping the firing line clear, but it might have been somebody other than Lawrence.

Rosey Grier, who "mysteriously" was working for RFK as a bodyguard when Bobby was cut down by a team of snipers hiding above the ceiling panels in the kitchen at the Ambassador Hotel in L.A. (killed on behalf of LBJ), was the person tasked with keeping that firing lane open. Grier, winding up his football career, had been traded in July 1963 to the Los Angeles Rams and was in Dallas with Joan Crawford as part of the Pepsi-Cola/bottlers/distributors convention Nixon was speaking at. (Grier sang the National Anthem and gave the convention invocation as he was also an ordained minister.) The kill squad relied on Grier to keep "those coloreds on the fifth floor" in line as evidence was shuttled up to the 6th floor after the shooting to frame Oswald. See Don Willis's important work on this aspect of the assassination. It's convincing as all get-out.

>Inkol did ask Lawrence whether or not he was this person and Lawrence denied it.

See above.

>I also consider him a possible for the overpass shooter himself, but I think this is less likely. Ralph Delaney Hughes had to be doing something.

Hughes provided the poison for the darts fired from Steven Witt's umbrella. The umbrella weapon was, of course, successfully used to "freeze" JFK in position for the kill shots. There can be no debate about this, as Witt, on his death bed in 2014, said as much. After firing the poison dart, Umbrella Man Witt then rapidly inflated and deflated the weapon as a signal device, thus coordinating the shots from the 5th floor of the TSBD, the "fake" shot from the 6th floor, the firecrackers, the shots from the Elm St. storm drain, grassy knoll, Dal-Tex building, the south knoll, the overpass, and from limo driver William Greer's personal sidearm. Radio signals were deemed too risky to coordinate the kill team as it was considered credible that the Secret Service--some of whom were NOT involved in the assassination attempt--employed jamming devices for exactly this type of scenario.

>It might also be that Lawrence's story is essentially true, and that he had no operational role in the assassination itself. There is some suggestion in the evidence that Lawrence had come to Dallas from New Orleans, but he denied it in the Inkol interview and there is no direct evidence to contradict his denial.

What a liar!

[Hank Sienzant]

Any relationship between Bill Greer and Rosey Grier? They pronounce their last names the same. What can you turn up* on that aspect of the conspiracy?
___________________

* Or make up, it doesn’t have to be documented when discussing people involved in a conspiracy. Unless of course the accused is Oswald, then no amount of documentation is sufficient and all evidence can be dismissed with a hand wave as an artifact of the conspiracy / coverup - so what if his rifle was found in the building that numerous witnesses saw the shooter or the weapon in the window. I mean, after all, Jack Lawrence threw up after witnessing Kennedy’s head blown apart, so that proves he was involved in the conspiracy to kill JFK, doesn’t it?

He threw up! What more evidence do you need?

Hank

[Chuck Schuyler]

I've turned that over to Sam McClung for his research efforts. It sure is suspicious.