Aftthisa.,fews is - puifishedfaur RFX Assassination Update times per year by Afiinua. Archives. THE GUNS OF THE RFK ASSASSINA- TION Ahimsa Archives is a division of Ameri- The States case against Sirhan B. Sirhan can Anthrqporogi- details only one gun as being in the pantry on June 5, 1968. The Los Angeles Police cafBesearch foun- Department has now acknowledged the pres- dation (AARF). ence of at least two more guns. One belong- Amu Floe& a goo ing to Jack Merritt and the other to Thane 3(c) ruangfrom Ihe Eugene Cesar. IBS 'This ruling "The Cesar Gun is Both were private has been in effect available for test- security guards hired by the ho- since 1974. ing. But first the evicrice in the tel's Security Presicknt John f. XennealY anditoivr: chief William State Archives _Kennedy during cuian ..AttssiCe Crisis AM/ma Archives' Gardner. Merrit mission is to pro- must be authenti- was not in posi- bow. This article is not intended to detail the vide a. repository cated" tion to fire the Cesar account for it is thoroughly covered in fatal shots that for informal ion re- Ted Charach's video, "The Second Gun." night. Thane kited to the assassi- Cesar is documented as owning a Harrington Cesar was guiding Kennedy through the nations of Ameri- pantry with his left hand on Kennedy's el- (Continued an page 2) can Presidents: The Archives 'will-cot: ket and dissenzi- Lincoln Assassination (Update nate information in a non- By Tommy 11 Bowden caimedto be Booth. .?-fie had children from . discriminatory Immediately, after the assassination of a family in Xentucky (the heirs are stiff fashion. Lincoln and tire alleged death of John catmint; their heritage). He was in South .Membership in the 'Wilkes Booth, rumors were rampant with America 'The most creditable story of that archives are open sighting of Booth in all corners of the era was the calm of a barkeep, John St. to anyone -wishing world By the z87o's, over hventy people (Continued on page 48) to pay the member- ship fee. Incax Page Pubasherriditor R.7X Assassination Update Tommy Bowden Lincoln _Assassination 'update 701 Commerce St. ..1,7X 'Deep Politics Quarterly Index l'age 5 DatraS, IX 75202 grass-y Xnotr Gazette 46 AHIMSA NEWS Guns of the RFX Assassination Portions of this publi- cation are editedaruf (Continued from page 1) three separate occasions. Exhibit 47 in the _printed' its Jfx Deep and Richardson Model 900 .22 caliber nine State Archives is marked DWTN. This means Politics Quarrerfy by shot revolver serial number Y13332. This the evidence in Sacramento has been changed. Jan Stevens and Walt gun was thrown into an Arkansas Pond in The writ further states that current Exhibit 47 Brown, 1971 by a teenage thief. is probably from 1-118602. 'The Grassy .14:noa Sirhan's alleged gun was a .22 caliber, eight The court has not acted on the Sirhan Writ as - shot Iver Johnson Cadet serial number of January 31, 1998. What can we do? (leuette is edited-and" 1-153725. At the Sirhan Trial, the bullet evi- 'written. Hy R. B. Cut @r. dence was entered from a test firing document The Museum has proposed to fund an eviden- listing the serial number as 1118602 and dated tiary hearing with a panel of three experts. Ahinisa Archives is June 6, 1968. HI8602 had been in the posses- The experts would be selected by the Sirhan Oc flied insiLle the sion of LAPD for almost a year. It had been Family, The State Archives, and a third to be Conspiracy Museum taken from a person named Jake Williams. At selected by the Conspiracy Museum with the the trial, DeWayne Wolfer, LAPD Crim inal- approval of the first two. The cost for this at no South Market, ist, explained the incorrect serial number as a panel is Approximately $45,000.00 May we Dafras, 'Texas 75202 clerical error. H18602 had been used as a test have your support? 214-741-3040 gun to determine firing distance and sound 21-4+741)339 ;Tax tests. He stated that he had obtained H 18602 Status: The Cesar Gun (Y13332) is available ahfrnsafAill)net.net from the property room on June 10, 1968. for testing. We must first determine the status H18602 was an Iver Johnson Cadet pistol of the evidence in Sacramento. 