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death of, 534
with Jack Ruby, 295, 377, 391–392
meeting with Garrison, 477
on Ruby ordered to kill Oswald, 403
William Harvey, 196
also mentioned on pg., 381
Rosenberg, Ethel, 97
Rosenberg, Julius, 97
Rosenfeld, Stephen (senior editorial writer, the Washington Post), 504
Ross, Barney, 371
Ross, Thomas B., 170
Rostow, Eugene (Yale law professor), 437
Rothman, Norman “Rough-house,” 379–380
Rothstein, Arnold “The Brain,” 151
Roundtree, Dovey J. (attorney for Raymond Crump), 537
Rousselot, John, 181
Roux, Michel (French assassin deported from US) aka Jean Soutre and Michael Mertz,
on French connection to the assassination, 192, 194, 197
Rowan, Dan (comedian), 165
Rowland, Arnold L. (witness), 18, 19, 51, 319, 321
Rowland, Mrs. “Barbara” (witness), 18, 19, 51, 319
Rowley, James J. (Secret Service chief), 230–231
Rubenstein, Earl (see also 373
Rubenstein, Fannie (mother of Jack Ruby), 372
Rubenstein, Hyman (brother of Jack Ruby), 373–374
Rubenstein, Jack (aka Jack Ruby), 144, 249, 371–373, 381, 387
Rubenstein, Jacob (birth name of Jack Ruby), 371
Rubenstein, Sam (brother of Jack Ruby), 373
Ruby, Earl, 373, 413
Ruby, Jack,
accuses LBJ, 412
background, 370–385
as “bag man,” 552
entry to basement, 356, 374, 402–405, 502, 552
and the Cellar, 13, 230–231
Rose Cheramie, 386
on Conspiracy quote, 371
and Cuba, 380–390
at Dallas Morning News, 315–316, 387–388, 398
at Dallas YMCA, 520
in Dealey Plaza, 22, 43, 315, 317
death of, 410–415
Thomas Eli Davis, 195–196
Paul Dorfman, 157
as FBI informant, 219, 379–385, 493
James Files, 295
financial problems, 397
Gambling connections, 148, 156, 272, 375–379
Gangsters, 324–325, 327–328, 333, 375–379, 483
Gun runner, 139, 379–385
held incommunicado, 406
recognized by Jean Hill, 38, 314
motive from Tom Howard, 398
in Hunts office, 327–328
injection of cancer cells, 414, 532
Dorothy Kilgallen, 406–407
letter from jail, 411–412
meeting with Kathy Kay and Harry Olsen, 400
Lewis McWillie, 159, 167, 272, 380–381, 383
and Julia Ann Mercer, 17, 387, 454
Lawrence Meyers, 328
mind control, 172, 414
at midnight news conference, 399–400
money order to Karen Carlin, 389, 401
working for Nixon in 1947, 249
and Beverly Oliver, 36–37, 302, 389
link with Oswald, 387–396, 543
and Marguerite Oswald, 92–93, 314, 387
at Parkland Hospital after assassination, 316, 356–358, 398
reaction to shooting, 405–406
shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, 398–402
stalking Oswald, 398–402
Clay Shaw, 469–472
in Texas Theater, 342
corrects Henry Wade, 399, 484–485
Gen. Edwin Walker, 239–240, 387–388
with Warren Commission, 408–431, 457–458
Dr. “Jolly” West, 414
Roscoe White, 298–300
in Willis photo, 24, 37, 315
also mentioned on pgs. 99, 147, 149, 162, 191, 192, 293, 312, 342, 452, 453, 454, 458, 469, 480, 481, 505, 515, 521, 533, 534
Ruby, Sam (brother of Jack Ruby, aka Sam Rubenstein), 384
Rusconi, Jane, 503
Rushing, Ray, 401, 460
Rusk, Dean, 118, 132, 437
Russell, Richard “Dick” (author, The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1992), 263, 289–292
Russell, Harold (Tippit witness), 533
Russell, Richard B. (Warren Commission member),
background of, 443
on commission dilemma, 449
critical of FBI, 217, 443, 445, 446
on J. Edgar Hoover, 448
on Marina Oswald, 122, 462
opposition to JFK’s legislation, 243
also mentioned on pgs. 451, 462
Russia, 109–127
history of Communism, 109–110
and Nosenko (Soviet defector), 124–128
Oswald in, 91–93, 97, 103, 106, 108–109
