The shots in Dealey Plaza tell a story all of their own. There have been many books written that give convincing evidence Oswald was the lone gunman that killed President Kennedy and others that give just as convincing evidence that there were multiple shooters. Who do we believe? Either President Kennedy was shot by a single shooter or multiple shooters; it is one or the other- but not both. Let me talk about gun fire for a minute and then get back to how many shooter(s) were involved in killing President Kennedy. Those that have been around shooting know what I am about to say is true. The sound one hears from a gun being fired depends upon to primary factors; (1) the caliber of the weapon being fired, and (2) the distance one is from the discharged firearm. Additionally, rifle fire makes a much louder noise than hand gun fire. A .22 caliber handgun will sound like a firecracker, when heard from a distance of a 100-yards; where as a .22 caliber rifle will make a much louder noise. A .44-caliber handgun will sound like a cannon at 10-yards, but at a 100-yards it will sound like a car back-firing. A 30-caliber rifle will sound like a cannon at 50 yards, and a fire cracker at 400-yeards. A person, in an open area, will easily be able to distinguish if they hear a gun shot from behind or in front of them, and if it is to the right or left from them; however, depending on their distance from the firearm they may or may not be able to tell what caliber it is. Let me now bring Dealey Plaza (Texas), where President Kennedy was shot, into the picture. The Texas School Book Depository (TSBD), where Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly shot President Kennedy (from a 6th floor window). The TSBD is approximately 100-yards (300 feet) away from the Grassy Knoll (GK). Shots fired from the TSBD might sound like firecrackers to someone at the GK, and also shots fired from the GK might sound like firecrackers to someone standing at the TSBD. Bill and Gayle Newman (along with their 2 and 4 year old sons) were standing on the curb of Elm Street and they witnessed President Kennedy and Governor Connelly being shot up close and personal. They were even closer to the President and Governor than the Secret Service Agents following in the car behind the Presidential Limousine. Here is their story, as was aired on WFAA Television minutes after the President and Governor were shot. I personally spent hours transcribing (word for word) the television interview (see reference below for the video I transcribed). The interviewer’s name was Jay. Here are selected portions of that interview on 22 Nov 1963, about a half hour (1:00pm) after the President was shot (12:30pm). [Jay] “Tell me what you saw, what you felt, and what happened to you.” [Bill Newman] “We have just come from Love Field after just seeing President and the First Lady. And, we were just in front of the Triple Pass on Elm Street. We were at the edge of the curb, getting ready to wave at the President.” “We were half way between the triple underpass and [interviewer interrupts and says ”on the grass”] and we were at the curb the instant it happened. The President’s car was some fifty feet, still yet in front of us coming toward us. And, we heard the first shot and the President, and I don’t know who was hit first. But, the President jumped up in his seat I thought it scared him. I thought it was a firecracker because he looked, you know, feared. And as the car got directly in front of us, well, a gun shot from apparently behind us hit the president in the side of the temple [Bill points to his temple with his index finger when he makes this comment].” [Jay] “Do you think the first shot came from behind you too?” [Bill Newman] “I think it came from the same location, apparently back up on the knoll [Grassy Knoll]. I don’t know what you call it.” My Comment: Bill may not have heard the first shot fired, especially if it came from the TSBD, a 100-yards away. The first shot Bill heard may have been one that hit President Kennedy in the throat from the front. Bear with me for a second. Parkland Hospital, where President Kennedy was immediately transported after the shooting, was a major trauma center and the doctors there were well trained in treating gunshot wounds and they can definitely distinguish the difference between entrance and exit wounds. Later in the day (@ 2:16pm CST, 22 Nov 1963) Parkland Hospital Doctors held a press conference. DR. Malcom Perry, during the press conference, said this about the throat wound- “The wound appeared to be an entrance wound in the front of the throat; yes, that is correct…Below the Adam’s apple.” It was that frontal entrance wound below the Adam’s Apple the doctors enlarged to performed a tracheostomy on the President. I will now return to the interview with Bill Newman. [Jay] “…Do you think the shot came from up on top the viaduct toward the President, is that correct?” [Bill Newman] “No, not on the viaduct itself but up on top of the hill of the ground, the mound of ground, the garden.” [Jay] “How far away would you say that is from where the President was, uh. Couple-three hundred yards, something like that?” [Bill Newman] “Well, I have no idea because I didn’t see where the gun shot came from. We were looking directly at the President when he was hit. And, he