Living History with Eugene Boone 

The Roger Craig version of events is very well known. Why not just point blank ask Mr. Boone about Mr. Craig's description that the rifle was stamped "7.65 mauser" right on the barrel?

Thanks for putting this together, great meeting Buell Wesley Frazier at this event and thanks to Mr. Boone for coming.

A very enjoyable interview.

Enjoyed it as always!

Has Mr. Boone passed away? This interview is very interesting and very informative to fellow historians. He's very descriptive in his recount of the event of JFK'S assassination and events that shocked the world.

Buell's first statement to the detectives was that he hadn't noticed the gun packaged in brown paper in the back seat, all he did was glance at it quickly, as he settled in at the wheel. Secondly, when Oswald walked away with it, he didn't look at him until he was a football field distance away, as he was busy figuring out if his battery had enough charge. Buell never saw much of anything but the mistake he made was to try and convince others that the package was only 24-26 inches long. This prompted a list of conspiracies the likes of which will never end and it's sad.

I would like to hear what Mr. Boone has to say about Roger Craig

Isn’t it interesting how NO FILM or PHOTO CAMERA ever looked up at the book depository? Why do we have NO FOOTAGE of anyone ever looking up at the windows?

This is no nightmare on Elm Street,this actually happened.

Great interview!!

There's another problem...at the end when he's asked questions he says Tippit's gun was never taking out of his holster but the testimony says he was laying on his gun when they got to him and it was handed to the police when they arrived.

Great interview about the original nightmare on Elm Street

One of the problems is most people don't read the testimony from these people and just go by what they hear. I go back to what they said at the time and figure it out from that.

Perhaps I missed it but I did not hear anyone ask Mr. Boone the seemingly obvious question which is Was it firmly stablished that the rifle Boone discovered had actually been fired ?

People are under the mistaken impression that no one other than Lee Harvey Oswald left the Texas School Book Depository at the time of President Kennedy’s assassination. The following persons who also worked at TSBD left the building without notifying building supervisor Roy Truly: Danny Arce, 18, left at 1:00 pm, accompanied by the police, to go to City Hall. Carolyn Arnold, 20, left at 12:25 pm and did not return. Virgie Rachley, 18, left at 11:45 am and returned at 12:40 pm but was denied entry. Jack Carson, 56, president of TSBD, left at 12:10 pm and did not return. Betty Drago, 27, left at 12:20 pm but found the door locked when she returned. She stayed outside TSBD until 2:30 pm before going home. Buell Wesley Frazier, 19, famously gave Oswald a lift to work that day. He left TSBD between 1:00 and 2:00 pm, about the same time Truly claims he made his roll call. Charles Givens, 38, returned to TSBD after the shooting but was refused entry by a Dallas policeman. An APB was put out for him, and he was later interviewed at City Hall by Captain Will Fritz. Truly was aware of Given’s absence, having seen him prior to the assassination. Truly also saw Oswald prior to his encounter with him in the second-floor lunchroom. Using that logic, Oswald should have been exonerated as well. Gloria Holt, 18, left at 12:10 pm and did not return. Stella Jacob, 20, left at noon and did not return. Judy Johnson, 20, was standing outside TSBD when the shooting began. She remained in the area until 2:00 pm then went home. Dolores Kounas, 32, left at 12:15 pm and stayed outside until 3:00 pm. Sharon Nelson, 19, left at 12:20 pm and never returned. She lived at 409 East 9th Street, near the site where Officer J.D. Tippit was gunned down. Roberta Parker, 55, left at a time unknown, and said she wasn’t allowed back in until 3:30 pm. Bonnie Richey, 20, left the building at 12:20 pm and never returned. Lloyd Viles, 41, left at 12:15 pm and returned at 2:55 pm. Vida Whatley, 45, left at 12:15 pm to go shopping. She tried to re-enter TSBD at 1:00 pm but was denied entry by the police. She went home. Bonnie Ray Williams, 20, accompanied Arce to the police station at 1:00 pm.

A Freudian slip I like how he mentioned Mr. Mauser instead of Bowers

Sound with Frazier was awesome; sound with Eugene Boone is lousy! Please fix it. Thanks for the interviews.

Very interesting-!!!

Why isn’t there any pictures of the bag where the rifle was in and carried into the Texas school book depository that morning by lee Harvey Oswald I mean pictures of the bag on the 6th fl?the police took pictures of the rifle and the bullet shells on the floor but no picture of the bag?

Bowers "expanded" his statement? He flat out changed it. Maybe denial is nerves at the immediate questioning.

