The testimony of James Leavelle is astonishing. For years, I have said that if they were concerned that someone would try to kill Oswald, why not move him in the dead of night with no fanfare?
Well, Leavelle claimed to have a different but related idea. He said he recommended to Fritz that they just stand up the reporters and spectators and sneak Oswald out another way.
Mr. LEAVELLE. I earlier suggested to Captain Fritz that we make the suggestion to the Chief that we take him out to the first floor and put him out at Main Street to a car and proceed to the County Jail that way and leave them waiting in the basement and on Commerce Street, and we could be to the County Jail before anyone knew what was taking place.
Mr. HUBERT. What time did you make that suggestion, Sir?
Mr. LEAVELLE. That was either just before or just after--probably just after I had gone there and got Oswald and we were talking about the transfer. Mr. HUBERT. Who did you make that suggestion to?
Mr. LEAVELLE. I made it to Captain Fritz.
Mr. HUBERT. What answer did you receive from him?
Mr. LEAVELLE. He said he didn't think the Chief would go for it.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he say why?
Mr. LEAVELLE. Because, he said, the Chief had given his word to the Press that they would transfer him at a time when they could make pictures.
What? The Press had been making pictures of Oswald all weekend, including at the Midnight Press conference. Leavelle attended it, wearing a dark suit.
Oswald was arraigned for Tippit's murder before the MPC, and he was arraigned for JFK's murder right after it. Prisoners usually get transferred to the County Jail right after their arraignment.
So, why didn't they transfer Oswald on Saturday? They transferred Ruby to the County Jail the very next day, so why not Oswald?
Leavelle even wore his Easter suit on Saturday. What does that tell you? It tells me that they were considering making the transfer on Saturday, and in the same way, and with the same outcome.
Hubert asked Leavelle if he told the FBI the same thing, that he wanted to sneak Oswald out privately, and Leavelle said he did. But then, Hubert produced his two statements to the FBI, and he didn't. Look how that lying bastard squirmed.
Mr. LEAVELLE. Well, to the best of my knowledge it seems as though I might have made that suggestion, made the reference to that, but whether whoever was taking it said that they didn't need it in their report. I'm sure that's--now, of course, I can't swear to this, but I think that is correct because I know I--I am not able to recall at this time exactly what the conversation was between myself and the agent--I--in this, in its entirety, I do know there was one or two things that I told them about, which they did say that they didn't think was necessary for their report, so, they did not put it in there. Now, whether that was one of them or not, I do not recall.
This is what Leavelle said about how they moved Ruby on Monday.
Mr. LEAVELLE. We went up Commerce to the Pearl Expressway and cut back on the expressway to Main Street, and came down Main Street to Houston Street where the jail is located, and around the corner on Houston Street, to the entrance of the County Jail.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have any trouble with the traffic going down Main Street?
Mr. LEAVELLE. We caught every light green going down. Didn't have to stop.
What? Commerce and Main were and are parallel and adjacent. So, was there a freeway on-ramp and a freeway off-ramp just a block apart? I've never heard of such a thing.
But, why didn't they turn left on the first street they got to and just go around the block? Or, if it was one-way and the wrong way, they could take the next one. Whether for Oswald or Ruby, why make a big loop?
And in Oswald's case, he was bleeding to death. So, since Commerce was closed to regular traffic- and we have the footage to prove it- they should have turned right on Commerce to Harwood. There's no excuse for not doing it, and it means they were trying to kill Oswald.
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