was more or less directly in front of us. We didn’t realize what happened until we seen the side of his head, whenever the bullet hit him in the side of the head. [Jay] “Mr. Newman, do you have any idea which direction the shots came from that hit the President or Connelly? Did you say one of the shots from one direction and from another it seemed like. [Bill Newman] “No, Sir. Actually, I felt they both come from directly behind where we were standing.” My comment: Bill was out in the open. There were not trees or building around him to disguise which direction the gunfire came from. He could easily ascertain, without looking around, whether the gunfire came from behind him, in front of him, to his right or left. He said they came from behind him, which would have been from the direction atop the GK. The gunshots he heard could not have come from the TSBD, which would have been to his left. In order for him to hear gunshots from behind him someone had to fire the shots from atop the GK. I will now turn to a later time in the interview. [Jay] “Mr. Newman, I am sorry. What you know?” [Bill Newman] “My wife and my two sons were standing at the curb looking at the President approaching us. We heard a blast and the President looked like he, uh, right jumped up in his seat and by that time he was directly in front of us and then we seen him get shot in the side of the head, and he fell back in his seat. Governor Connelly was holding his stomach.” My Comment: Bill specifically says he saw the President get hit in the side of the head, and not the back of the head. I am sure Bill knew the difference between the side and the back of the President’s head. Earlier in the interview, when Bill talked about seeing the President being shot in the side of his head Bill uses his index finger and touches his temple, to describe where the President had been shot. This head shot, Bill is describing, was the last shot fired and it is the one that blew off the back of the President’s head, of which a piece went flying back over the trunk of the Presidential Limousine and the First Lady rose up and climbed backwards over the trunk of the limousine and tried to grab it. Now, back to the interview. [Jay] “Do you know who fired the third shot?” [Bill Newman] “I didn’t hear a third shot. I don’t recall a third shot. There may have been. My family hit the ground and I don’t recall a third shot. I am not certain of that. I do know I heard two shots. My comment: If the first shot fired came from the TSBD Bill may not have heard that, because it was 100-yards away. Or, the first shot fired may not have been loud enough, from where Bill was, for bill to distinguish it as gunfire. Let me now return back to the interview. [Jay] “Tell me what happened.” (Jay, has now turned his attention to Gayle Newman.) [Gayle Newman] “We were standing next to the curb so the children could see the President and the car was up just a piece from us. And, this shot fired out and I thought it was a firecracker. And, the President kind of raised up in his seat. And I thought he was kind of going along with gag or something. And, all of a sudden this next one popped. And, Governor Connelly grabbed his stomach and kind of laid onto the side. And, another one. It was all just so fast and President Kennedy reached up and grabbed it looked like his ear and blood started gushing out. And, uh, my husband said “quick, get down.” And, I grabbed the baby and we ran laid down on the grass and I got on top of him. It was just right bye us when it happened, just right in front of us.” My comment: Gayle distinctly remembered hearing three shots. That doesn’t mean there were only three shots; it’s just she remembered hearing only three shots. The first one she heard hit President Kennedy, the second hit Governor Connelly, and the third was the fatal shot to President Kennedy’s head. It is of interest that both Governor Connelly and his wife told the Warren Commission that the Governor was not hit at the same time as the President. That ends the interview of the Newman’s minutes after President Kennedy was shot. Recently, they gave another interview. Fifty years later, this year, the Newman’s again told their story- in another interview. They didn’t recant what they told the original report, Jay, fifty years ago. Here is their most recent interview, see reference below to see and hear this second interview for yourself. This is what they say now about that fateful day in Dallas. [Bill Newman] “First 2 shot was fired both of us thought someone had thrown a couple of firecrackers besides the President’s car. We didn’t even recognize it as gunfire. He was probably some 100 feet away from us, maybe even less. But, as they approached, where we were standing you could tell something was wrong. You could see the blood on Governor Connelly shirt and see the expression on President Kennedy’s face. Just as they passed straight in front of us, maybe 12 feet straight out from the curb’s edge. The third shot rang out and it was the shot that hit the president in the side of the head and you could see the pieces of fragments flying up in the air. And, I turned to Gayle and said “That’s it hit the ground.” At that moment, of course, we recognized that as gunfire. At that moment I thought the shots were probably coming over the