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

This is something I wrote in response to someone who advocates that the 2nd floor lunch room encounter between Oswald and Truly and Baker never happened. And, I'm aware that there are quite a few CTs who doubt that it happened. But, I do not doubt that it happened.

The first issue raised was how Marrion Baker would have had the guts to go storming up the stairs when the killers could still be there, armed and waiting to kill again.  

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I hear you, XXXX, and what you say is not unreasonable. But, there have been plenty of times that a cop, at a time of crisis, has acted heroically, putting himself in harm's way in the line of duty.  If you're going to assume that Baker was in on it, I think you'd have to assume that most of the Dallas PD was in on it because he was just a regular motorcycle cop. 

We are unaware of any evidence that Baker and Truly knew each other. And on that day, and even months afterwards, Baker referred to Truly not by his name but as "a man who identified himself as the building manager." You could say that Baker was being clever and coy, but frankly, I don't have any reason to think that.    

I just read through Roy Truly's affidavit which was given the next day, the 23rd, and it, he presented the lunch room encounter just as we know it. Now, why would he make that up? And how could he make it up? I say "how" because he would have had to know that if it didn't happen, that Oswald would know it didn't happen, and Oswald would also know what really did happen, and he would surely say what really did happen. That would be reason enough not to tell such a lie. Because not only could Oswald say what really happened, but he might well be able to provide proof, such as a witness. So, why would Truly take a chance like that? 

And also before doing such a thing, Truly surely would have met with Baker to make sure that he was going to tell the same lie because if they contradicted each other, that would look bad. But, there is no evidence that Truly and Baker ever met- before or after the assassination. 

To me, the most troubling thing about Truly's affidavit is that he would react alarmed from not being able to find Oswald. Was it really grounds to assume he was the killer? He knew Oswald, and what reason did he have to think that Oswald was capable of killing someone? He jumped to that conclusion just because Oswald left early? How many of your co-workers would you suspect of being murderers just because they left work early? 

I admit it is troubling that Baker's first statement spoke of encountering a man on the 3rd or 4th floor- not the lunch room. He didn't write that. It was typed by a secretary. But, he did sign it.  Didn't he read it before he signed it? I need to try to contact him to ask him about it. He's still alive, so why not? Ralph