P hamilton did Frazier ot say there was a lunch truck that stopped there

The large wooden crates up against the wall are questionable. Looks like a good place to store rifles. Also, some of the book boxes are labeled ' Spencer's Gift's". Whats that about?? The painted number 6 on the support column looks like it was once a 5. There was an extension plug lying in the floor, although I could not find a tablesaw in the pictures. I believe it was a mauser, then they switched the gun out.

I believe his opinion and motive of Ruby.

Weird thought regarding the partially eaten chicken dinner: If I was about to commit a murder, would I even be thinking of the fact that it's lunch time and I sure am hungry?

It was Billy Williams that had the chicken and Dr Pepper on the sixth floor and said he left around 12:10. His testimony is found in the link below from the Warren Commission. He said he didn't see anyone else on the 6th floor while he was there.

Of course he's going to say Decker didnt tell them to stand down. If he had said yes, well everything he told here was worthless

GENE BOONE is wrong there, reference the snap on patrolman JD Tippit's gun holster was unsnapped because that ex-Marine car salesman said he found Tippit's gun on the ground under his body, grabbed it and placed it on the hood of Tippit's car and then placing it in the car. It was the same handgun that he grabbed and jumped into the cab driver's taxi to try and follow the man who he had seen earlier with a raised pistol in hand trotting past him to whom he yelled out, "Hey man, what in the hells goin' on?"

Roger Craig’s version of Oswald’s escape route has been shot to pieces for several reasons, firstly because of key witness Mary Bledsoe, an ex landlady of Oswald’s who was on the bus and clearly saw him according to her testimony, secondly because of the bus transfer in Oswald’s possession at the time of his arrest which had an indelible punch mark that was confirmed by the bus driver, thirdly the cab driver testified and appeared at a police line up and identified Oswald as his passenger who he dropped off at Beckley and lastly and most importantly, Oswald admitted riding the bus and cab home that afternoon, which conclusively puts Craig’s version to bed.

I like his style. He was a witness to history but resisted the gravitational pull to ever embellish. I do think many “witnesses” exaggerate and flat out lie for attention and recognition. Jack Ruby was the grandest of them all. Such an event drove many people to say things that weren’t true and I think many did this by design. To elevate themselves from a nobody to a somebody. All you had to do was say something in a certain way. And of course there were many eager people who want to hear something wild or salacious. It’s been a bad combo.

....he found the rifle.....he had also worked at the Dallas Morning News.......knew Jack Ruby..... How many claimed to have found the rifle? Tom Dealey, who owned DMN despised JFK. How many cops knew Jack Ruby? There is a little circle of buds.

Go back in time and Im sure I would bet my life on it you would see LHO sitting in that perch racking off those shots it all just make to much sense along with all the know, factual evidence. Occams razor! this fits pretty well. Remember it was only 88 yrds with a scoped rifle with a marine that scored sharp shooter badge at the edson range usmc. That's the 2nd highest badge in the Marine Corp. You have Expert, Sharp shooter, and the old pizza box badge Marksman. With a little luck and practice working that action and his training he could have easily pulled that off. Hell i have know 14-15 olds that have shot deer at 250 yards out of a tree stand.

His statement about Lee Bowers is false! Bowers did see activity before the shooting and noticed a flash of light during the shooting at the fence!

Funny when he talked to Bowers he said he didn't hear any shots or see anyone. That's not what he says when he was interviewed by Mark Lane on video.

Boone is not the person that discovered the rifle. It was Paul Kenneth Wilkins, my uncle that discovered the rifle. At that time, my uncle was just an officer and Boone was above him. As for the living, I do not know if Boone is still alive. My uncle passed about a year and a half ago. My father has a copy of the original hand written report from when my uncle found the rifle. I was sent the link to this video from an archivist that worked on the 6th floor project for eight years. It was just today that we were talking about this and I had asked her if she remembered any of the historical documents that may have mentioned my uncle. PK Wilkins retired from DPD receiving a military burial for his time in the service with and recognition of his time with DPD.

First Bowers tells Gene Boone he didn't hear any shots.Then he tells the Warren Commission he was hearing shots.Which is it? Can't tell both stories&they both can't be correct.

I thought it was literally read off the barrel "Mouser"?

Interesting interview I wish they had isolated the entire plaza and done a real search for evidence. Maybe things would have been different.

Did Sheriff’s Dept have concurrent criminal jurisdiction in the City of Dallas?

So I want to know, Mr. Boone and Rodger Craig were on the 6th floor at the same time. And I know Mr Boone said that he discovered the gun at 1:22 PM. And he and Craig looked at the gun and Craig said it was a Mauser. Was Craig lying or did Mr. Boone agree? And also the officer who saw Oswald on the 2nd floor said it was about 90 seconds after the shots were fired. That would roughly be at 12;30 or so? When did the rest of the police and FBI show up to search for the rifles and bullet hulls?