top of our head and we were in the line of fire. So, we turned and you have probably seen the picture of where we threw our children, two sons Bill and Clayton, down on the ground and covered them. [Interviewer] “Gayle you must have been terrified.” [Gayle Newman] “I was and it was a very scary moment. Seeing that horrific thing, and the President being shot right in front of your eyes. And, then thinking about your children possibly being caught in a crossfire or gunfire. It was just terrifying. I sort of shake when I think about it right now….” [Interviewer] “Bill do you remember the moments after words, as you said, both of you said your priority was to protect your two boys. Did you focus on what was still happening with the motorcade, about Jackie climbing out and it’s speeding away. Do you remember any of that?” [Bill Newman] “Ya, certainly I do. Yes, I remember Mrs. Kennedy going back on the rear of the car. I recall her saying “Oh, my God. Now, they have shot Jack. You know as we hit the ground, she hollered out. Ya, it’s a very vivid memory that part of it. That ends the second interview. Let me say this about the first interview, only minutes after President Kennedy was fatally shot. Jay, first interviewer fifty years ago, was on the scene at the time of the shooting. Jay had seen the Newman’s throw their bodies over their children’s body. He had the fore-with-all to know there was a story that needed to get out. He quickly took them away to the WFAA-Television Station, before anyone else had a chance to talk to them. I am absolutely positive if the FBI or the Secret Service had gotten to the Newman’s first their story never would have been aired; they would have been convinced (one way or another) that they didn’t see what they saw, and didn’t hear what they heard. And, if they wouldn’t have heeded what they were told their names would have ended up being added to the list of 100 witness that have mysteriously died. Instead, the reporters got to them first and their story was told. The only thing that could be done after their story was originally aired was to have it ignored, and ignored it has been. Jay was very smart in getting the Newman’s story out right away, before they could be forced against their will to change their story or not giving it at all. Here is my point. The Newman’s were interviewed on WFAA-Television approximately 15 (or a little later) after the President was fatally shot. What they saw and heard was very fresh in their minds, and it is something that would not have been forgotten in 15-minutes. They gave that interview before anyone had a chance to debrief them. That interview was untainted by outside influences, and is probably the most accurate description of what took place in the final seconds of President Kennedy’s real life (he was officially pronounced dead at 1:00pm Dallas time, on 22 Nov 1963. Bill and Gayle Newman were the closest to the President when the President was fatally wounded. Only Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Connelly, the Presidential Limousine driver, and the agent in the front passenger seat (commonly called the shotgun seat) were closer. The Newman’s were closer to the President, when he was hit the final time, than even the Secret Service Agents in the car behind the Presidential Limousine. Their accounts are the most accurate accounts of where the shots came from and who was hit when. Additionally, the Secret Service Agents, in the car directly behind the Presidential Limousine, heard the same thing Mr. Newman heard. They certainly should have known if the shot rang out from the left or the right of their car. The Grassy Knoll was to their right. Why are so many denying the existence of the Grassy Knoll shots, when that is exactly what the Newman’s describe? Why have the Secret Service Agents in the Presidential Limousine and those in the car behind the Presidential Limousine chosen not to discuss this point? Here is the clincher. Many like to quote the Warren Commission’s Report to prove there was a lone shooter in the assassination of President Kennedy. How in the world could the Warren Commission’s Report be when neither Bill nor Gayle Newman was called to testify before that commission? There not being called to testify was not an accident. They were intentionally left out, why? Maybe the Warren Commission’s Report findings were drawn up, before the first hearing was called and anyone that had proof of more than one shooter was intentionally left out. The real conspiracy is not who really shot President Kennedy, but why certain peoples testimony has been virtually ignored. The real conspiracy is why those that know aren’t believed, but those that don’t know are believed. The real conspiracy is there are those that can (or could have if they are now deceased) verify the Newman’s story, but they haven’t bravely spoken up to reveal the truth. Reference: bing/videos/search?q=newman+interview+nov+22%2c+1963&FORM=VIRE2#view=detail&mid=13CE131BC302FFA6381713CE131BC302FFA63817 Nov 22, 1963 Bill & Gayle Newman, aired on WFAA television minutes after President Kennedy shot bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25052562 2013-11-22 Newman’s recall describe terrifying moment JFK was shot, fifty years ago.
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