To Kill a President (47 page)

“But what about you?  You were involved in the hit too.”

“Yes but I obviously did not incriminate myself.  I called Bobby Kennedy this morning to inform him that he would only receive the information if I was guaranteed my job for life and a hefty pay rise.  He agreed on both counts.”  Hoover smiled again, Bobby couldn’t help but smile too.

“But how can he do that?”

“He must become President.”  Hoover replied.  “He has a meeting with Lyndon Johnson this afternoon, I’m sure they can come to some agreement.”

Chapter 98

As Bobby Kennedy entered the Oval Office Lyndon Johnson did not rise to greet him.  “Take a seat Bobby.”  Bobby did as he was asked and popped his files down on the table between them.  “I’m glad that you got in touch Bobby, I’ve been wanting to speak with you.”

“Really?”  Bobby asked.

“Yes, firstly let me say again how sorry I am about Jack.”

“Thank you Lyndon.”  Bobby wanted to tear his head off.

“How’s the family?”

“As you would expect Lyndon, his children have lost their dad and his wife has lost her husband.”

“And you have lost a brother.  This country has lost an excellent President.”  Lyndon looked sympathetically at Bobby.

“Yes.”  Bobby replied.

“Well as I say I was hoping to speak with you.  Given everything that has happened I was thinking that perhaps it may be a little too much for you to carry on in your role as Attorney General.  I just wanted to tell you that I will happily accept your resignation.”

Bobby was stunned by the nerve of the man.  “I actually had another idea Lyndon, I hope it’s one that you will find agreeable.”

“Anything I can do to help you through this tough period I will gladly do.”

“Good.  I would like you to appoint me as Vice President.”

Lyndon was taken aback.  “Listen Bobby I have nothing against you or your family but I think we both know I wasn’t your first choice as Vice President and likewise you are not mine.  I’m sorry but I think it would be better if you resigned, I don’t think we should continue to work together.”

“Sorry Lyndon I wasn’t suggesting we work together.  I would like you to call a press conference appointing me as Vice President.  At the same press conference I would like you to tender your resignation effective tomorrow.  I would then become the President.”

Lyndon laughed.  “Are you crazy?  Why would I do that?”

Bobby picked up the files on the desk.  “Because Lyndon I know everything, I have proof of the entire assassination plot.  I have recordings of you arranging it with Rockefeller and the CIA.  I have names, dates, positions of the gunmen.  I am allowing you to step down as President of the United States to save you the ignominy of being the first President arrested and sentenced to death whilst still in the job.”

Lyndon’s jaw dropped. 

Chapter 99

Bobby Kennedy was sworn in as the 37
th
President of the United States on Wednesday 27
th
November.  During his first term as President, which only lasted one year he successfully managed to disband the CIA.  J Edgar Hoover was appointed Director of the FBI for life.  He was then re-elected in 1964 for another four years.  By early 1965 he had withdrawn all troops from Vietnam.

The bodies of both JD Tippit and John F Kennedy were exhumed and another funeral was held for each of them.

During his second term he continued the work that his brother had started and by allowing the Treasury to print the currency for the United States.  This allowed them to print money without incurring debt and essentially destroyed the Federal Reserve.  All of the surviving assassins of JFK were given the death penalty.  Bobby Kennedy stepped in to try and change the sentences from death to life imprisonment and failed as he didn’t have the jurisdiction to stop a State Execution.  Lyndon Johnson was sentenced to life imprisonment as was David Rockefeller and Carlos Marcello.  The President also issued a Presidential pardon for Bobby Stinson for any wrongdoing.  It was given due to his attempts to save the 35
th
President of the United States.

Lee Harvey Oswald was joined in Cuba by his wife Marina and their two children.  The world at large continues to believe that he was murdered by Jack Ruby, who was also sentenced to life imprisonment.

David, Bobby and Nancy were awarded a house in the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Massachussetts as a thank you for their help in trying to stop and later unveil the truth behind the Kennedy assassination.  Jane and Faraday were awarded a house of their own, also in the Hyannis Port compound.  They were married on 24
th
December 1964.

On 1
st
January 1965 President Kennedy created a new Department that reported directly to him.  The official name given to this Department was National Security and Major Crime Prevention.   It was a small team that worked from the Whitehouse.  Their role was essentially determined by whichever President was in power, there main responsibilities would be to determine and stop the threat of terrorism, organized crime and political assassinations.  The department consisted of five members of staff.  The head of the department was Bobby Stinson the other members were Jane, Faraday, David and Nancy.

Afterword

In the years following the assassination of JFK many witnesses met untimely deaths.  They should not be forgotten.  Below is a list of those witnesses that died up until 1977.  It is worth noting that in 1967 the London Sunday Times stated the chances of all of these people dying in this time were one hundred thousand trillion to one.  But since then more witnesses have also died in strange circumstances.

Officer J.  D. Tippit –
Was found dead around thirty minutes after the assassination, having been shot.

Lee Harvey Oswald –
Was shot and killed two days after the assassination by Jack Ruby.

Karyn Kupicinet -
Was found strangled in her apartment on 28
th
November 1963 after warning people JFK would be assassinated.

Captain Michael Groves –
Commanded the honour guard at JFK’s funeral.  He passed out whilst eating dinner on December 3
rd
1963.  His possessions were then lost in a suspicious fire.  Possible poisoning.

Jack Zangretti –
Mob figure and manager of the Red Lobster in Oklahoma.  He told friends the day after the assassination that Jack Ruby would kill Lee Harvey Oswald.
 
