European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday september 29, 1964 Ning Board of he followup Icar heard a noise which sound-1 cd like a firecracker and saw the president suddenly lean1 Forward and to the left. Hill jumped off the car and raced toward the presidium s limousine. In the front seat of the Vico cur agent Younglood heard an explosion and noticed unusual movement sin the crowd. He vaulted into the rear seat and Silt on the vice president in order to pro text him. At the same Tim agent Kellerman in the front scat of the presidential limousine turned to observe the that the president was struck. Relic Man instructed the Driver let i get out of Here we Are tie radioed head to the Lead car get us to the Hospital Greer immediately accelerated the presidential car. Asit gained Speed agent Hill Man aged to pull himself onto tieback of the car where mrs. Kennedy had climbed. Hill pushed her bark into the rear seat and shielded the stricken president and mrs. Kennedy As the president s car proceeded thigh Speed to Parkland memorial Hospital. 4 Miles Parkland the president was immediately treated by a item of physicians who had. Been alerted for the president s i the stars and stripes tag 9 messages alerting the police tothe suspect described by Bren Nan at the scene of the assassination a slender White male 1 about 30 years old 5 feet 10inches and weighing about 169pounds. At approximately 1 15 .,Tippit was driving slowly in an i Easterly direction on East 10th.Street in Oak Cliff. About 100 feet past the intersection of 10thstreet and Patton Avenue tip pit pulled up alongside a Man walking in the same direction. I the Man met the general de inscription of the suspect Vintch in connection with the is Sassy nation. He walked Over to tip pit s car rested his arms on thedoor on the righthand Side of the car and apparently Exchange words with Tippit through the window. Tippit opened the Doorn the left Side and started to walk around the front of his he reached the front wheel on the Driver s Side the Man on the sidewalk Drew a revolver land fired several shots in rapid succession hitting Tippit four times and killing him automobile repairman Domingo Benavides heard the shots and stopped his pickup truck in the opposite Sid of the Street Lxi til 25 feel in front of to poll s cur. He observed the gunman Start hark lower i Pat ton Avenue rein Ulni the empty eases from the gun he went. By Mildes rushed to arrival of me Lauua department is the result of Aradio message from the motor Cade after the shooting. The doctors noted irregular breathing movements and possible heartbeat although they could nut select a pulse beat. They observed the Exten Sive wound in the president Shead and a Small wound approximately one fourth Inch i diameter in the lower third of his neck. In in Effort to facilitate breathing the physicians performed a tracheotomy by enlarging the Throat wound and inserting a tube. Totally a sorbed in the immediate task of trying to preserve the presi Dent s life the attending doctors never turned the president Over for an examination of his Back. At 1 After All heart activity ceased and the last rites were administered by a priest president Kennedy was pronounced dead. Governor Connally underwent surgery and ultimately recovered from his serious wounds. Leaves Hospital upon learning of the presi Dent s death vice president Johnson left Parkland Hospital under close guard and proceeded to the presidential plane a love Field. Mrs. Kennedy accompanying her husband body boarded the plane shortly thereafter. At i m In he Central compartment of the plane. Lyndon b. Johnson was sworn in us the 36th president of the United Stales by Federal District court judge Sarah 1. Hughes. The plane left immediately Lor Washington. . Arriving at Andrews Ai h. Meat 5 58 . The presi Dent s body was liken to the National naval medical Center Bethesda. Md., where it was Given a Complete pathological examination. The autopsy Dis dosed the Large Bead wound observed at Parkland and thess data the front of a neck which Hud been enl urk a b the Parkland doctors when they be Omed the tracheotomy. Both of these wounds were de scribed in the autopsy report As being presumably of exit. I addition the autopsy revealed a Small wound of entry in the rear of the president s Skull and another wound of entry near the stiff the Back of the neck. The autopsy report stated the cause of death As gunshot wound head and the Bullet which struck the president were described As having been fired from a Point behind and some death for the Assassin Oswald winces with pain As no Jack Ruby right bark to earner what above the level of the at the scene of the shooting there was evident confusion at the outset concerning the Point of origin of the shots. Witnesses differed in their accounts of the direction from which the sound of the shots emanated. Within afew minutes however attention entered on the Texas schoolbook Dein Story building As the source of the shots. The building was occupied by a private corporation the Texas school boo depository co. Which distributed school textbooks of several publishers and leased space to representatives of the publish ers. Most of the employees in the building worked for these publishers. The balance including a 15-Man warehousing Crew were employees of the Texas school Book depository . Several eyewitnesses in front of the building reported that they saw a Rifle being fire from the Southeast Corner win Dow on the sixth floor of the Texas school Book depository. One eyewitness Howard , had been watching the Parade from a Point on film Street directly opposite and facing the building. He pro Mil in told u policeman that he Hail seen u slender Man. Olmut 5 feet10 inches. In his Early thirties take deliberate aim from the sixth floor Corner window and fire a Rifle in the direction of Thi president s car. Brennan thought he might in Uhle the Man since he had noticed him in the window a few minutes before the motorcade made the turn onto Elm Street at 12 34 ., the Dallas police radio mentioned the depositor building As a possible source o the shots and at 12 45 ., the police radio broadcast a description of the suspected Assassin based primarily on Bren Nan s observations. When the shots were fired Adallas motorcycle patrolman Marlon l. Baker was Riding inthe motorcade at a Point severe cars behind the president. Head