What Happened -- Shot 5
And Overview
And Overview
Sections:
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Introduction
This shot aligns with the 5th suspect impulse in the acoustical evidence. It is the missed shot that caused James Tague's minor wounding. It's the shot that was ignored by the FBI and Secret Service scenarios, but thanks to the public reporting of Tague's wounding in the Press during the summer or 1963, it could not be ignored by the Warren Commission. It's the shot that gave rise to the B.S. Single Bullet Theory. (See Why the SBT is BS ). So while it may seem boring, because Tague's wounds were pretty minor, the impact was actually very significant.
This shot aligns with the 5th suspect impulse in the acoustical evidence. It is the missed shot that caused James Tague's minor wounding. It's the shot that was ignored by the FBI and Secret Service scenarios, but thanks to the public reporting of Tague's wounding in the Press during the summer or 1963, it could not be ignored by the Warren Commission. It's the shot that gave rise to the B.S. Single Bullet Theory. (See Why the SBT is BS ). So while it may seem boring, because Tague's wounds were pretty minor, the impact was actually very significant.
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Acoustical Alignment
Acoustically, this shot originated from the TSBD 6th floor window, and was the second half of the "double-bang," occurring about a half second after the "Grassy Knoll" AR-15 accident. This shot as the "miss" makes sense for three reasons:
In my acoustic chart, derived from the HSCA acoustical experts' data, it is the shot annotated below:
Acoustically, this shot originated from the TSBD 6th floor window, and was the second half of the "double-bang," occurring about a half second after the "Grassy Knoll" AR-15 accident. This shot as the "miss" makes sense for three reasons:
- The limousine would have been farthest away from the shooter in the TSBD window, thus the increased distance (plus sudden movement of the limousine as Greer had already begun accelerating out of Dealey Plaza at about the time of the AR-15 Head Shot);
- Having just seen Kennedy's head explode from a shot he knew he hadn't fired, the TSBD shooter would certainly have been surprised, thus making him more likely to miss.
- The limousine was in-line with the Main Street curb strike (note Buddy Walthers' same-day account given below).
In my acoustic chart, derived from the HSCA acoustical experts' data, it is the shot annotated below:
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Same Day Evidence (Sheriff's Deputy Buddy Walthers)
How the FBI and Secret Service could ignore this shot is beyond comprehension, because there is same-day and near-same-day corroboration that a shot had missed and struck the Main Street curb, thus causing James Tague's minor wounding.
The same-day evidence comes in the form of a report made by Sheriff's Deputy Buddy Walthers, who said that "some unknown person" had told him that something had hit his face. Upon investigation, Walthers "found where a bullet had splattered on the top edge of the curb on Main Street which would place the direction of firing, high and behind the position of the President's car was in when he was shot." Walther added, "Due to the fact that the projectile struck se near the underpass, it was, in (his) opinion, probably the last shot that was fired and had apparently went high and above the President's car." Walthers also said, "the only building that was likely to have a shot fired from in this area was the Texas School Book Depository."
Building." Walthers was also involved in the arrest of Oswald at the Texas Theater and in the search of the Payne house where the blanket that had contained the rifle was found. His full statement can be found in Hearings, vol. XIX, pp. 518-521 (with links at https://www.history-matters.com/analysis/witness/index.htm).
How the FBI and Secret Service could ignore this shot is beyond comprehension, because there is same-day and near-same-day corroboration that a shot had missed and struck the Main Street curb, thus causing James Tague's minor wounding.
The same-day evidence comes in the form of a report made by Sheriff's Deputy Buddy Walthers, who said that "some unknown person" had told him that something had hit his face. Upon investigation, Walthers "found where a bullet had splattered on the top edge of the curb on Main Street which would place the direction of firing, high and behind the position of the President's car was in when he was shot." Walther added, "Due to the fact that the projectile struck se near the underpass, it was, in (his) opinion, probably the last shot that was fired and had apparently went high and above the President's car." Walthers also said, "the only building that was likely to have a shot fired from in this area was the Texas School Book Depository."
Building." Walthers was also involved in the arrest of Oswald at the Texas Theater and in the search of the Payne house where the blanket that had contained the rifle was found. His full statement can be found in Hearings, vol. XIX, pp. 518-521 (with links at https://www.history-matters.com/analysis/witness/index.htm).
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Near Same Day Evidence (Tom Dillard Photograph)
Dallas Morning News photographer Tom C. Dillard took a picture of a bullet strike on the Main Street curb. According to the Sixth Floor Museum description, "This image shows the right hand of KRLD-TV reporter Jim Underwood using Dillard's ballpoint pen to indicate a mark on the south curb of Main Street near the triple underpass in Dealey Plaza that was likely caused by a bullet. This photo was taken after 1:31 p.M. on Saturday, November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination."
Dallas Morning News photographer Tom C. Dillard took a picture of a bullet strike on the Main Street curb. According to the Sixth Floor Museum description, "This image shows the right hand of KRLD-TV reporter Jim Underwood using Dillard's ballpoint pen to indicate a mark on the south curb of Main Street near the triple underpass in Dealey Plaza that was likely caused by a bullet. This photo was taken after 1:31 p.M. on Saturday, November 23, 1963, the day after the assassination."
