Rumor of Marguerite Oswald Shown Jack Ruby Photo
A rumor that FBI agent Bardwell D. Odum showed Marguerite Oswald a photograph of Jack Ruby the night before Ruby killed her son was investigated. Odum did show her a picture of a man on November 23, 1963, to see if she recognized him, but the Commission examined a copy of the photograph and determined it was not a picture of Jack Ruby.
Rumor of Tippit Witness’s Son Arrest and Fatal Fall
A claim that the son of the Tippit slaying witness was arrested and died after falling from a jail window was investigated. William Edward Markham had no personal knowledge of the shooting. On June 30, 1964, another of Mrs. Helen Markham’s sons, James Alfred Markham, was arrested for burglary; while attempting to escape, he fell from a bathroom window to a concrete driveway, was treated at Parkland Memorial Hospital, and remained in Dallas County Jail awaiting trial with a parole violation warrant outstanding.
Rumor of U.S. Army Funeral Rehearsal Before Assassination
A claim that the U.S. Army headquarters detachment began rehearsing for President Kennedy’s funeral more than a week before the assassination was traced to an interview with Army Captain Richard C. Cloy. Cloy clarified that the rehearsal was conducted because of grave concern for former President Hoover’s health, not in anticipation of Kennedy’s death.
Rumor of Oswald’s 1959 Ship Stopping in Havana
A rumor that the ship carrying Oswald to Europe in 1959 stopped in Havana was examined. The SS Marion Lykes sailed from New Orleans on September 20, 1959, and docked in Le Havre, France, on October 8, with only one previous stop at the French port of La Pallice—not Havana.
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