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Melvin Belli — Part 8

40 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Melvin Belli · 40 pages OCR'd
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DEBATE ON OCTOBER 9, 1964, BETWEEN. - . MELVIN BELLI AND MARK LANE _ . — rd the twelve hours that’ OSWALD was interrogate’, and he said | if ‘you believe that you might as well believe the rest .of th» cs . Warren Commission Report. What OSWALD is supposed to have ‘said during the interrogation is reported” from police memory only. . spe, vee: He talked about the photographs of OSWALD holdir «the gun which he said had been doctored or superimposed and which shad. been: printed in various magazines. He stated that no rifle expert in.the. world, using the gun OSWALD had, could > hit a.moving target at that distance with the accuracy that .= OSWALD had exhibited. He stated that ,three leading rifle ' experts, using the Italian gun, fired eighteen shots ata still--not a moving--target-and missed five times. He said that authorities have stated that OSWALD ordered the rifle t from a Chicago sporting firm from an article in the February, .& 1963,"Rifleman" magazine. He said that is a lie because the ig? length and weight of the gun advertised in that article are” oe re ae ae a NT Oem ane uN Eg 79 .aifferent than the length and weight of the gun actually 1s “ found. SRS pee, - ; : as He discussed the witnesses'testimony who saw te “4. OSWALD bring the gun into the building. One witness did not a °5 see any package. The other two said the package was carried 6 under OSWALD's aempit cupped in his right hand, and tha. : a. impossible because the gun broken down was too long for that. “9 ; He discussed eleven witnesses who saw Officer +0 TIPPIT shot. He said the Warren Commission never called many il of these witnesses; one gave a completely different @scriptic:, i2 and one woman wds told by the Dallas+Police not to testify. 33 He said the Warren.Commission relied on the FBI, Dallas Police, is and Secret Service, and never got all the facts. 160 BELLI in his rebuttal stated that the Dallas v7 Police, the FBI, and Secret Service had carried out their duty ‘ and had done everything possible to protect the President. 39 He said the Commission nad been composed of elite Congressional 29 members and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and fl ’ insisted that the facts had been ferreted out and that th 32. - Warren-Commission Report was complete. 4 . = 56 0 - ee ES” + etree: - 08 3 ae ee = De ee ee eas pe te ONE en ot BO ee LS Oe ae te ie al cee cae btn ee aA nth Ai tenes a oS ee cee cae me ce etn a naan ERE alah Ae let Ee ag cee te at it fee og Peale tied fA. tes ote! aes rere Se Tie Ane sue erm anand ons tne) mma A emmenatn ae waement ome oF 9 Fak tte ere nee oth ET NR ee! ae ABMS Oe gy
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