Robert Webster, 111–112
also mentioned on pgs. 4, 7, 66, 134, 136, 138, 179–180, 182, 188–191, 199, 209–210, 219, 241, 258, 261, 268, 288, 291, 346–347, 411–412, 445, 447, 449–450, 484, 517, 519, 521–523, 525–526, 554
Russo, Perry,
mind alteration by Garrison, 476
with Shaw and Ferrie, 479
Rutan, Paul R., Jr., 512
“Ruth Ann” (co-conspirator with Loy Factor), 293
Rybka, Henry J. (WFAA/ABC affiliate cameraman),
film of Secret Service being waived off Kennedy Limo, 232
Ryder, Dial Duwayne, 520
Sabin, Albert, 143
Saenz, Mona B., 533
Saia, Frank “Tickie,” 376
Salandria, Vincent, 544
Salas, Luis, 271
Salk, Jonas, 143
Sample, Glen (co-author, The Man on the Sixth Floor, 1995), 293
Sanders, Barefoot (US attorney.), 451
Sanders, Leonard (author), 546
Sands, Pierre (Military Captain, Deputy Director of the NPIC), 511–512
Santiago, Filipe Vidal, 238
Sapp, Charles, 245
Sarti, Lucien (possible French hit-man of 3 hit-man team who is said to have assassinated JFK),
as “badge man,” 81–82, 197–198, 537
Save the Rosenbergs (pamphlet given to Oswald), 97
Saxon, James J., 255, 444
Scelso, John (aka John Whitten), 182
Schacht, Hjalmar, 470
Scheim, David E. (author), 248, 263
and Mafia theory, 483
Schiro, Victor H., 467
Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr., 478
Schmidt, Larrie, 237
School Book Depository. See Texas School Book Depository (TSBD)
Schorre, Al, 300
Schultz, Dutch, 152
Schweiker, Richard (senator), 213, 465
Scofield, Frank L., 271
Scoggins, William (witness), 331–332, 336
Secret Service,
drinking in the Cellar, 229–234
history of, 224–229
and Kennedy assassination, 199–210
motorcade cars, 8–10
Senator, George (Ruby’s business partner), 376, 401–402
Senseney, Charles, 30
Sergio (CIA field operative), 176–177
Sergio (worker on the Manhattan atomic bomb project brother of Jeanne Fromenke LeGon), 259
Shah of Iran, 256
Shane, Scott (reporter, the New York Times), 488
Shaneyfelt, Lyndal L. (FBI photographic expert), 488
Shanklin, J. Gordon (Dallas FBI chief), 211, 217–218, 260, 295, 427
Shaw, Clay (New Orleans Trade Mart director),
background, 469
with CIA, 191, 471, 483
as Clay Bertrand, 469, 474, 480
in Clinton, LA, 145–146
with David Ferrie, 473–474
Dean Andrews, 480–481
death of, 479
Garrison consideration toward, 476
imperceptible limp, 479
introduced Gen. Charles B. Cabell, 472
introduced to Oswald, 240
Permindex, 469–472
P.O. Box 19106 in address book, 475
also mentioned on pgs. 70, 144, 191, 308, 359, 477, 478, 485, 503, 504, 531, 534
Shaw, J. Gary (researcher),
on Beverly Oliver, 35–36
on Charles Harrelson, 326
discovers contradictory FBI document, 428
“umbrella man” theory, 30
also mentioned on pgs. 197, 238, 243
Shaw, Dr. Robert, 367
Sheets, Richard, 266
Shelley, William H. (Texas School Book Depository manager), 46–47, 50, 55
Shelton, Zechariah “Zack” (FBI agent), 296
Sheridan, Walter, 161
Sherman, Dr. Mary, 533
Shevchenko, Arkady N., 126
Shirokova, Rima, 113
Sibert, James W. (FBI agent), 361–364, 367, 453
Siegel, Benjamin “Bugsy,” 152, 159, 375
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SV), 43
Similas, Norman (Canadian journalist and witness), 22
Simmons, James L. (witness), 452, 479, 543
and Triple Underpass, 59–60
Simmons, Ronald, 420
Simson, Edward Dr., 172
Sinstra, Frank (singer), 3, 164–165
Single-bullet theory, 458–466
Sirhan, Sirhan, 414, 172
Sitzman, Marilyn (witness), 66–68
Skelton, Royce G. (witness),
bullet strike in street, 61, 87
Slack, Garland,
rifle range incident, 520
Slawson, W. David, 102, 450, 525
