JFK First Day Evidence: Stored Away for 30 Years in an Old Briefcase, New Evidence Is Now Revealed by Former Dallas Police Crime Lab Detective R.W. [Hardcover]

Gary Savage (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Shoppe Pr; First Edition edition (November 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963811657
• ISBN-13: 978-0963811653
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #988,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fuel for the Fire, August 17, 2000

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Stephen E. Lewis - See all my reviews

This review is from: JFK First Day Evidence: Stored Away for 30 Years in an Old Briefcase, New Evidence Is Now Revealed by Former Dallas Police Crime Lab Detective R.W. (Hardcover)

Gary Savage has added new fuel to the fire with this publication. In addition to the great photos, many previously unseen, the folks who "hit the ground running" on 11/22/63 add new insight into the type of character Lee Harvey Oswald was. I particularly enjoyed some of the "in passing" things that were said about Oswald (i.e., hair pulling, flippant attitude, etc.) after his arrest and have since added them to my own Oswald file for future reference. It appears that the DPD did have enough physical evidence to secure a conviction, but I'm sure the conspiracy theorists will beg to differ. All in all, JFK FIRST DAY EVIDENCE is an excellent reference and sort of vindicates the work of the DPD, even though their work became tarnished when they threw Oswald to the wolves that Sunday morning.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This Book is Available for list Price!, November 10, 2008

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Dana R. Potts "Smudge" (Azle, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: JFK First Day Evidence: Stored Away for 30 Years in an Old Briefcase, New Evidence Is Now Revealed by Former Dallas Police Crime Lab Detective R.W. (Hardcover)

Great book as previous reviewers have stated. I particularly liked the suppressed LHO belongings photo that included a Minox spy camera. The after market prices seem very high. I just purchased mine (autographed) from the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas for the list price of $25. They had at least 20 copies as of 9 Nov 2008.

15 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Primary Evidence - The Best Kind?, January 2, 2000

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Shane Clews - See all my reviews

This review is from: JFK First Day Evidence: Stored Away for 30 Years in an Old Briefcase, New Evidence Is Now Revealed by Former Dallas Police Crime Lab Detective R.W. (Hardcover)

Evidence gathered within hours or shortly after a crime is committed is the most reliable. Physical evidence, eyewitness statements, and the recollections of investigating police all go toward the overall "brief of evidence" which determines whether a matter is to go to Court or if further investigation is required. Gary Savage shows us this "First Day Evidence" - not tainted by time, memory loss or fabrication. The evidence from the Book Depository as it was collected on 22 November 1963 is presented in a clear, concise and chronological way. Along with many photographs not previously published and taken by Dallas Police as a result of their evidence gathering, this is an excellent book that dispels the myths that have been perpetuated over the past 3 decades, and shows that had Oswald not been shot by Jack Ruby - that the Dallas police had more than enough evidence to have Oswald convicted "beyond a reasonable doubt" in any trial that would have been forthcoming.