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ARRESTS AND SUSPECTS
THE TRAMPS DOCUMENTS
Below: Dallas policemen Marvin Wise and Bill Bass arrested three tramps found hiding in a train after the assassination.

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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 policemen Marvin L. Wise and W.E. Chambers.
1992 FBI interview of Marvin L. Wise.
1977 HSCA interview with Dallas officer Billy Lee Bass, one of the arresting officers of the Tramps.
1992 FBI interview with Dallas officer David V. Harkness, one of the arresting officers of the Tramps.
"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
1992 FBI interview of William E. Middleton, allegedly one of the arresting officers of the Tramps.
1992 FBI interview of William Earl Chambers, a policeman who interviewed the Tramps.
Above: 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.
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.
Harold Doyle
1992 FBI interviews of Harold Doyle, believed to be one of the Tramps.
1975 Arrest Report of Tramp Harold Doyle in Klamath Falls.
Document on the 1975 arrest of Tramp Harold Doyle in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Doyle was fingerprinted and photographed by the police.
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.

Above: Left and right: John Gedney. Center: One of the tramps.
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.
1992 FBI interview of John Gedney, believed to be one of the Tramps.
Documents on the Tramps prepared by researcher A.J. Weberman.
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OTHER SUSPECTS AND ARRESTS
Jack Lawrence
Various reports on Jack Lawrence, salesman at Downtown Lincoln-Mercury.
Jim Braden in Dealy Plaza
1980 letter from suspect Jim Braden to the U.S. Attorney General
William Frank Goffney was arrested after running from the City Hall following the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald

Above: 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.
This is Klihr's reply.
A citizen wrote the FBI to inform them that an individual named Gregory Lynn could have participated in the JFK assassination.
Left: Possibly Jean Souetre
Souetre - or someone using his name - was present in Dallas on November 22, 1963, and expelled from the USA the same day.
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.
Arrest of Donald Wayne House in Fort Worth.
See also document SSCIA 157-10005-10016 above.
For more on Donald Wayne House: Article on Donald Wayne House
Youtube video clip: Report of House arrest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8-z68VgE0s
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.
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"
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BULLETS

Above: 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.
Letter to FBI Laboratory in the 9-19832, containing 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.
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 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.
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."
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.
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 (CE1518)
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.
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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.
Tom Dillard
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?
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.
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."
The HSCA’s conclusions about the Cooper film
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WITNESSES
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.
This is the article.
For more on the mysterious death of William Pitzer:
http://www.manuscriptservice.com/DarkCorners/
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MISCELLANEOUS
Seymour Weitzman
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.
"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.
HSCA interview with Seymour Weitzman.
Reports on Seymour Weitzman`s mental condition.
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.
1963 FBI interview with Seymour Weitzman.
FBI's investigation of the "new evidence" uncovered by D.A. Jim Garrison, mentioned on the Johnny Carson Show on January 31, 1968.
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."
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.
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.
Another interview, this time about Harkness seeing Secret Service agents on the grassy knoll after the shooting.
Details on the Quebec-Washington-Guantanamo Walk For Peace in which Lee Harvey Oswald may have participated.
Discussion with Naval Medical Staff participating in the JFK autopsy.
FBI Laboratory Work Sheet depicting the damage done to the windshield by a bullet.
For more information on the damages done to the windshield: Pamela Brown's website: http://www.in-broad-daylight.com/
Report prepared by government employee, Suzanne Cavanagh, entitled,
"Assassination of John F. Kennedy: The conspiracy controversy."
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.
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