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

There is strong indirect evidence that Dallas Police did not inform Oswald about charging him for Tippit's murder either. 

Even David Von Pein acknowledged the peculiarity of Oswald being charged for JFK's murder without Dallas police informing him and questioning him in a manner that would inform him that they thought he did it. 

"Oswald looked a little bit surprised possibly due to the fact that a NEWS REPORTER was breaking the news to him that he was being charged with the death of the President."

"This was probably a very unusual case where the prisoner (being held in a police station, with policemen and detectives all around him for ten hours!) first learned of a murder charge against him from a news reporter, instead of first learning of that murder charge from the police themselves." 

RC: Duh. 

"This possibly startled and surprised Oswald a little bit, to hear that news FIRST from a newsman, vs. the cops who were surrounding him."

RC: And let's consider that Oswald said, "I know only that I am being accused of murdering a policeman; I know nothing more than that." But, how did he know it? Well, he was already arraigned for that, and he must have plead not-guilty. Nobody ever addresses it, but since he said it over and over again to reporters, he must have said the same thing to the judge. Right? Anyone have a problem with that? But, the point is that we don't know that his interrogators said anything to him about it before the arraignment. 

I say there is strong indirect evidence that Dallas Police did NOT question him about Tippit's murder or inform him that he was being charged for it. 

1. There is nothing in the record that Oswald was asked for his alibi for the Tippit murder. 

2. There is nothing in the record that Oswald was asked how he got to the Texas Theater and whether he was ever at 10th and Patton. 

3. There is nothing in the record that Oswald was asked WHY he went to the Texas Theater and why he snuck in instead of paying, which was the one and only reason Dallas Police descended, in force, on the theater. 

4. If they questioned him about the Tippit murder, then surely they would have used Tippit's name. They would have asked Oswald if he knew Tippit. Right? That couldn't be ruled out, could it? So, why aren't their statements, such as: "Oswald denied knowing Tippit. He denied engaging with him on that day, or any other day. He denied being at 10th and Patton. He denied knowing anything about or having anything to do with the Tippit murder."

If you know very well from the evidence, such as Oswald being in the doorway during the JFK shooting, that he didn't shoot JFK, then you have to know that he could not have shot Tippit because he had no reason to- even theoretically. So, if he had been at 10th and Patton, and Tippit pulled over called him over, Oswald would have cooperated, and there certainly would not have been a shooting. 

Oswald would have had to be totally insane to kill Tippit for no reason. And if he didn't kill Kennedy, he had no reason to kill Tippit. And you know, just from Oswald's manner, demeanor and speech at the Midnight Press Conference that he was not insane.

So, let me rephrase: anyone who thinks that Oswald didn't shoot Kennedy but did shoot Tippit IS insane. 

And Oswald said repeatedly, to where we can hear it with our own ears, that he didn't shoot anybody; that he committed no acts of violence. 

And here is some direct evidence that Dallas Police did not question him about the Tippit murder: Oswald told a reporter: "I don't know what I am here for." Wouldn't he know if they questioned him about it?

And consider that they had Oswald's pistol, and if it had been recently fired, that would have been apparent. The smell alone would have given it away. They could have brought the pistol into the interrogation room and had him sniff it. "It's been fired, Lee. You can't deny it. So, tell us what happened." But, they didn't do that either. 

Here is Hosty's handwritten note from the first interrogation. Notice that there isn't a word about Tippit's murder or JFK's. It's clear that Oswald was NOT informed what he was being held for, just as he said.