turned right from main Street onto Houston Street Animas about 200 feet South of Elm Street when he heard a shot Baker having recently returned from a week of Deer Hunting was certain the shot came from a High powered Rifle. He looked Lee Harvey police owner Dallas rally Al shoots him. All precautions in and saw pigeons scattering n the air from their perches on he Texas school Hook Deposit Ory building. He raced i motorcycle to the build uni. Dis mounted scanned the urea to he West and pushed his Way rough the Aliena tors toward he Entrance. There he enc nun ered Roy truly the building superintendent. Who offered Laker his help. They entered he building and ran toward hero elevators in the rear. Find no that both elevators were Onan upper floor they dashed up he stairs. Not More than 2minutes had elapsed since the shooting. Glimpse through window when they reached the Sec Ond flour Landing on their Way up to the lop of the Baker thought he caught a glimpse of someone rough the Small Glass window n the door separating the Hall urea near the stairs from the Small Vestibule leading into the lunchroom. Run in hand he rushed to the door and saw Aman about 20 feet away walking Loward the other end of the lunchroom. The Man was Emp by. Handed. At Baker s com Mand the m m turned and approached him. Truly Whu had started up the stairs a the i Lilii door ahead of Baker resume to see what had Ili played the patrolman. Baker asked truly whether he knew the Man in the lunchroom. Truly replied that the Man work a in the building whereupon Baker turned fro the Man and proceeded with truly up the stairs. The Manthey encountered had started working in the Texas schoolbook depository building on october u. 1963. His fellow workers described him As very quiet a his name was Lee Harvey Oswald. Within about 1 minute after his encounter with Baker and truly Oswald was seen passing through the second floor offices. In his hand was a full Coke bottle which he had purchased from a vending machine in the lunchroom. He was walking toward the front of the a passenger elevator Anc a Short flight of stairs provide Access to the main Entrance of the building on the first floor approximately 7 minutes later at about 12 40 ., Oswalt Hll Hhd hmm my Oswald through a corridor in the were criticized for not la Konx be protect their prisoner. A boarded a bus at a Point on Kim Street seven Short Hon Rex East of j the Deim Llory building. Thebus was travelling West toward the very building from which Oswald had come its Roule Lay through the Oak Cliff Sec Tion in Southwest Dallas where it would puss seven blocks East of the rimming House in which Oswald was living it 1028 North Berkley Avenue. In the bus was i mrs. Mary Bledsoe one of Oswald s former land ladies who immediately recognized h 1 stayed on the bus approximately 3 or 4 minutes during which time it proceeded Only two blocks because of the traffic Jam created by the motorcade and the then left the bus. A Tew minutes later he entered a vacant taxi four blocks away and asked the Driver Totake him to a Point on North Beckley Avenue several blocks beyond his Rooming House. The trip required 5 or � minutes. A about 1 Oswald arrived at the Rooming House. The House keeper mrs. Rar Lenc Roberts was surprised to see Oswald a midday and remarked to him that he seemed to he in quite hurry. He made no reply. A few minutes later Oswald emerge from his room zipping up his Huckel and rushed out of the miso. Policeman killed approximately 14 Manul Slater and just 45 minutes after the assassination another Vio Lent shooting occurred in Dallas. The victim was patrolman j. of the Dallas police an officer with a Good record Dur ing his More than 11 years with the police Force. He was shot near the intersection of 10th Street and Patton Avenue a r Mil from Oswald s Rooming House. At the time of the assassination. Tippit was alone in his patrol car the routine practice for most police patrol cars at this time of had been ordered by radio at 12 45 To proceed to the Central Oak Cliff area As part of a concentration of patrol car activity around the Center of the City following the 12 54 Tippit radioed that he had moved As directed an would be available for any pm orgentry. By this time the police radio had broadcast several ill ill. Num in Iii Ivun lung Vul in tipple s Side. The patrolman upper entry dead was lying Ontius revolver which was out of its half Tler. Benavi Iles promptly reported the shooting to police Headquarters Over the radio in Tippet s car. The message was received Elm rely after 1 10 Woman Watne As the gunman left the scene he walked hurriedly Hack to Ward Paltun Avenue and turned left heading South. Standing on he Northwest Corner of lol Street and Patton Avenue was Helen Markham. Who had Bee walking South on Pulton Avenue and had seen both the killer an Tippit Cross the intersection in front of her us she waited on the curb for traffic to pass. She witnessed the shooting and the saw the Man with a gun in his hand walk bark toward the Corner and Cut across the Lawn of the Corner House As he started South on Patton Avenue. In the Corner House itself mrs. Barbara Jeanette Davis and her sister in Law. Mrs. Vir Ginia Davis heard the shots and rushed to the door in time to soothe Man walk rapid y across the Lawn shaking a revolver us if Hewer emptying it of Cartridge cases loiter Htit Day each woman found a Cartridge Case near the House. As the gunman turned the Corner he passed ill no Side a lax Rab which was parked on Pulton Avenue a few feet from 10th Street. The Driver William w. Scoggins had seen the slaying and was no crouched behind his cab in Tho Street Side. As Hie gunman Cut through the shrubbery on Iho Lawn. Scoggins looked up Bandsaw the Man approximately 12 feet away. In his hand wus pistol and he muttered words which sounded to Scoggins like poor dumb cop or poor Damn after passing Scoggins the gunman crossed to the West Side of Patton Avenue and ran South along the thoroughfare. On the East Side of Patton between10th Street and Jefferson Boule Vard Ted Collaway a used car Salesman heard the shots and ran to the sidewalk. As the Man with the gun rushed past Calla Way shouted what s going on the Man merely shrugged ran on to Jefferson Boulevard and turned right. On the next Corner was a Gas Sta Tion with a parking lot in thereat. The assailant ran into the con Laviril on Rwjr 10
