(1)
Mark
Collum and Glen Sample, The
Men on the Sixth Floor (1995)
Loy's reluctance
to elaborate was understandable. Confined to a hospital bed, two
strangers and one barely recognizable old friend barge in, asking
probing questions about his sordid past. Furthermore, the Indian
was sedated. Nonetheless, his memory was still sharp enough to recall
many details of the past.
"What
did they pay you the $10,000 to do?"
Loy stammered through an unconvincing explanation of how he merely
assisted the group, that the woman was the radio operator, Oswald
and the man who hired Loy were the shooters and that he had been
nothing more than some sort of back up.
He reaffirmed the story of Sam Rayburn's funeral, and his chance
meeting with the stranger, the target practice incident, and his
being picked up and driven to Dallas two days before the assassination.
He told of the little house that served as the base of operation,
the individuals at the house, including the appearance of Jack Ruby
and Lee Oswald.
He stated that after the shots were fired, everyone but Oswald escaped
out the back door of the book building, he and the young woman leading
the way. Larry Howard prodded Mark to ask the Indian about the elevator.
"Did
you use the elevators or the stairs?" Mark asked.
"We
went by stairs."
"So
you went out the back of the building?"
"Yeah,
back towards the north side." (the back door did face north.
Loy was very exact when it came to directions.)
Larry, excitedly joined in the questioning.
"What
did the back look like when you went out...when you
went out the back, north?"
"It
was kind of empty-like. It looked like some kind of dock."
"Dock?"
"Yeah,
dock."
"Like
a loading dock?"
"Yeah."
"Was
it concrete?"
"No,
like a porch, kinda like a porch."
The three
men looked at each other, and then at Loy. Larry was impressed with
this small detail that the man had just related. How did this Indian
know that in 1963 the Texas School Book Depository Building had
on it's north side a loading dock? (It was later removed)
"This
guy knows what he's talking about," Mark whispered to Larry.
Loy added that when he went out the back no one was there, since
everyone was out in front, watching the motorcade. Loy and the young
woman got into a car and drove away from the scene. Loy was dropped
off at the bus depot.
"The
bus depot is where Oswald went after the shooting," Larry informed
Mark.
Loy was
getting very tired at this point, and so the interviewers decided
to cut it short, and come back the next day, to which Loy agreed.
At this point, before leaving, Mark exorted Loy to allow us to write
a book about his involvement with the assassins, the truth about
his wife's murder, and his life story. Loy consented, but insisted
that if any story was written, it must contain the truth. Mark assured
him that finding the truth was the very reason he had come all the
way to Oklahoma.
The next
morning the trio arrived at the hospital prepared to ask more questions,
but were informed by the nursing staff that Factor no longer wished
to see the visitors. Mark was disappointed, but was heartened when
Larry reminded him that the Indian's reaction was quite normal,
under the circumstances. He had probably pondered overnight about
what he had told his three visitors, and had become afraid. We decided
to give it a rest for a few weeks, then write a letter to him, requesting
another interview. Under the circumstances, that was all we could
do.
Weeks later,
to our delight, Loy responded favorably to our request. He had been
released from the hospital and was back home again. With Loy's fragile
health temporarily in our favor, we made immediate plans to fly
to Oklahoma!
(2)
Dave Perry, A
Few Good Men? (2003)
Question
1 - Here we have three shooters spaced at known (each is at an open
window) intervals on the sixth floor. At least two have been adjusting
their rifle scopes. Take time to look at the photographs of the
sixth floor shortly after the assassination. See the rows of pallets
full of book boxes. Carefully observe the "sniper's nest."
Now determine where Ruth Ann had to be located to be seen waiving
her arms in the effort to coordinate the shooting? Somewhere near
the ceiling I suspect.
Question
2 - How could three shooters lining up Kennedy in their rifle scopes
observe Ruth Ann waving her arms? No matter which eye the rifleman
used to site the target, how far would the other eye need to be
rotated to observe Ruth Ann?
Question
3 - Since all three fired upon Ruth Ann's third down stroke, why
doesn't any ear witness describe three simultaneous shots or one
loud concurrent blast?
Question
4 - How did the rifle carrying duo of Factor and Wallace enter the
Depository? How did Factor and Wallace, transporting weapons, as
well as, Ruth Ann exit the building unobserved?
Question
5 - Ruth Ann and Factor leave together by car while Oswald and Wallace
leave "in different directions." How does Wallace get
to Ruth Ann's vehicle for the trip to pick up Factor at the bus
depot? Why does Wallace return to Ruth Ann's vehicle but Oswald
doesn't?
Question
6 - "But in a short while Ruth Ann and Wallace both returned
to the depot to pick up Factor and drive him out of town. (Probably
because Oswald had been captured.)" Unless I'm mistaken the
assassination occurred at 12:30 PM and Oswald's capture around 1:50
PM. Notice of Oswald's apprehension was not broadcast until "within
an hour of Oswald's arrest." (15H55) Are we to assume Ruth
Ann and Wallace cruised around downtown for almost two hours before
returning to the bus depot? Would you consider two hours a "short
while?"
Question
7 - As additional corroboration of Factor's truthfulness we are
reminded of the table saw the gunman observed. To make the point
we are introduced to former Depository employee, Harold Norman (now
deceased). Norman correctly indicates the floor was rotten in some
spots and plywood was being put down as a replacement. Norman then
sifts through the mists of thirty years to say he remembers that
"there was a table saw, near the eastern end of the sixth floor."
Now there is absolute confirmation for you. Has anybody seen any
photograph showing a table saw on the sixth floor?
Question
8 - If Factor is telling the truth then what can one say about others
who have named different individuals as being on the sixth floor?
Are they lying? Are they those shadowy disinformation specialists
we hear so much about? Maybe Henry Hurt should again interview Robert
Easterling who placed Manuel Rivera on the sixth floor. (See page
356 of Hurt's Reasonable Doubt) What about Ricky White's "Lebanon"
or Prensa Latina's Lenny Patrick? Could there be six shooters and
Ruth Ann roaming around up there?
What if
the Warren Commission used similar investigation, evidence and proof
to conclude Oswald was not only a co-conspirator but a shooter.
Do you think Marina Oswald or her two daughters would quietly slip
into the shadows. I can hear Marina now, "Thank heavens for
Loy Factor . Here I thought Lee was a victim of the scurrilous government.
Boy was I wrong."
It has been
often stated by pro-conspiracy advocates like myself that somewhere
between seventy to eighty percent of the American public doesn't
believe in the conclusions of the Warren Commission. That may be
true but here's the real question:
With all
of the conflicting theories, poor or nonexistent research, phony
death threat fables, fake mysterious death stories, contradictory
book conclusions and lawsuits, just what percentage of the American
public believes us?