Image from https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/11979/image-of-a-bullet-mark-on-a-curb-in-dealey-plaza
This picture was subsequently published in one edition of the Dallas Morning News on the following day, November 24 (though not available in other versions, and the source for the image below is no longer available, It's not, for example, not in the edition in the Baylor collection at https://digitalcollections-baylor.quartexcollections.com/Documents/Detail/the-dallas-morning-news-november-24-1963/677956). But It was published at some point:
(original online source for this image no longer available)
But despite the Sheriff's Deputy's statements and newspaper clipping, which the FBI surely had access to, the Main Street curb market and James Tague's wounds were largely ignored by the FBI.
It wasn't until the news media began to report on Tague's wounding in the summer of 1964, as the Warren Commission was in the process of wrapping up its work, that someone related to the Commission's work finally thought it was worth investigating! The Commission made a formal request for the FBI to investigate the mark/wounding, and received this report back:
It wasn't until the news media began to report on Tague's wounding in the summer of 1964, as the Warren Commission was in the process of wrapping up its work, that someone related to the Commission's work finally thought it was worth investigating! The Commission made a formal request for the FBI to investigate the mark/wounding, and received this report back:
From https://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh21/pdf/WH21_Shaneyfelt_Ex_27.pdf
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The Elm Street Manhole Cover
The report that lead and antimony, but not copper, were found is an indication that the missile that caused the mark might have struck near Elm street before continuing onto Main Street. That notion would be supported by the testimony of DPD patrol officer J.W. Foster, which was taken on April 9, 1964--which, again, did not apparently inspire any further investigation! Foster testified that he thought a bullet had "ricocheted on out" of the area around the Elm Street manhole cover. From https://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh6/pdf/WH6_Foster.pdf :
The report that lead and antimony, but not copper, were found is an indication that the missile that caused the mark might have struck near Elm street before continuing onto Main Street. That notion would be supported by the testimony of DPD patrol officer J.W. Foster, which was taken on April 9, 1964--which, again, did not apparently inspire any further investigation! Foster testified that he thought a bullet had "ricocheted on out" of the area around the Elm Street manhole cover. From https://history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh6/pdf/WH6_Foster.pdf :
From the Warren Commission testimony of patrolman J.D. Foster
Foster Exhibit B is not exactly the clearest image showing the area of interest that Foster described:
Foster Exhibits A and B, from https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh19/pdf/WH19_Foster_Ex_B.pdf
J.D. Foster and Sheriff's Deputy Buddy Walthers and an unknown person (dubbed the "Blond Agent") were photographed near the manhole cover shortly after the assassination:
On the other hand, Sheriff's Deputy Buddy Walthers said (in a not under-oath interview, reported in Trask's Pictures of the Pain) that he thought the marks in the turf were probably made by a woman's high-heeled shoes.
So either the last shot fired from the TSBD either hit near the Elm Street manhole cover and "ricocheted on out" to hit the Main Street curb, or it hit the Main Street Curb directly. Either way, the Main Street curb mark was the missed shot, from the TSBD shooter's third shot.
So either the last shot fired from the TSBD either hit near the Elm Street manhole cover and "ricocheted on out" to hit the Main Street curb, or it hit the Main Street Curb directly. Either way, the Main Street curb mark was the missed shot, from the TSBD shooter's third shot.
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Overview
All this only goes to show the importance of a free press, because it wasn't the same-day Sheriff's Deputy's statement about the missed shot, nor the April 9 testimony of DPD Patrolman J.W. Foster testimony that was taken in the beginning of April that instigated any investigation--it was the reporting in the press that finally got the Commission to take interest.
All this also emphasizes the lack of interest in a real investigation, because it wasn't until the summer of 1964 when the Press started reporting on James Tague's minor wounding, that any interest was shown in Buddy Walthers' same-day report, or J.D. Foster's testimony..
All this only goes to show the importance of a free press, because it wasn't the same-day Sheriff's Deputy's statement about the missed shot, nor the April 9 testimony of DPD Patrolman J.W. Foster testimony that was taken in the beginning of April that instigated any investigation--it was the reporting in the press that finally got the Commission to take interest.
All this also emphasizes the lack of interest in a real investigation, because it wasn't until the summer of 1964 when the Press started reporting on James Tague's minor wounding, that any interest was shown in Buddy Walthers' same-day report, or J.D. Foster's testimony..
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Denise's 5-Shot Model
Below is a very rough approximation of my five-shot scenario:
This section has been mainly about the 5th shot, the miss that caused Tague's minor wounding. For more information on each of the other shots (1-4), the supporting evidence for each of those shots, and the effects of each of those shots, refer to the appropriate section:
"What Happened - Shot 1"
"What Happened - Shot 2"
"What Happened - Shot 3"
"What Happened - Shot 4"
"What Happened - Shot 1"
"What Happened - Shot 2"
"What Happened - Shot 3"
"What Happened - Shot 4"