I still have a question about the rifle. Roger Craig clearly stated that he saw stamped on the rifle "Mauser 7.65" Seems like Boone was the first to say "Mauser". I'll always believe a Mauser was used on the 6th floor, maybe not by Oswald but possibly by Malcolm Wallace.

8 likes and 0 dislikes. so sad the official "true" story gets disreguarded as much as it does.

Lee was not in Cuba. ( 39:40 ) Also, there was not enough time, prior to the JFK visit, for any real planning by more than LHO.

The rifle that he found is not the rifle that Oswald ordered or had photos taken with.

Vtps I think not

Stephen---I have always wondered why did the police go directly to the sixth floor? Or were all floors searched, including the 7th floor?

Another problem with his testimony....Oswald didn't eat the chicken...The black guy said he did but wasn't in the same spot.

From what I'm hearing here roger Craig did not get close enough to that rifle to I'd 745 mauser on the barrel as he claims

Always intriguing seeing and listening to people who were there, up close and personal. Finding that rifle makes him a very important person. Especially that day. He did make two interesting remarks. He said the 2nd and 3rd shot were very close together. Pop, Pop. Impossible to get that bolt action rifle reloaded that fast. Also, regarding the Warren Commission, he said that they came up with the right decision, based on what information they were given. So true. LBJ and J. Edgar Hoover spoon fed that commission, so as to come up with their conclusion. I don't understand how these eye witnesses, can't come to terms with all the information, that has come out in the last several years. Obviously Oswald did not act alone!

Even today, Boone knows he'd BETTER "clam-up", or face the SAME fate Craig did..!! Those who continue to hide the TRUTH are serious about disposing of ANYONE (or their family members), if they tell the REAL story ! Boon's nervous twitching and contradictory "canned" responses, make it CLEAR that he's frightened "out of his wits !" 😅 Oh well.."accidents DO happen !"

Wonder why they ask him about roger Craig's claims

Lee Bowers wanted to get in on the publicity

Frustrating witness if you ask me. Notice there is no follow-up regarding the original identification of the rifle as a Mauser ? Boone was not the only officer to identify it in this fashion, there were at least two others. Another thing, he states he was 24 years old at the time, when in fact he was 26. I know that maybe you shouldn’t nitpick about this, but come on ! The biggest thing to happen in your professional lifetime as a cop, and you can’t even get your age right ?

My big question is the placement of the three shots and how many witnesses claim that the last two shots were close together which would make it impossible to come from LHO and thus another gunman. Another thing that could of proved it disproven the magic bullet is the fact that governor Connelly never had the fragments taken out of him and his wife wouldn't let the fragments be removed from him when he died. That could of been huge. I always felt like the Connelly's knew more. I will admit that there's alot of evidence to support the lone gunman theory but there's just so many strange happenings and things that should of been done differently and witnesses saying different things.

Bowers said he did not see anything and heard no shots funny how he changed his story when Mark Lane got a hold of him wonder why?

Conspiracy theorist ppl seem to think they are perfect at observing, everyone who was there who doesnt agree with their secret conspiracy is a liar, while they are honest and more intelligent. But don't make any changes in one tiny detail or their perfect memories they have will think they hit the jackpot for a book.

I believe Boone over Bowers .Bowers told the WC he heard 3 shots but he told Boone he heard no shots.

Different persons keep giving different accounts as to what they heard& saw in Dealey Plaza.Who's credible&who isn't?

Debunking a lot of myths like the stand down.

The cop described the shots as bang.......bang.bang the last 2 shots he described ,listening to him ,as pretty close together.Using a bolt action rifle it would be very difficult to operate the action that quickly,as he described it.and almost impossible to take aim in between shots.he being a cop ,is a trained observer,and i would believe his account as being more accurate than some jo blow.So the way and timing of his account almost eliminates one shooter.in my humble opionion.I own bolt action deer rifles and it would take a crazy good shooter or a lucky sum bitch to pull those shots off.

There was a conspiracy.

P hamilton what do you think the guy impersonating Oswald are the chicken

there was at least 4 shots that day. magic bullet, head shot, curb strike at triple over pass, windshield strike.

These interviews, whilst important, are so sanitized and without deep, awkward questions. William Buckley jr would have been much better at this type of thing. Hell, why not use James di Eugenio or any other critic of the official findings and finally get a "cross examination" of these witnesses? Thats the whole problem with the investigations, none of the witnesses were ever made to feel uncomfortable when testifying, unless they said something that went against the lone nut thesis and I find the majority of these as just pandering to the Warren Commission findings. I do acknowledge they have a place but I wish they were more hard hitting, critical and even controversial. The sterile nature of them almost makes it seem like it was a picnic that day back in November 63

Well, they were derelict in their responsibilities to secure the area to ensure our great President's Life!!

