7/27/2019 The LaFontaines: CIA Assets Attempt to Discredit the tramp shots with the help of the FBI. http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-lafontaines-cia-assets-attempt-to-discredit-the-tramp-shots-with-the-help 1/23 ~~~JFK~'iU.RS:z- ~ ~ says,.were just vagrants By RICHARD SISK News washmgton Bureau WASHINGTON- Nearly 29 years after the assas sination of President John Kennedy, the FBI has fi- , nally tracked down the mysterious "three tramps" i f . C) arrested that day in Dallas - an d concluded t.·hat ' · they were just tramps. · I l The FBI is also taking a new, hi-tech look at an 8- . mm . film of the Kennedy motorcade and the Texas , , 'V School Book Depository,. where auth~rities say : I smper Lee Harvey Oswald perched. '· -' I 'lii:· Yet an FBI spokeswoman in Dallas yesterday in- · C'\.- "<;::, sisted that "w e have not reopened the investiga- ~ tion." · - "We're just following up leads/' she said. The amateur 8-mm. film, taken Nov. 22, 1963, was studied by official i n y e _ ~ t i g a t o r s , bu t is now being enhanced ·with modern technology. 'It is not the famous Zap ruder footage of the actual assassina· lion r ' • FBI officials would not say what they expect to find. · Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, who served as chief counsel to th e House Select Com mittee on Assassinations In the late 1970s, said pre vious studies of this film and others "led to noth- ing." . -· · "Critics keep seeing shapes of people behind bushes and all that," he said. · · The FBI's Dallas office said it traced the tramps after their names were printed in Texas newspa pers. One also was inter-VIewed last week on the TV show "A Current Affair.". -~-~--~ · ·· One tramp, Gus Abrams,' is dead':the FBI said,
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7/27/2019 The LaFontaines: CIA Assets Attempt to Discredit the tramp shots with the help of the FBI.
~ ~ ~ J F K ~ ' i U . R S : z -~ ~ says,.werejust vagrantsBy RICHARD SISK
News washmgton Bureau
WASHINGTON- Nearly 29 years after the assassination of President John Kennedy, the FBI has fi- ,nally tracked down the mysterious "three tramps" i
f . C) arrested that day in Dallas - and concluded t.·hat '
· they were just tramps. ·Il The FBI is also taking a new, hi-tech look at an 8- .
mm. film of the Kennedy motorcade and the Texas , ,'V School Book Depository,. where a u t h ~ r i t i e s say : I
smper Lee Harvey Oswald perched. ' · - ' I'lii:· Yet an FBI spokeswoman in Dallas yesterday in- ·
C'\.- "<;::, sisted that "we have not reopened the investiga-~ tion." ·
- "We're just following up leads/' she said.
The amateur 8-mm. film, taken Nov. 22, 1963, wasstudied by official i n y e _ ~ t i g a t o r s , bu t is now beingenhanced ·with modern technology. ' I t is not the
famous Zap ruder footage of the actual assassina·lion r ' •
FBI officials would not say what they expect tofind. ·
Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, whoserved as chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations In the late 1970s, said previous studies of this film and others "led to noth-ing." . -· ·
"Critics keep seeing shapes of people behindbushes and all that," he said. · ·
The FBI's Dallas office said it traced the trampsafter their names were printed in Texas newspapers. One also was inter-VIewed last week on the TVshow "A Current Affair.". - ~ - ~ - - ~ · ··
One tramp, Gus Abrams,' is dead':the FBI said,
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mary- When th e announcement was made t h a t th e Dal las Ci ty Counci lwas opening th e Pol i ce Archives a couple named LaFonta ine who
owned Desperado product ions o u t in I rv ing o r Los Colinas wentdown t h e r e and looked through th e documents and asked th e c i t ya rch iv i s t ,C indy Smal lovick, i s t h i s a l l you got? Cindy pu l l ed o ut
a box o f documents t h a t had been qu ie t ly dec lass i f ied abou t four
year s ago and found th e a r r e s t r e p o r t s on th e t ramps in them.Now everybody i s t ry ing to f ind these t h ree men. The only onet h a t had a home address on it was Harold Doyle and he gaveRedjacke t , West Virg in ia as h is home town. Now a l l o f westVirg in ia been besieged with r e p o r t e r s and i n v e s t i g a t o r s t r y ing tof ind him. So fa r he has not been abso lu te ly found.a what e l s e can you tell us about these documentsmary - O f f i ce r William E Chambers s igned th e a r r e s t r e por t . WhatI have a fee l ing happened was t h a t Harkness and Roy Vaugh, who i snow th e Chief of Po l i ce in Midloth ian , a re th e two who a r r e s t e dthem. They were in a gondola c a r , an open coa l c a r , and I
unders tand t h a t Roy Vaugh held a gun on them when they g o t themou t o f t he r e .a j - I though t they were hunkered down in a box car?
