George Davis was another one of the railroad men who watched the motorcade on November 22nd from the triple overpass. Here is his FBI report : In 1966, Life Magazine briefly started investigating the JFK assassination and they looked into the issue of smoke on the grassy knoll. As part of their investigation, Holland McCombs, one of their reporters, interviewed George Davis: Davis says that "one of the policemen that was riding in the rear of the President's car on the motorc

Here is an excerpt from a transcript : S. M. Holland : The President slumped over forward like that and he tried to raise his hand up. Governor Connally, sitting in front of him on the right side of the car, tried to turn to his right, and he was sitting so close to the door, he couldn't make it that way. And he turned back like that with his arm out, to the left. And about that time the second shot was fired. It knocked him over forward, and he slump to the right, and I gues

Mark Lane and Richard Calvin Dodd from the film Rush to Judgment. Richard C. Dodd is another one of Mark Lane's 'smoke on the grassy knoll' witnesses.' (page 40 of Rush to Judgment ) In filmed interviews, both James L. Simmons and Richard C. Dodd told me that they had seen smoke near the bushes and trees at the corner of the wooden fence ... Dodd said, 'The smoke came from behind the ledge on the north side of the plaza'. However, Dodd said nothing of the kind in his FBI inte

Austin Lawrence Miller Austin Miller was another one of Mark Lane's witnesses who claimed to have seen smoke on the grassy knoll: (page 40 in Rush to Judgment ) Austin L. Miller stated in an affidavit on November 22, 'I saw something which I thought was smoke or steam coming from a group of trees north of Elm off the railroad tracks.' He was questioned for the first time by counsel for the Commission four and a half months after the assassination. The interview was a brief on

Mark Lane and James L. Simmons in the film Rush to Judgment Another one of Mark Lane's witnesses to support his theory that a gunman was firing from the grassy knoll was James Simmons: (page 40 of Rush to Judgment ) In filmed interviews, both James L. Simmons and Richard C. Dodd told me that they had seen smoke near the bushes and trees at the corner of the wooden fence. Simmons said the sound of the shots 'came from the left and in front of us, toward the wooden fence, and t

Another one of Mark Lane's witnesses to support his theory that a gunman was firing from the grassy knoll was Clemon Johnson: (page 40 of Rush to Judgment ) Clemon E. Johnson told FBI agents that he had observed 'white smoke.' Here is his FBI report : Johnson tells the FBI that, at the time, "he did not know that it was shots and he could not say how many shots he heard." But, for some strange reason, Mark Lane does not quote the last line: Mr. Johnson stated that white smok

Walter Winborn witnessed the JFK assassination from the railroad overpass in Dealey Plaza. He is one of the witnesses that Mark Lane quotes in his book Rush to Judgment (page 40) to help prove a shot from the grassy knoll. Walter L. Winborn and Thomas J. Murphy told an independent investigator that they also had seen smoke in the trees on the knoll. Here is his statement to the FBI from 1964: Winborn said all the shots came from the same location, but he could not tell where

Washington Post, May 14, 1977 Money Quote When Rep. Don Edwards (D-Calif), as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, protested against the intrusive nature of the hidden recording devices, voice stress analyzers and other gadgets proposed for the investigation by chief Counsel Sprague, Lane began denouncing him on the lecture circuit and noting darkly that Edwards was a former agent of the FBI. Up to that point, Edwards had been mentioned favorably in Ci

A very revealing story about Mark Lane from Mort Sahl's book, Heartland : Money Quote: Sciambra [Garrison Assistant District Attorney Andrew] used to say if Dracula tried to drive a stake through his [Mark Lane's] heart, he'd be in real trouble: The myth would be over. Previous Relevant Blog Posts on Mort Sahl Mort Sahl -- The Noncomeding Comedian Silliness from Mort Sahl "I Know Who Killed JFK," Part Two Lane speaks at a Men's Business Club. "I Know Who Killed JFK," Part On

Mark Lane Reuters release in various newspapers, March 31, 1967 "I Know Who Killed JFK," Part Two Lane speaks at a Men's Business Club. "I Know Who Killed JFK," Part One Mort Sahl said he knew who killed JFK. Mark Lane Said that Clay Shaw Was a "Powerful, Domestic Force in the Assassination." Lane speaks at the Louisiana State Bar Association.

Mark Lane's mugshot from his arrest in Mississippi. See below for further information. Here is an article from the May 7, 1962, edition of the New York Post . Mark Lane was trying to win the Reform nomination for the 19th district of New York State for the House of Representatives in D.C.: New York Post, May 7, 1962 Lane would go on and lose this vote. Here is the report written by the five residents: Money Quote : While some newspaper readers have been impressed by Lane's pu

Here is an ad for the film Rush to Judgment . I am not sure what newspaper this ad was placed, but clearly it was in New York City. Jim Garrison told all the critics that they were the ones who got him into the JFK assassination investigation. He knew how to flatter people. Most probably, the first book that he read was Harold Weisberg's Whitewash, and it was through that book that he learned that Dean Andrews stuck to his story about Clay Bertrand when testifying to the Warr

Garry Wills was an author, historian and philosopher who won a Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1993. The Capital Times, April...

Victor Navasky would go on to become editor of The Nation. This review is from the New York Times of July 14, 1968: Money Quote: One...

Mark Lane (one the right) with Jim Jones. For those of you who want to learn more about Mark Lane and his involvement with Jonestown,...

February 4, 1979 Money Quote Seymour Ostrow, his law partner then, said recently that Mr. Lane's reputation was largely an illusion....

New York Times, April 23, 1981 Money Quote: As the disciples murmured and applauded, the visitor said he had traveled in Guyana on a...

Washington Post, December 5, 1978 From the article: It is just one excitement after another for Mark Lane. Only a few days before he went...

Philadelphia Bulletin, February 23, 1979 Lane seems perpetually attracted to mayhem, chaos, the ugly and the profane. He has a unique way...

Philippe Labro was a French journalist who covered the JFK Assassination for France-Soir. He encountered Jack Ruby on November 23, 1963:...