Smith, “Bill” (Secret Service), 511
Smith, Mrs. Earl, 533
Smith, Joe M. (Dallas police officer and witness),
encounters Secret Service, 76, 83, 309, 310, 314
Smith, John, 401
Smith, L. C. (Deputy), 18
Smith, Merriman (UPI reporter, noted for using the words Grassy Knoll for the first time), 38
“Mr. Smith,” 298
Smith, Sergio Archaca. See Archaca
Smith, Walter Bedell, 68, 170
Smithwick, Sam, 271
Snyder, Richard E., 110, 114, 118
Socarras, Carlos Prio (Cuban President), 138, 158, 381, 535
Somersett, William (Miami police informant), 244–245
Sorensen, Theodore, 235
Sorrels, Forrest V. (Dallas Secret Service agent), 8, 12, 34, 68, 226, 311, 314, 351, 510
Soutre, Jean (French assassin deported from US) aka Michel Roux and Michael Mertz,
on French connection to the assassination, 193–197
“Sparky” (nickname of Jack Ruby), 371
Speaker, Sandy (witness),
on Brennan’s treatment by Feds, 25
corroborates Millican, 28
Millican threats, 309
also mentioned on pg, 543
Specter, Arlen (Warren Commission attorney),
attempts to confuse Tomlinson, 354–355
and CREEP, 252
interviews Jean Hill, 456–457
photos and x-rays withheld from the WC, 369
single-bullet theory “architect,” 354–355, 459, 460, 488
also mentioned on pgs. 408, 449
Spectrographic test, 242, 424–425
Speed (nickname of J. Edgar Hoover), 201
Spiesel, Charles, 480
Sprague, Richard (assassination researcher), 249
Sprague, Richard A. (First Chief Counsel of the HSCA),
possibilities of subpoenas, 487, 493
also mentioned on pgs. 488–490, 495
Stamps, Roy (radio newsman), 316, 352, 357
Stanton, Sarah D. (witness), 46
Staples, Lou (Dallas talk show host), 535
Starnes, Richard (reporter Scripps-Howard), 163
Stassen, Harold, 536
Steadman, Martin, 367
Steinberg, Jeffrey, 471
Stern, Samuel A (WC attorney), 44, 211, 450
Stevenson, Adali, 3, 7, 132, 135
Stevenson, Coke, 271
Stevenson, Jess (Deputy Sheriff), 411
Stiles, John R., 442
Stilwell, Richard, 282
Stimson, Dr. Paul G., 297
Stokes, Louis (HSCA chairman), 490, 496
Stone, Harlan Fiske, 204
Stone, Oliver (director, JFK, 1991), 385, 503–506
Storey, Dean, 437
Storey, Robert G., 408
Stovall, R. S. (Dallas detective),
on mutilated photograph, 238
searched Paine house, 180
Stover, John, 364
Stringer, John T., 453
Stroud, Martha Jo (assistant US attorney), 56, 64, 459
Stroughton, Cecil, 429
Stuckey, William, 138
Studebaker, R. L. (Dallas Police photographer), 416
Sturgis, Frank, 138, 159, 323, 379, 381, 550
Styles, Sandra (witness), 44, 55–56
Sullivan, Jack, 273
Sullivan, William C. (FBI official, author, The Bureau, 1979),
on Communist Party, 202
on FBI training, 205
Hoover gathers damaging material on JFK, MLK, 207–209
Hoover’s reluctance to pursue Mafia, 203
Lyndon Johnson and Hoover, 207–209
Oswald note, 218
shooting death of, 534
also mentioned on pg., 206, 243
Summers, Anthony (researcher),
on backyard photos faked, 432
on defectors, 110–112
on Delphine Roberts, 221
on Oswald at Walker talk, 240
on Secret Service Agents in Dealey Plaza, 309–310, 314
on Silvia Duran, 185
on Silvia Odio, 142
on Spas T. Raikin, 122
on U-2, 110
on William Attwood, 135
on William Gaudet, 188
also mentioned on pgs. 76, 148
Summers, Malcolm (witness), 310
Surgue, Thomas (historian), 82
Surrey, Robert Allan, 237, 239, 242
Suydam, Hank, 533
Sweatt, Allan (Dallas deputy sheriff), 216, 448
Szulc, Tad (author), 463–464
Tadin, Nicholas, 472
Tague, James Thomas “Jim” (witness), 62–65, 303, 453, 459, 541, 543
Tannenbaum, Harold, 396
Tannenbaum, Robert (HSCA attorney), 36