mary- I t a lked to a l l th e po l ice and they a l l say it was n o t a
boxcara j - b u t they t e s t i f i e d it was to th e Warren Commission.mary- I c a n t help it bu t everyone who i s saying anything now i ssaying it was an open coa l c a r , a gondola. Even Harold Doyle, oneo f th e t ramps sa id it was an open coa l ca r when ques t ioned by th e
po l i c e . But t h i s i s four th o r f i f t h hand. He to ld t h i s to h isf ami l ly a f t e r he go t ou t .
aj-how do you know Harold Doyles famil ly?
mary- everyone in West Virg in ia i s k in to him. Real ly , the re a rea
lo t o f people t he re who know him and h e ' s been t e l l i n g t he s to ryfo r twenty e i g h t yea rs .
a j I see I see so we g ot to dig-up Harold Doyle?
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In s r a e ~ giving hll an ·ower even before Baker
made his announcement.an angry Prime M!nlsterYltshak Shamlr declared: "No lllraell gov·ernment will accept ouch
a condition."
According to """""""cloee to Shamlr. he waa
Irate about a Saturda7New York Times reportouggeot1ng that Bakerwa a t i lt ing In favor ofYltshak Rabin. who willbe ShaDllr'• opponent Inth e lllraell electloM In
June.Spe•klng to Amertcan
Jewtah leaderl of theConference of Prell·dentl. who had just ar·rived trom New York,Shamir aold he regretsthat the United States"Identifies lt.oelf" with theArab poelt!on In oppolli·tlon to \b e aettlementa.
"A Current Attair''
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( After 29 years,1 ' t r ~ m p s ' standb y their stoi groomed, they were f o u ~ d ir:t aJJ.! ' )A. .r JA-. . I freight car near the assassmattonC J W ~ V. (VI!Pt.{ site not long after Kennedy wasDalias pohce ch ck killed Nov. 22. 1963. . . .
:detail ofJFK case
rt t i J e ~ ! Y P ~ i ; ~ n ~ ~ ~ d · ~ ~ ; ; : ! ~ ~ ;: -;zA ~ charges and released four daysI Washington Post Service rrs later, according to their arrest1 WASHINGTON - Two of records.l the three " t r ~ m p s " a r r e s t e ~ in Gedney, of Melbourne, Fla.,
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0 , ~ ,,J L{ ft()j"-Li1 0 2----. - ! . ~ J f J __ ramps, 'FBI says,werejust vagrantsBy RICHARD SISKNews Wash1ngton Bureau
WASIIINGTON- Nearly 29 years alter the assassination of President John Kennedy, the FBI has finally tracked down the mysterious "three tramps" ,
~O arrested that day in Dallas - and concluded that
· they were just tramps. · J~ The FBI is also taking a new, hi-tech look at an 8- .~ mm . film of the Kennedy motorcade and the Texas'0 .:J"'" School Book Depository, where authorities say
sniper Lee Harvey Oswald perched..,., Yet an FBI spokeswoman in Dallas yesterday in-
C ' . . - ~ sisted that "we have not reopened the investiga-~ lion.""We're just following up leads," she said.The amateur 8-mm. film, taken Nov. 22, 1963, was
studied by ofi'icial investigators, but is now beingenhanced with modern technology. I t is not thefamous Zapruder footage of the actual assassina-tion. . .
