Richard Carr Has Had It Rough

VOL. 23 — NO. 51

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JUNE 7,1977

Nicoletti, a Mafia hitman used

heard' too much in Dallas 13 years ago have been running for their

House Assassinations Committee — no matter what the security violent ends 22, 1963, 76 people who had knowledge of the assassination or

guarantees. - , lucky witnesses who got away. assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They are the lives. Or that four of the five refuse to come forward to talk to the its cover-up have died under mysterious circumstances,

Commission says, "While the ma

happened to them? Will they ever speak out? and women on the run. The five witnesses who got away.

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conspiracy to kill witnesses, there is one group•of people who Mark Lane, Mary Farrell, Richard Sprague and Garry Shaw have believe there is a conspiracy. This group is the surviving

all been hot on their trail. . •

former Cuban President Carlos Prio Socarras; and Charles real reason to fear for their lives," says Dallas assassination Randolph Carr, Warren Reynolds, Mary Moorman and the now has been the main factor in paralyzing and frightening the surviving research expert Mary Farrell. "But, despite that, it will take these famous mystery witness; known only as the "Babushka Lady." people to get to the truth." -

witnesses, whoseltumber grows smaller each month of the year.

witnesses."

There are

In one bloody week, from March 29 to April 5, three met Here now is an exclusive MIDNIGHT tip-date on live men For, as Mark Lane,. the pioneer critic of the Warren

It's small wonder that five men and women who saw and

Since JR( was cut down in Dallas' Dealey Plaza on Nov.

The five frightened survivors are Julia Ann Mercer, Richard What do these people know? What "ugly" things have

"The mysterious and unsolved deaths of so many witnesses •

"Something ugly has happened to these people and they have

MIDNIGHT Dontributing Editor ,•::-

Oswald's friend George de Mohrenschildt,

peOPle

Bid. DAVID TRUDY

orAmerican news media reject a.

the CIA in a plot to kill Castro.

whotrin shed light

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but she did pick out the driver of the truck. truck. the of driver the out pick did she but

She couldn't identify the man in the plaid shirt shirt plaid the in man the identify couldn't She

next day (after the assassination) and reported reported and assassination) the (after day next what she had seen: ' ' seen: had she what

behind the wooden fence at the top of the knoll. knoll. the of top the at fence wooden the behind

assassin fired the fatal shots from a vantage point point vantage a from shots fatal the fired assassin

area where a great- great- a where area

embankment toward the wooden fence there." there." fence wooden the toward embankment

the truck. truck. the

out of the truck, carrying ra rine up the grassy the up rine ra carrying truck, the of out

Another man, older and heavyset, was driving driving was heavyset, and older man, Another

twenties or early thirties wearing a plaid shin get get shin plaid a wearing thirties early or twenties

up truck, she watched "a white male in his late late his in male white "a watched she truck, up

Julia Ann Mercer was caught in heavy traffiejust traffiejust heavy in caught was Mercer Ann Julia west of the Texas School Book Depository. Depository. Book School Texas the of west

Two agents showed her two doien mug shots. shots. mug doien two her showed agents Two

Dutifully. Miss Mercer went to the FBI the the FBI the to went Mercer Miss Dutifully.

This of course, is the famous "grassy knoll" knoll" "grassy famous the is course, of This

While stopped behind an illegally parked pick- parked illegally an behind stopped While

A few hours before John F. Kennedy was shot, • • • • shot, was Kennedy F. John before hours few A

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ever the FBI was trying to to trying was FBI the ever

rassing or damaging to what- to damaging or rassing

ing ing

Oswald. Oswald.

gunned down Lee Harvey Harvey Lee down gunned

40 million shocked Ameri- shocked million 40 cans

nothing on November 23, 23, November on nothing

1963. But the next day: day: next the But 1963. Ruby." Ruby."

"That • name was 'Jack 'Jack was name • "That

noted in a sworn statement: statement: sworn a in noted

the man's name written on on written name man's the the back." Miss. Mercer Mercer Miss. back." the . Ruby's Ruby's .

