From rcburr@foxvalley.net Mon May 13 19:07:37 2002 Newsgroups: alt.assassination.jfk Subject: The names of those in the Oswald lineups. From: Russ Burr Date: 13 May 2002 20:07:37 -0400 After asking the new archivist, John Slade, at the Dallas Municipal Archive if he had any records of who was in the lineups with Oswald on 11/22 and 11/23 he send me the following letter (comments follow this letter): May 13, 2002 Mr. Burr: After a cursory sweep through the John F. Kennedy/Dallas Police Department collection, I located an item in regards to your question about police identification lineups of Lee Harvey Oswald. There appear to be two handwritten sets of notes for four different lineups, at 2:15 pm, (11-23-63) and 4:35 pm, 6:30 pm, and 7:55 pm, all on November 22, 1963. Here's how they are listed on the two pages making up document 07/07/017: 11/22/63 4:35 pm: 1. Bill Perry 2. Lee Harvey Oswald 3.R.L. Clark 4. Dan Ables 6:30 pm: 1. Billy Perry 2.Lee H. Oswald 3. R.L. Clark 4. Dan Ables 7:55 pm: 1. Richard Walter Borchardt[sp?] 2. Lee Harvey Oswald 3. Ellis Cash Braswell 4. Dan Ables 11/23/63: 2:15 pm: 1. John Thurman Horn 2. David Knapp 3. Lee Oswald 4. David Lujan I regret that I was unable to locate any documents regarding the cell assignments on Oswald's block in the Jail. If you have much more extensive research needs, I would be happy to provide a list of unendorsed professional proxy researchers. If I can help you further in any way, please do not hesitate to ask. John H. Slate, CA "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) John H. Slate, CA City Archivist Dallas Municipal Archives City Secretary's Office City of Dallas 1500 Marilla Street Dallas, Texas 75201 USA ***************************************************************************** After reading this list, I called Leavelle who could identify everyone but two (he wasn't sure), as either DPD officers, DPD Vice Squad, DPD clerks and DPD Jail Clerks. Those in the line up were chosen based on height, weight, age and hair color. Special consideration was given to those that had some resemblance to Oswald. One individual is noticeably absent: John Elrod, who the La Fontaine's stated in their book, on page 41, that Elrod told them that he "says today that he was put on a chain with Oswald, and appeared in lineups". Regrettably the La Fontaine' once again didn't even bother to check Elrod's story. It seems they make a bit of a habit of this. Oh well, no one is perfect;-) Russ