Tatro, Edgar F., 428
Tatum, Jack Ray (witness), 338–339
Taylor, Claudia Alta, 269
Taylor, Gary (son-in-law of George DeMohrenschildt, interviewed by the WC), 189–190
Taylor, Maxwell General, 286
Terry, L. R. (witness), 26
Teuter, Werner, 412
Texas School Book Depository (TSBD), 39–49, 415
on electricity going off at TSBD, 43–44
The Sixth Floor Museum, 71, 81, 394, 497, 505, 512
The Men Who Killed Kennedy (1988 documentary produced by Nigel Turner), 81
Thomas, D. B. (Gov’t scientist), 500
Thompson, J. Walter, 249
Thompson, Josiah (author), 356, 362, 366, 454
Thompson, Malcolm, 432
Thompson, Mrs. Mary, 379
Thornberry, Homer (US Dist. Judge, El Paso), 292
Thornley, Kerry, 106–107
Thrasher, Gen. Charles O., 470
Tice, Mrs. Wilma (Parkland witness), Ruby at Parkland, 357
Tilson, Tom G. Jr. (Dallas police officer),
chases Ruby look-alike, 316–318
also mentioned on pg., 414
Tilson, Judy, 317
Tippit, Jefferson Davis “J. D.” (Dallas police officer shot in Oak Cliff),
covered Tom Tilson beat, 316
known by Ruby, 409
possible role of Tippit, 191, 552
shooting of, 330–340
also mentioned on pgs. 69, 238, 240, 309, 343, 345, 430, 448, 449, 452, 533, 534, 539, 544, 5
52
Tippit, Mrs., 69
Tito, Marshal, 189
Todd, James, 325
Toland, W. S., 300
Tolson, Clyde (companion of Hoover), 201, 203, 207, 209, 534
Tolstoy, Lev Nikolayevich “Leo,” 522
Tomlinson, Darrell C.,
finds slug at Parkland, 354–356
Tonahill, Joe H., 398, 406, 408
Tourine, Charlie “The Blade,” 381
Tower, John, 6
Towner, Jim (photographer), 30
Trafficante, Santos Sr., 155, 158
Trafficante, Santos Jr.,
and organized crime in Cuba, 156–160
with William Harvey, 196–197
with Russell D. Matthews, 36, 377
with Louis J. McWillie, 325, 377–379, 381, 383, 385
with Richard Nixon, 252
with Tosh Plumlee
with Norman “Roughhouse” Rothman, 379–380
with Jack Ruby, 379–383, 385
with Irwin S. Wiener, 377, 396
also mentioned on pgs. 161, 550
Trask, Richard B. (archivist/author, Pictures of the Pain, 1994), 24, 46, 510, 513
“Tricky Dick,” 247. See also Nixon, Richard
Triple Underpass theory, 57, 58
True, Tammi (Mrs. Nancy Powell), 453
Truly, Mildred (Mrs. Roy Truly), 309
Truly, Roy (Depository superintendent)
intimidation of, 309
Limousine hits curb, 10, 26–27
Oswald encounter, 13, 52–53
with Marrion Baker, 27, 52–53, 56, 540
testimony to Warren Commission, 52–53, 56, 540
also mentioned on pgs. 41, 55
Truman, Harry S. (US President),
1951 attack on, 225
on CIA, 168–169
fellow Mason Earl Warren, 438
National Security Council, 281
also mentioned on pgs. 207, 228
TSBD, Texas School Book Depository
TSS (CIA’s Technical Services Staff), 171
Tunheim, Jack (Minneapolis district judge and ARRB head), 507, 513–514
Turner, Nigel (producer, The Men Who Killed Kennedy documentary, 1988), 81
Tyler, John, 224
U-2 program, 101–103, 109–110, 117, 123, 134, 283, 535
“Umbrella man,” theories of, 29–32
“Uncle Corn Pone” (derisive name for LBJ by Kennedy staffers), 275
Underhill, Gary (Intelligence operative) reported suicide, 191–192
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). See Russia
Valachi, Joseph (gangster), 162, 203
Vallee, Thomas Arthur, 225, 323
Vandergriff, Tom, 91
Veciana. See Blanch, Antonio Veciana
Ventura, Jesse (MN Governor, actor, wrestler, author, aka James George Janos), 515
Vernon, Robert G., 297
Vietnam and Kennedy administration, 284–289
Vinson, Chief Justice Fred, 439
Vinson, Robert G (Air Force Sgt. and a member of NORAD), 345–346
Vlassov, General Andrei Andreïevitch (Nazi backed anti-Communist leader), 259