To Kill a President (48 page)

Eladio De Valle –
Close friend of David Ferrie, he died on the same day as Ferrie.  He was found with a machete wound to the head and a bullet in the heart.

Dr Mary Sherman –
Associate of David Ferrie.  She died in a fire in March 1967.

A.D. Bowie –
Assistant Dallas District Attorney prosecuting Ruby.  He died from cancer in January 1968.

Hiram Ingram –
Dallas Deputy Sherriff.  He died suddenly from cancer in April 1968.

Dr Nicholas Chetta –
Coroner who worked on David Ferrie autopsy.  He died from a heart attack in May 1968.

Robert Kennedy –
JFK’s brother and former Attorney General.  He was assassinated whilst running for President in June 1968.

Phillip Geraci –
Spoke of connection between Lee Harvey Oswald and Clay Shaw.  He died in August 1968 by electrocution.

Henry Dulaune –
Brother in law of Nicholas Chetta.  He was murdered in January 1969

E.R Walthers –
Dallas Deputy Sherriff.  He claimed to have found a 45 calibre slug in the School Book Depository.  He was shot and killed in January 1969.

Charles Mentesana –
He filmed a rifle other than the Mannlicher-Carcano being taken from the School Book Depository.  He died from a heart attack in 1969.

Mary Bledsoe –
Neighbour of Lee Harvey Oswald.  She also knew David Ferrie.  She died from natural causes in April 1969.

John Crawford –
Friend of Lee Harvey Oswald.  He died in a plane crash in April 1969.

Rev. Clyde Johnson –
Was due to testify about connection between Lee Harvey Oswald and Clay Shaw.  He was shot and killed in July 1969.

George McGann –
Friend of Jack Ruby and his wife filmed events in Dealey Plaza.  He was murdered in 1970.

Darrell Garner –
Arrested for shooting Warren Reynolds who saw killer of J.D. Tippit.  He died from a drug overdose in January 1970.

Bill Decker –
Policeman who saw a bullet hit the ground in front of JFK.  He died of natural causes in August 1970.

Abraham Zapruder –
He took the footage of the assassination.  He died of natural causes in August 1970

Salvatore Granello –
Mobster linked to Hoffa, Trafficante and Castro assassination plots.  He was murdered in December 1970.

James Plumeri –
Mobster tied to CIA assassination plots.  He was murdered in 1971.

Clayton Fowler –
Ruby’s Chief Defence Attorney.  He died from unknown causes in March 1971.

General Charles Cabell –
CIA Deputy Director, had links to Castro assassination plots.  Collapsed and died in April 1971.

Hale Boggs –
Was one of the original seven members of the Warren Commission.  He was the only dissenting member who signed the report.  He believed the FBI was withholding information.  He died in a suspected plane crash in Alaska on 16
th
October 1972.  The wreckage was never found.

J Edgar Hoover –
FBI Director.  He died of a suspected heart attack in May 1972.  No autopsy was ever performed.

Thomas E. Davis –
Connected to both Ruby and the CIA.  He was electrocuted in September 1973.

J. A. Milteer –
Miami right winger who predicted death of JFK and capture of a lone nut.  He was killed by a heater explosion in February 1974.

Dave Yaras –
Friends with both Jack Ruby and Jimmy Hoffa.  He was murdered in 1974.

Earl Warren –
Head of the Warren Commission.  He died of heart failure in July 1974.

Clay Shaw –
Prime suspect in Jim Garrison’s case.  He died, possibly from cancer in August 1974.

Earl Cabell –
Mayor in Dallas when JFK was killed.  His brother was sacked by JFK.  He died of natural causes in 1974.

John Martino –
Link between Mob and the CIA.  He died from unknown causes in 1975.

Sam Giancana –
Chicago mob boss.  He was murdered in June 1975.

Clyde Tolson –
J. Edgar Hoover’s second in command.  He died from natural causes in July 1975.

Jimmy Hoffa –
Boss of the Teamsters Union.  His body has never been found he disappeared on 30
th
July 1975.

Charles Rogers –
One of the infamous three tramps arrested on the day JFK was killed.  He is suspected of murdering his parents in 1965 but disappeared.  He was declared legally dead in 1965.

Allen Sweatt –
Dallas Deputy Sherriff.  He died of natural causes in 1975.

Gen. Earle Wheeler –
Contact between JFK and CIA.  He died from an unknown cause in December 1975.

Ralph Paul –
Ruby’s business partner.  He died from a heart attack in 1976.

James Chaney –
Dallas Motorcycle officer who said Kennedy was hit in the face with a bullet.  He died from a heart attack in April 1976.

Dr Charles Gregory –
Governor Connally’s physician.  He died from a heart attack in April 1976.

William Harvey –
CIA Agent involved in plots to assassinate Castro.  He died from complications in heart surgery in June 1976.

John Roselli-
Mob hit man in Dallas on the day of the JFK assassination.  Was due to appear to testify on the assassination and was murdered and found dead in a steel drum on August 7
th
1976.