FBI officials would not say what they expect tofind. ·
Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, whoserved as chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations in th e late 1970s, said previous studies of this film and others "led to noth-ing." .... .-
"Critics keep seeing shapes of people behindbushes and all t h a t , ' ~ he said. -
The FBI's Dallas office said it traced the trampsafter their names were printed in Texas newspa.pers. One also was interviewed last week on the TVshow "A Current Affair." ... ...,_ ::..:::., · · ·
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a j -Mr . Beck, a re you th e same Ernes t Beck who was a po l i c e
o f f i c e r back in 1963 in Dal las , Texas.beck-yeah I was but i 'm r e t i r ed now
a j -Mr Beck you know they 've recent ly re-opened th e Dal las Pol iceDepartment f i l e s on th e Kennedy assass ina t ion and your name i s onone o f them in r e l a t i on to severa l t ramps who were picked up as
suspec t s . You're name i s on th e f i l e as having r e leased them. I st h a t t r ue?beck- ! don ' t know. I don ' t know.
a j -you don ' t remember these guys who were picked up in a r a i l roadca r behind th e Texas School Book Deposi tory?beck - no I dont
a j - th is i s r e a l impor tant fo r america to f ind t h i s s tu f f ou t .beck I den t remember anything abou t it it was so long ago.a j If I s en t you some p i c t u re s o f these guys would t h a t he lp?
beck nah I doubt it
a j so you dont remember re l eas ing thembeck-noa j a l r i gh ty , thanks fo r your he lp , goodbye
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~l " ' " ' A-1 · 11a1aioatioo, that tbe bacqard . Co11spitacy adYocatca IUch uS n n a U y as th rode in a'motor· photos wen: Artificially created to A11thooy Summm aod Jim Mam
Ielide thmu&Jl Dealy Plu& short!y p r o d ~ an ioerimloatioJ imailc. · · (author or Crwsjire, tJt Importantbefore oooo. t· · l'wo of the photos were disc;c)y. 5ClW1:C iD Oliver ·Stooe's eoutro
J At lbc time gt their ~ - erm by o.nas police immediately YcnW moYie JFK) have claimed
Icau.se or tbeif efforts lD reach after the I..!&IU&ioatioo.. Tbc third that certain Dalla& 6Im lab c:m-b c a ~ t s io the Inil yard bchiDd . came to tipt in 191s. Ooc or the f ployees wet$ turnmoncd 00 tho
Iho plaza ...;.. thio lb.rcc wrcre sus.- photos al)l)etred the eover or • l l ipt or the l.lla!IJiaatloa to l )n)
pects in the awl.siNDOO. . . •Life mapzjoe in I%4 : . : 08SS photognphs (o r the FB( andUntil now ~ am:sS records In the maolpulaled print ID t»- . D a i W police.. .
Iere b e l . i c v ~ i j :p t - a (requent lice met Oswald does Dot appeu. \ ·AmoD& the pbocos P"C =•• tf
I ritician b e l ~ at DiUu police lll$tead, there Is a white silbweU. lhit nilbt. Marra daima. wu ODGby uwsiMtiOG oonspirii(:J ·ro. ot ·a bumao figun: boldio1 ao aj}- ·: . of.tbe back yard Witbout OawUdsearcbm and widely repeated in plll"C:Dt rifle and OCW5Jl8pc:n. The •. IJli 1M _piett&te. U&ttil oow t.bc#
I he m e d t . i n d l i d i ~ ~ & a 1XlCDt co•- c i J h ~ a p p e t r ~ & o be ap cx.a.m- : ~ beeQ Do' ~ r e e t evfde'Dce 10er nory iD Newnrcck D C . pic or mattiaa. a clatkroo.n teeb- . 1UPPQft that ckim. · ·
Ibe ncwly n:lcued J)botO pri"t · nique that caD .erve u an in... The' mattr:d priat uwi ·'otlu:r
,hoM the fanilllar stairs. ftmOJ mediate ltep iD the combi11ina o( -pbotot witbout luamao fi&an:s iaand shrubbery ro\lftd. iA a act bl p h o ~ h i c imap.. .. the.n appear similar ia back·t.bree- bac:kfard photo&: a which , The ailhooct1e prtDt -...a ' Dot • · JtOUDd to tbe loQHvaD&bk beet·Otwald is ICCD -boldma·a rifk l.o . tiecn by the Warte1t CooDnissioa. yard photos sbowiQJ Q t ~ a l 4 , . . . . . . .hia left band ~ l e f t · ~ oews- i ~ i e upetti H . ~ with ri.8e ee l , bm . "0*111.' " • : · :: IJl1:lt aumbar. ID Dumber :metpepett hiulpt.. . ·:Wom.ack o f T ~ ! a Tech Ullrfer»- ~ : o a l d n.ry diahtlr f r o ~ ·the The phoC.os 1od8ed m the .' riaht th11.nbpri.DL · · . : ~ - ~ .•.