1-118602 was taken from Jake Williams for a crime commit- listed as destroyed by LAPD. The Museum is _NewsCetler 'Prices ted in 1967. It was listed as being destroyed negotiating with a group of people who claim single Time $ 6.00 in 1968 by LAPD. to have the gun. Apparently, LAPD personnel yearly Subscription $35 took souvenirs from the property room. It is Abinisa News is pub- Sirhan's Writ for an Evidentiary Hearing filed time for conspiracy believers to stop the lishecilfintr times per on May 1, 1997 details information obtained rhetoric and book writing and support efforts year. 'feb, Ayri.C.Ittcy from the State Archives, where the Sirhan to prove the conspiracy by impartial testing of files are now housed. Sirhan's Research Team evidence. May we have your support? & October have uncovered many discrepancies and the complete writ is over 200 pages long. A copy information for this article came from the Ted Charach of this writ may be examined in the Ahimsa Archives, The Sirhan Writ, and The Conspiracy Museum Exhibit. archives. This article is only concerned with the gun issue. According to documents in Sacramento, the >/ W07317 r alleged Sirhan gun, 1153725, was test fired on V 1G Tl w.jF ,t~t' doxi..L - June 5, 1968. This is in conflict with the test firing introduced at the trial. Additional doc- uments in Sacramento shows that Wolfer had LOC 7lNCELES • POLICE DEFT. H18602 in his possession as early as June 6, CRIME IAD TEST SHOT' 1968. Why wasn't the June 5th bullets en- NAVE bOi; DATE.6-5.6 tered into evidence. Did they match the evi- IlDDRESS dence? The writ states that the bullets entered 11A iffivfaiar,..cAL . 2.2 TYPETCy_ into evidence were from H18602. Further, the 2 PO //r3 DR writ states that the Kennedy neck bullet 48:.V.11.4'6._ r.R Dig 2. .17.e.a._ OFF I CEA (Peoples Exhibit 47) was changed between the Met Sirhan Trial and the Wenke Hearing in 1976. Dr. Thomas Noguichi marked Exhibit 47 as TN31 during the autopsy. He later testified under oath and identified the evidence on This test firing was not entered into evidence at the trial 2 JR< Deep ?ditto QUARTERLY Volume 3 Isiurnber2 ''Let the word go forth" January 1998 REVIEW BOARD RELEASES FRITZ'S OSWALD NOTES, ALYEA FILM; HERSH BOOK STIRS CONTROVERSY CONTENTS Amnesty? Just Say, "No." 7 Editors, JFK/Deep Politics Quarterly 8 The Untimely Death of Lt. Crndr. William Pitzer --------- ------- ------- by Allan R J. Eaglesham and R. Robin Palmer The JFK/DPQ Readers' Survey: Results 18 Reporting the Kennedy Ascacsination: A Review by Jan Stevens 20 The JFK/Deep Politics Quarterly Index: Volumes I and II 24 The "Official Final Version" A Satire 30 by Jim Hargrove On RIFS, New Documents, and the ARRB by Joe Backes 32 Still Patsies Run Deep 34 by Walt Brown Did Castro Kill Kennedy? A Review by Walt Brown 41 DEPARTMENTS in The News 4 JFK Internet 27 Deep Quotes ----- 34 JFKIDPQ Quiz — 26/40 3 JFK Deep Pditics Quertedy Volume 3 No2 January 1998 JFK Politics The one major JFK story overpowenng all others this anniversary was, of course, the QUARTERLY Seymour Hersh book, The Dark Side of Editors: Camelot. As much as JFK/DPQ is tempted to JAN STEVENS delve into this nefanous book's content itself, WALT BROWN and do an analysis of its main points, space will simply not permit it. On that score, we. would Associate Editor: recommend Jim DiEugenio's excellent piece VINCE PALAMARA "The Posthumous Assassination of JFK" in the Sept-Oct.1997PROBE, (and the issue which l_synut sand Graphirc. followed) and the recent coverage in the New JAN STEVENS York Times, Vanity Fair. and The Nation. The Document and Photo Scanning: latter's reviewer commented "[Elven the sex JOHN SALVAGGIO parts are often written in that painful yes-but- perhaps-if style that investigative reporters use JFK I Deep Politics Quarterly is published four when their cobbling up a case out of rather times a year: January, April, July, and October, and is shaky bits and pieces." dedicated to the ongoing study of the assassination of Suffice it to say that Hersh has President John F. Kennedy and related topics of reportedly said he was in this to "make a intelligence operations, other assassinations, and other killing" and retire, and that, according to many issues of "deep politics". We invite responsible articles, sources, the book is filled with unreliable tidbits commentaries. reviews, and Letters to the Editors. of gossip, innuendo, and questionable These should not exceed 3,000 words for articles and accounts. Most of the ground covered is 1,000 for letters. 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