December 7
th
1963 he was found dead in Lake Lugert with bullet holes in his chest.

Eddy Benavides –
Was the brother of Domingo Benavides.  Domingo witnessed the shooting of Officer Tippit and gave a description of a man not fitting Oswald’s description.  Eddy was then shot dead in February 1964 by an unknown assailant in a case of mistaken identity.

Betty MacDonald –
Former Jack Ruby employee at the: Carousel Club.  Found dead hanging in her jail cell in February 1946 after providing an alibi for a suspected shooter of Warren Reynolds who testified to the Warren Commission.

Bill Chesher –
Had information linking Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald.  Died from a suspected heart attack, March 1964.

Hank Killam –
Knew of links between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald.  He was found dead on 17
th
March 1964 with his throat cut and having been thrown through a window.  It was deemed to be a suicide.

Bill Hunter –
Was a reporter who had been in Jack Ruby’s apartment on 24
th
November1963.  He was shot dead in April 1964.

John Underhill –
CIA agent who knew the agency were involved.  He was right handed and found with a gunshot behind his left ear on 8
th
May 1964.  It was deemed to be a suicide.

Hugh Ward –
Private investigator working with Guy Bannister and David Ferrie.  He died in a plane crash in Mexico May 1964.

DeLesseps Morrison –
New Orleans Mayor, also found dead in plane crash May 1964.

Guy Bannister –
New Orleans Private Investigator.  Had ties to FBI, CIA and Carlos Marcello.  He had a heart attack in June 1964.

Teresa Norton –
An employee of Jack Ruby.  She was shot and killed in August 1964.

James Koethe –
Was a reporter that was in Jack Ruby’s apartment on 24/11/63.  Suffered a karate chop to the neck and died on 21
st
September 1964.

Charles Douglas Jackson –
Was a CIA agent who also was the Life Magazines Vice President.  He bought the Abraham Zapruder film.  He died of an unknown cause in September 1964.

Mary Pinchot Meyer –
Mistress of JFK.  She was shot once in the head and once in the heart on 12
th
October 1964.  CIA chief James Angleton then stole her diary after her death.

Paul Mandal –
Life magazine reporter who revealed JFK turned to the rear after being shot in the throat.  He died of cancer in January 1965.

Tom Howard –
Jack Ruby’s first lawyer.  He died from a heart attack in March 1965.

Maurice Gatlin –
Pilot for Guy Bannister.  He died after a fatal fall in May 1965.

Mona B. Saenz –
Texas employment clerk.  She interviewed Oswald.  She was hit by a Dallas bus and killed in August 1965.

David Goldstein –
Helped the FBI trace Lee Harvey Oswald’s gun.  Died from natural causes in 1965.

Rose Cheramie –
Worked for Jack Ruby.  She was the victim of a hit and run on September 4
th
1965

Dorothy Kilgallen –
Newspaper columnist.  She told friends she had information that would blow the JFK case wide open.  She died of a drug overdose on November 8
th
1965.

Mrs Earl Smith –
Friend of Dorothy Kilgallen.  She was found dead on November 10
th
1965.

William Whaley –
Dallas cab driver who had driven Oswald to his Oak Cliff residence after the assassination.  He died in a motor collision in December 1965.

Judge Joe Brown –
Presided over Jack Ruby’s trial.  Died in 1966 from a heart attack.

Karen Carlin -
One of Jack Ruby’s employees.  She was shot and killed in 1966.

Albert Bogard –
Car salesman who stated that he had met a man named Lee Harvey Oswald on 9
th
November 1963.  The real Oswald was at another location that day.  He was found dead in his car, the victim of carbon monoxide poisoning in February 1966.

Captain Frank Martin –
He witnessed the death of Lee Harvey Oswald.  He died suddenly from cancer in June 1966.

Lee Bowers –
Witnessed two men behind the grassy knoll at the time of the assassination.  He died in a single car accident under suspicious circumstances on 9
th
August 1966.

Delila Walle –
Worked for Jack Ruby.  She was shot and killed by her husband after one month of marriage.

Lt.  Commander William Pitzer –
He filmed and photographed the autopsy of JFK.  He told friends that JFK had been killed by a conspiracy.  His death deemed to be a suicide by a gun shot.  A pistol was found in his right hand and he was left handed.  He died October 29
th
1966.

Jimmy Levens –
Nightclub owner in Dallas who hired many of Jack Ruby’s former employees.  He died from natural causes in November 1966.

James Worrell Junior –
Saw a man fleeing from the rear of the School Book Depository.  He died in a car accident in November 1966.

Clarence Oliver –
District Attorney Investigator who worked on the Jack Ruby case.  He died from unknown causes in 1966.

Hank Suydam – 
He was a Life magazine official in charge of JFK stories.  He died after a heart attack in December 1966.

Leonard Pullin –
Helped film a documentary about the assassination.  He was killed in a one car crash in 1967.

Jack Ruby –
Assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald.  He indicated that there was a conspiracy to kill JFK and died suddenly of lung cancer, despite having never smoked.  He believed he was injected with the cancer.  The CIA was experimenting injecting cancer cells into mice in the 1960’s.   

Harold Russell –
He saw the killer of J.D. Tippit escape.  He was murdered by a police officer in February 1967.

David Ferrie –
Close friend of Carlos Marcello.  He was being investigated by Guy Bannister and was found dead in his apartment having committed suicide in February 1967.  He left two different suicide notes.