. ·. Those p i ~ wen Qkal .by tY in Lubbock and Jd Whim ot .•. knoWJt priDta. T6at caDnot be.. dqmtmetit fila 1111 a:rtain tcJm. . Tht reports, rued .bj .officei:i Otwald's ·wife, ~ Ill their .· fort Wurth b.aYC ~ yuil:tJ termlned wull tbey ·are releued . c:n:ac the co1111pincy fin:ltonu · W .B. Cha.alben, are d&tecl' No¥. ·· C;liff ~ d e Q , ~ t o ~ oC ~ tcc:hJlicil ~ t e ~ . ~ ~ ~ · .. ~ · ~ i : : - - .... '"' nrirliiaa w f o ~ h i o around ·. 2l, 1963, 4 '-. p.m.; ,The.Y.. lst: e s t i m o n y ~ ~ Wat•"• · cld., th the ~ 1 p i d u m . ~ · IP'IItucie ot the p'bcfto-· S&c:me'a ~ police depart- ~ qauan tho l i n ~ ·n va:.
: rcn· tommiaiou; whidl d . v e s t i - TheY . e tbeocUed Lbe lltiliclal ·c .8 . A tbe i>oHce fUd; . DiCIIt iDtormatioa OD the: thn:e pliJicy a l l ( ! ~ ; - : . ~ . ::r .•.I pled the asaatdoatlon.- adciitloo of Oswald's lm • o ~ Wollll ldt:,JUI!I!IfiU, b that "'1lae7 · . b . . . . p . ~ ~ ~ ~ will. only ~ meq "'" ' ia)ceQ'. ofT 'a• o n collCNdecS ~ ,..,, . bectatouDd by ~ or t u n a • IDIIY " ' P I ~ t part ol ad4 ~ t a d to 1L · · · train txw:u in the raiJ y a r d ~ ri&ht! ldl.dt 'alone wbm be matde·-4 ' · tbe D)OSt 11\:ely ~ · · mrr ~ · - IIJl ' rrc:.:ptf' ~ · Then: have ber.1l many ~ after Prc.ideat Kennedy wufKe!Joedy met WO\IDded ~ .,..' Ulltil 'DOW, 1)11 . m ~ of ~ examp&e - _or taki.aa .. swtted q\aeStiollJ coDCenlint the s h o t , ~ ~ . Chambers writaa oa1 iirina at rro111 behiDd imd"... ''a . p l e d mattin&' b u . ~ ~ p b o t o t o l ~ , . · · . ~ meJ2 .:- O i l ~ tppattntJy io · Abtalna"'l.m:8t daciiption. Do.
· from uisth-11oor willdow in the . faced. .. . • · . ·. · • t real quesdoola.what,.... · h i t ~ tho others ln·lheit early saiotl001 011 the tw o olhcc n>-
. DaD.u Schoo: Book Dcpositmy.. .. . Amon, the newly OPCucd lik:a ' t h e l>\ltP()ISoC 0! th1a ~ ? To 301- ~ t e d wilhiD minutes of OOtU ate shnilat. ·.. · ·, · ·:. Numcroua pboto analyda b.uo ·. are . IDOr'C pbotoa of the Oswakt · . rate tbe pbotot or to demo.mtate tbo lbooti.o& ill D..oaly Plu.a. ·:• . , The reporu IDdJeate the mez1
sina: cootcodcd•. u d!d ~ d home.bad: yard., without 0.. that the ~ .. be doae'r" . Thour.h allea.:dly vaanats w c : n ~ . DOt r d ~ immedlat.efy, - ' ·b.lmself tho ct.y followia) th e ~ : ' 1nld ID .them. t ·. ..·, · . • . t . Wom.ck D.Jd. I d· to ~ _ ·-_polW.· f r o m . ~ ~ . the meo ptt:Yloua!y believed. but four day,. · · - · ·· · · ·. · · W a n y o u e : - i l l or Olat oC.POlia: ·. were t w ? ~ trbolo$r*pha ~ later. . . ..