turned the photo over, i saw saw i over, photo the turned

"Apparently my identify-. identify-. my "Apparently

"When the FBI agerit agerit FBI the "When

Ruby would would Ruby

many- many-

: :

that same. Jack Ruby Ruby Jack same. that

• • • •

people believe believe people

name , 'meant 'meant , name

Mercer Mercer

Jack Ruby Ruby Jack

identified identified

Ann Ann

Julia Julia

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sh~gav

"airconditioning" printed on on printed "airconditioning"

from "a plain green pick-up" pick-up" green plain "a from

to a green pick-up truck with with truck pick-up green a to

of the' truck. That was was That truck. the' of changed to read that she was was she that read to changed u Inblc to recognize the driver driver the recognize to Inblc u color of the truck was altered altered was truck the of color

number one. one. number knowledge, her positive idea- positive her knowledge,

Teirkiiss Teirkiiss

tificatinn of Jack Ruby was was Ruby Jack of tificatinn

-made in the sworn testimony testimony sworn the in -made

iti'a iti'a

three three

her sad conchision bee conchision sad her

Her statement about the the about statement Her

Without her consent or or consent her Without

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later interview, This was was This interview, later

major major

ety the the ety

changes changes

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were were

Ruse Ruse

November 29, live days after after days live 29, November

Ruby killed Oswald. A rather rather A Oswald. killed Ruby done. Miss Mercer has has Mercer Miss done.

change number two.. ••, ••, two.. number change of her interview with the FBI FBI the with interview her of

significant change. change. significant

before Ruby killed Oswald, to to Oswald, killed Ruby before

from November 23, the day day the 23, November from was the changing of the date date the of changing the was

ifs ifs

But that's not all that was was that all not that's But

Alteration number three three number Alteration

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in blaCITTffarti in

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has remarried and is living living is and remarried has

action, action,

totally !away from all the the all from !away totally

tigator Mary Farrell. "She "She Farrell. Mary tigator

day? "In hiding," says inves- says hiding," "In day?

her handwriting. handwriting. her

statement denying that it was was it that denying statement

nial in 1968. when she finally • • finally she when 1968. in nial

her alleged alleged her

She then signed signed then She

is not my signature.". • • signature.". my not is

got to see the document with with document the see to got

gery: "I never signed any any signed never "I gery:

such document. That affi-. affi-. That document. such

davit is a crude forgery. That That forgery. crude a is davit The affidavit was allegedly allegedly was affidavit The

to the FBI's altered report. report. altered FBI's the to

herself. herself.

was drawn up to correSpond correSpond to up drawn was

ehnrged that A phony affidavit affidavit phony A that ehnrged signed by Julia Ann Mercer Mercer Ann Julia by signed

to the Dallas Sheriff's office office Sheriff's Dallas the to

Where is Julia Mercer In- Mercer Julia is Where

Miss Mercer made this de- this made Mercer Miss

But she claims it's a for- a it's claims she But

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last word." word." last

signahnte on it. it. on signahnte

II II witnessed witnessed A - One amateur photographer who was accidentally in the "wrong place al the wrong time taking pictures t■f the wrong things," according to Sprague, has become known as the "Babushka Lady," because of Cite large scarf site is seen wearing In many assassination scene photos taken by other people. Researcher Garry Shaw was the first person to locale 111141 interview her. "She used a very good calltera. ii Vashiea with a ZI10311 leliti, " he Said, "Sa she had a much better view of the entire assassination," . But that's only educated speculation, because no nne outside of the gover nt has ever seen her movie. Shortly after the assassination, Iwo FBI agents seized her film. "My film was taken from me with the promise It would be developed as evidence nod returned la Id days," she said in a later interview. "1 have never yet seen that film," • The "Babushka Lady" first surfaced as a live and very valu- able witness this past April when press leaks named her as the "mystery witness" of the House Assassinations Committee. - She is alleged to have "a fantastic, but documented inside story to tell." According to Gary Shaw, who was responsible for bringing this "mystery witness" and the House invesligators together, "She's the one who was intmducecl by Jack Ruby to 'Lee Oswald of the CIA' in Ruby's nightclub." • ''''-'7.c.„:;. 77,Loste:-.".7 THE FAMOUS "Babushka Lady" (see arrow) was - a witness to the JFK assassination. She is seen Mary • • here just before the fatal moment. • '1. N;c4■•••••i•'7t, • Rioorman Took Two* Polaroid $hots Mary Moorman, armed with her Polaroid camera, was part ; of the crowd at Dealey Plazd on November 22, 1963. She was unlucky enough to take Iwo snapshots. One showed the President's fatal head wound. The other, taken seconds before the assassination, showed the southeast corner of the Texas School Book Depository, Including the sixth floor windowfrom where Oswald allegedly, fired the shots that killed "1 kept the une of the President being killed, but turned Ihe other one over to Dallas Deputy Sheriffjlohn Wiseman. He said it went to the Secret Service," Miss Moorman told researcher. Richard E. Sprague. "The Secret Service cdt-off the portion of the photo which showed the upper floors of the building, then returned the picture Co Mary Moorman," Sprague says. Now the picture and Miss Moorman are both missing. • "Right now. this poor lady is probably scared literally to death, especially with the recent demise of the other witnesses,'' researcher Richard Sprague concludes. ,outh Shut

Carr

FBI: Keep Your

Richard

open.

hat, tan sportscoat and horn- was the man I'd seen in

saw a heavyset man wearing a looking over his shoulder'. He

and heard has been consistent

hurry with one , at' its doors since he first gave it to the FBI tan jacket. He was about 5'9".

