Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

October 23, 2013

Dear Dr. McKnight,

Thank you for your letter, the content of which I have posted on the Oswald Innocence Campaign blog just as you requested. And I will do so whenever you send me materials, crediting you accordingly.

But now, I want to ask you to consider a new proposition of great importance. You know about CE 369, which is the copy of the Altgens photo that both Frazier and Lovelady marked with an arrow to indicate Lovelady in the photo. 

The problem is that the photograph is supposed to contain two arrows: one by Frazier and one by Lovelady. But, only one arrow jumps out at you, and that is the one in the white pointing to Doorway Man.

The evidence shows that that was Frazier's arrow because, according to the testimonies, his was the one drawn in the white. Joseph Ball specifically instructed Lovelady to draw his arrow in the black.

Now, why would Joseph Ball have Lovelady draw a black arrow in a black space? Such an arrow can't be seen. I am suggesting that that was the whole idea. 

For the past 50 years, it has been very common for people to refer to the one visible arrow in CE 369 as Lovelady's arrow even though it was clearly Frazier's arrow.

However, I went on a mission to find Lovelady's arrow. I examined the whole area above and beside Doorway Man looking for it. Then it occurred to me: perhaps Lovelady drew it to someone else. So, I started by looking at the figure next to Doorway Man whom we call “Black Hole Man” since his face isn't visible. It's like a black hole in space where no light can enter, hence his name. I noticed right away a discreet mark on the forearm of Black Hole Man.

I believe that little black mark, which is very discreet, very deliberate, and very much man-made, is the tail of Lovelady's arrow.

He drew it small, but notice that the angle is almost exactly the same as Frazier's. So, he took his cue from that. He must have given it a left and right arm to complete the head of the arrow.

I don't claim to be able to see anything clearly except for that tail. I believe it's possible that somebody took a felt pen and smeared through the part done in the black.

Lovelady told us that he was on the top level, just like Doorway Man, and you and I know that he wasn't him.

Mr. BALL - You were standing on which step?
Mr. LOVELADY - It would be your top level.

Again, you and I know he wasn't Doorway Man. So, if he was on the “top level” he must have been this other guy, Black Hole Man.

And that raises the question of why Black Hole Man's face is a black hole. Was that a natural photographic effect? In my 63 years, I have never seen a photograph in which a person's entire face was blacked out like that. You can't attribute it to the shielding he was doing with his hands. That would never have blackened out his whole face. And you can't attribute to shade from the overhang because that would never have resulted in a round area of shade. Shade from the overhang would have produced a line of shade cutting through him. But, this guy has got fully illuminated arms and hands, yet his face is a black hole.

I don't buy it, Dr. McKnight. I think they blackened out his face because he was Lovelady.

Remember that Lovelady said for months that he had worn a  red and white short-sleeved striped shirt and blue jeans. It was stated in an FBI letter to the Warren Commission, and it was also stated in an internal FBI memo. As you recall, Harold Weisberg made a very big deal out of that, including at his deposition in New Orleans with Jim Garrison.

So, I think that this was the short-sleeved shirt he was wearing. They blackened out his face, and they whited out the stripes on his shirt. Both of those alterations would have been very easy to accomplish, even in 1963.

I am asking you to consider this theory and get back to me. Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Ralph Cinque, OIC Administrator