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Sp ·c· I Olymp.ICS 'drops Dallas . d ~ thia b d . mlN) .or ~ : ~ o u a l y JI)OchhoCII.',Thc 'AJppOecd cl.a.im of CbaUDcc:y 1-iolt, I.D 1(1..8 18 . · . . . 196:'. No cme,but a t t ~ ~ !act oF offidal amst doeumenta- mit!ed fdon ttoai San Diewo,
ASSoa.t.TEO PAE88 : cettalAty aboutb c r i r l o ~ S t
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and hi l · rloD - I..Ddlldlq the faiJure to Calif., who - amoq other, -
DAllAS - Renewed inter·est io .,rcaidcut John F. JCmlDo.dy'a &UJaSSioalioo bi.a fon:cdSpecial Olympics lntematJonal,a chief claritabla projoel of theKenDedy fiUilily1 to drop DaJlufrom eonsidcnboo u tbc lite orits 1995 pmca.
"" toau on abe &Jwstr•Uoa ::tf:t" ~ abou t the ~ .:.. their tames their bu contcacd to beinj ooc of tiHJ_ broupt oa b7 th.o -i)O'IIieJFK • dooe-by .major ~ o r ~ ammed111e release and d.isappear• . trtmps. •. . .ADd c:alls ror rele&set orpam. ltJ!i.z:at1oos. DOt ~ as 10 - ance - .rabtd the ate?test ·. Jn Holt a aca>unt,: t.&e threemcot filca- wouldaut !mocked phistic:ated a s ~ ~ \ oollltaniAtJoo .uat)Ot oontparacy men were not ~ t e d L but "ea-thc city &om oonteotion. The aul.bcDtlaty. of the ~ - researche-rs. cortcd" out o(.Dc&ly rlaza mdHoW' the penes Ia Dallu yatd J)holOS was abo addressed 111 The archival m" show te<Otds relcucd. :.
"eould'1oeus attcDtloa oace the f\l'al ~ ol the H ~ ~ · f t n : indeed a p p a ! e n ~ y hp t on Pre_lously available recordaapio 011 the family u d ita pief lec:t Comuutlcc oo Apaa•mtiOJU the three. lin theU" names u show the tramps WC11I t.ak.en bynthcr thaD our cftorta to sbow: iJ.sw:d in 1919. · Gus W. Abram,, 53, Harold D ~ l u Coul\ty Sheriff's . Deputycu e tbc work of over 6.000 ath- "F m J)botosnPhs," Doyle. 32. aod ··Jobn Forrcrtcr · Harold Ellio.s to Dao.u Potiatletts. . the o..,anitalion &aid. the C O D P ' t S S ! ~ document DOt- Oedney, 311. Ld \ empty oalnat CapL Will Fritz. Thm., the tm1
The. K=ocdy family rarely ed, ~ o u l d u u l i c : a ~ deltee of form.t, however, 111 p ~ ror a.!l ended. .
The city was a rmalist for thepmea, in whidl thoUWids ofdisabled athletes froAI nearlyI00 countries COil\pete, and had
a l r e : ~ d y stutcd male in& plus for
facilities and aocommodatiom. .But orpniJ;eJ'J w d lbeir uo-
dlse\We$ the a.u.usloation. COll.S'I)Iratonal soph1$ta_eatl0!1 that .Mayor Steve SartJett caid b' would ~ N O f t o ~ l y ftl.e. the
wu diJappointcd by. the .1jeci .
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JlOW"bllity th.at a ~ Y o ~ & e dslo11 but could uodcntaDd iL · f.H>UP, had tantpi.Rid to kill theL-------------------- J r - e ~ J d t n l and make Oswald a