Depository.

rimmed glasses standing on - window."

nearly 14 years ago. •

station wagon come alongside what I'd seen and about three

and got into the car. it left in a

the sixth • floor of the

build ing and two men raced nation the FBI came to see me.

the eastern side of the book or four days after the assassi- was shot I saw a Rambler ley of shots that followed came from the front, over by the

out from behind the building

grassy knoll and that picket fence in front of the parade." -

And he says he saw one of them before the murder, during the

murder and fleeing afterwards.

standing on a stairwell outside the seventh flour of Dallas' new

yards away," Carr said a sworn statement. .

lived just a step ahead of death. A steelworker, Carr was

courthouse

for surveying the whole assassination site.

Carr's story of what he saw

"Just before the shooting, I extreme hurry :and he \kept.

"Just after the President story. '

Carr claims that there were at least two assassination (cams,

"The first shot was muffled, like it was inside. But, the vol- ,

Richard Carr has had it rough. For almost 14 years, he has

"I had a clear

building

view

In Ilealey Plaza, a perfect vantage point

of the whole proceedings From about 220

He was walking away-,in an

went to the police with his

and they told m e, 'If you

didn't see Lee Harvey Oswald'

"I saw the'sarne man in the. Like a good citizen, 'Carr

"I'd told the Dallas police

"There were two FBI men

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"the

happened to him since,

pointed at Carr and nis wife. The policemen, Carr claims, and turned the place upside

The following day, his family

dared them to move. claiming to have a search

mouth shut. And here's what's

Carr was detained overnight.

started receiving anonymous to the police station,' where down. Two shotguns were

warrant, barged into his house mouth shut." you didn't see anything.' " telephone calls threatening

"You'd better keep your

matching the description of the FBI agents told him, family to Montana. Within

death If they didn't get out of the man Carr saw leaving the Texas.

weeks, three men, one of them

School Book Depository, came

ooking• for him at his home

'tile he wits at work. '

But

Carr and his son were taken Carr also claims that one of On January 2, 1964, police,

Terrified, Carr moved his

Carr didn't keep his

remarried.. But he was still

Shaw hearings in New Or- appear as a witness at the Clay

suffering the wounds of his ordeal, both physical and He had changed his name and

leans. But 15 days before he mental.

searcher found him recently.

Kennedy assassination re- rested a man Just as he was disappeared.

ing relatives In Atlanta, Geor-

about to shoot Carr. lice in Billings, Montana, ar-

back and arm by two men.

by this time, shot one of his gia, Carr was attacked on a city street and stabbed in the checking his automobile. Once assailants three times.

tinued and in 1975 his mar-

riage fell apart. Then Carr was scheduled to appear, po-

he found three sticks of dyna- mite wired to the ignition.

Carr, who was carrying a gun

In 1968, Carr agreed to

In July of 1969, while visit-

However, an independent

The threats on his life con-

Suspicious, Carr Marten

' Witnessed Murder

at close range the murder of

was not Lee Harvey Oswald. police officer J.D. Tippit. He

Warren Reynolds witnessed Of Officer Tippit

January 23, 1964, a rifleman told the FBI that the killer just a shooting.

head. There was no motive,

view with the FBI, on

shot Reynolds through the

but released after an alibi was

quickly provided by Betty

former dancer at Jack Ruby's Mooney MacDonald, a Wayne Garner. was captured

nightclub.

disappeared and was later

alone in a cell. Two hours pants. changed his story. He told the survived his head wounds.

But the harassment con- she was arrested and placed found mysteriously dead. tinued. Alter someone, tried later she was found dead, to lure his 10 year-old ilaugh- hanging by her own toreador

Oswald was indeed the man he saw kill Officer Tippit. Warren Commission that Reynolds

ter into a ear, Reynolds

openly today but he will not

nedy assassination resear-

talk with .reporters or Ken-

Warren

Dallas car salesman

Two days after his inter-

A suspect, Darrell

Soon afterwards Garner

Reynolds, miraculously, As for Miss MacDonald,

Warren Reynolds lives

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