Mark Lane - (#393)

[Ben Holmes]

In the last few paragraphs - Mark Lane wrapped up his discussion of
how the Warren Commission dishonestly dealt with the Moorman, Hughs &
Betzner photos.

"Phillip L. Willis, a retired Air Force major, took a series of 12
pictures from various locations in Dealey Plaza just before and after
the assassination. The pictures are of historical interest but, with
one possible exception, reveal little that has not already been
established. The grassy knoll and the wooden fence are partially
visible in three of the photographs, but they are sufficiently distant
in all three, and are shown so long after the shots were fired in two
of them, that little noteworthy information can be ascertained.

The Commission published all 12 of the slides, devoting nine pages to
their presentation. Willis was called to testify before Commission
counsel, but he was not asked about the most interesting picture of
the series — slide number eight, showing the Book Depository front
entrance a few minutes after the assassination.

On November 17, 1964, Willis was questioned in Dallas by an
investigator for the Citizens' Committee of Inquiry. On that occasion,
Willis singled out slide number eight for special comment, stating
that it appeared to show Jack Ruby at the assassination scene minutes
after the shots had been fired: 'It looks so much like him, it's
pitiful. When I saw him in the courtroom and all, my God, it looked
just like him."

Mark Lane is laying the foundation for the facts around Willis #8.