Boy do conspiracy buffs like the Mauser story, get over it people, at first glance they thought it was a Mauser and soon corrected themselves, no there wasn’t 2 rifles in there, just Oswalds Mannlicher Carcano, such drama people move on.

Eugene Boone a straight shooter to me does try to embellish his observations that day. Just exactly what he remembers. I think the biggest take away I have is he knew Jack Ruby & thinks Jack shot Oswald spur of the moment to help his Burlesque club. That spur of the moment comment on Ruby rings truer as my research into people that knew Ruby said he loved JFK. It was his anger that led him to kill Oswald not a mob " hit conspiracy " as many claim. If you look at science & Ballistics the fatal head shot into JFK could not have been fired by Oswalds Carcano 6.65 mm rifle which had full metal jacket bullets. 1) According to the Autopsy report by Dr Humes along with 2 other forensic DRs the head shot entered from behind. 2) If that Full Metal Jacket Bullet had hit JFK it would have gone straight thru clean ! 3) The angle from the book suppository is way off ! The exit wound was just above JFK's right ear. There is no way the angle matches up. 4) The effect of that head shot Bullet during the autopsy X Rays taken showed 30 to 40 very small metal fragments. Like a hollow point bullet that explodes soon after impacting its target leaving a massive exit wound. 5) There are 20 witnesses from that day that smelled Gun Powder around the JFK Limo ! The wind that day was from the SW at 15 mph right in Oswald's face. How could anyone smell gun powder from over 200 feet UPWIND ? 6)The hole in the back of JFK's skull was about 6 mm in diameter there is no way a 6.5 mm FMJ Bullet could fit into that hole ! Conclusion is Oswald did not fire that fatal head shot. A Ballistic Engineer by the name of Howard Donahue drilled the holes of entry / exit into a plastic skull & put a dowel rod thru to determine the angle of the fatal head shot. It led back to the Secret Service follow up car rear left seat ! Just happens an agent had an AR 15 under the seat with 6 mm bullets. Not my conclusion but if you know what the Secret Service did at the Parkland Hospital & the Bethseda Naval Hospital following the shooting it all fits ! All done by Ballistics no conspiracies.

Bauer's lied see

So you believe the Warren Commission but you don't believe the testimony from the people.....interesting....tells me a lot.

interesting tidbits, most questions and answers pre-arranged and baloney!

Bob Lackey is 100 percent correct

Pile of crap, he didn't see a Mannlicher-Carcano he saw a Mauser like everyone else did that day.

Ahh so it was Boone not Seymoure Weitzman that initially made the mistaken ID of the rifle Lt Day picked up and handed to Fritz who held it up and asked if anyone knew what kind of rifle it was. For one damn thing, this is Texas, you grow up with guns. If that phony Fritz and his beloved Lt had to ask knowing full well ALL gun manufacturers stamp into the steel the gun maker, the serial number. All he had to do was look unless he is distancing himself. Hell his LT who's specialty is to ID things is standing right there. Why leave that INITIAL ID'ing to an underling that aint even in your command? That rascal Roger Craig, ask yourself folks, is there anyone we can believe anymore? One things for sure, Peace Officer Roger Craig cannot be seen in his golden years looking healthy as a barn kept hog dressed cleaner than the clap doctor. I don't know about my fellow Texans. The Lt from ID and Fritz not knowing a rifle when its stamped in the steel, our MD trauma room #1 standing behind the presidents head 18 inches above it describing a 5 inch hole in the back of the cranium when he knew damn good and well it was to the right near the ear where the Cerebellum is located and fell out, lol. Who knew. You'd think with 12 years of public school, 4 years undergraduate, 3 to 4 years of medical school, internship and in residency, that MD would know anatomy. Maybe that's why I have coordination problems, my xray shows mine at the bottom of the brain in the back. Is there a procedure perhaps at Bethesda where the good doctors are, I could pay to have it put back where it belongs, atop my brain and above right ear? Back to Fritz, here let me go lower case on him, fritz. Picture a police officer, the dumbest police officer you know. A car is reported stolen, only thing the officer knows is its color, lets say blue. He spots a blue car parked next to a dumpster with boxes thrown about. While standing next to the vehicle he and 2 or 3 other officers with him, he has to ask one of them if anyone knows what kind of car it is? Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge etc is on the front, side and rear and its VIN as he well knows is bottom of front glass. So why ask someone else to ID your evidence at your scene?

Mauser anyone? Ooops, Boone admits his mistake. When will the pro-conspiracy crowd admit all of theirs?

Its crazy how many disinfo bots there are in the comment sections for this channel.