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

 This is what you call checkmate. There are two very tall guys in the photo. Both are circled. One of them was Texas Ranger Bob Crowder. We know his height was 6'3". The other man is about the same height. It's pointless to argue about who was taller. So, if one was 6'3" the other was also about 6'3".

But, the claim about Bookhout is that he was 6 foot even. So, neither one of these men could have been Bookhout since they are both significantly taller than 6 feet.

I drew in arms for the old, decrepit guy since he didn't have any. I suppose his hands could have been clasped behind his back. But, there is a big difference in the way the two giants are standing. The man on the right is very vertical and straight-backed. Bob Crowder was famous for that stance. His other pictures show him that way. I inserted one of them. The man on the left has a rounded back. He's stooped. But, the postural match says that the man on the right was Bob Crowder.

But regardless, both of them are very tall. Neither one could have needed to stand on a pedestal in a hallway to find anyone. And both are clearly much taller than 6 feet, which is the claimed height for Bookhout. So, there is no way that either of those super-tall guys could be Bookhout.

But, the caption says that Bookhout is there. Well, if that caption is real, it means that Bookhout was standing next to Clements Manning, and they put that old, decrepit guy over him to cover him up. But, I have already proven that neither one of those 6'3" guys could be James Bookhout, since no one has ever claimed that he was that tall.