Paper Bag Mystery
Among the many anomalies surrounding the Kennedy assassination, there was also a paper bag found in the "dead letter" area of the Irving post office, possibly matching the paper from sack (possibly inside another package?) found in the TSBD, in which Oswald was reported as having used to carry the rifle in to work. This package was not reported by the Warren Commission. The existence of this package was not revealed until May 1967, when an incomplete FBI report on the package and its discovery apparently surfaced at the National Archives.
The site http://www.kenrahn.com/JFK/The_critics/Griffith/Suspicious_undelivered_package.html
gives some information on this sack, with the conclusion that it was planted there, to frame Oswald. Supposedly, Oswald did not know about the motorcade route until the day before the assassination, so he would not have had time to mail himself a paper sack to carry his rifle in. And if he had mailed it to himself, he would presumably have used his correct address, rather than the non-existent address found on the paper sack.
But here's the thing... The sack mentioned in the memo was only 18 inches long and open at both ends. I haven't found the width mentioned in any source, but presumably it would be less than 18 inches. 18 inches is much too short for it to have been a duplicate "rifle" sack either sent by Oswald to himself, or placed to frame Oswald.
Unfortunately, I have not yet found the memo in question, to see for myself what it says. It could be that the undelivered package had something to do with an issue of The Militant magazine that was attempted to be delivered to Ruth Paine's house with postage due, referred to in an FBI memo dated August 16, 1966, found at http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=62240#relPageId=26. So until I see the original FBI report (although how an incomplete report found its way to the Archives is a mystery--probably just another sloppy accident), and at least a picture of the "paper sack" from the dead letter office for myself, I have to admit that this anomaly may have an innocent explanation (although I reserve the right to change my mind later, when I have more information.)
If "planting" this sack was part of a "frame up" of Oswald, it's incredibly sloppy. But given the size of the sack--much too short to be a rifle-carry sack--and given the wrong address on (the package containing?) the sack, I'm not sure what significance, if any, the sack has.
Among the many anomalies surrounding the Kennedy assassination, there was also a paper bag found in the "dead letter" area of the Irving post office, possibly matching the paper from sack (possibly inside another package?) found in the TSBD, in which Oswald was reported as having used to carry the rifle in to work. This package was not reported by the Warren Commission. The existence of this package was not revealed until May 1967, when an incomplete FBI report on the package and its discovery apparently surfaced at the National Archives.
The site http://www.kenrahn.com/JFK/The_critics/Griffith/Suspicious_undelivered_package.html
gives some information on this sack, with the conclusion that it was planted there, to frame Oswald. Supposedly, Oswald did not know about the motorcade route until the day before the assassination, so he would not have had time to mail himself a paper sack to carry his rifle in. And if he had mailed it to himself, he would presumably have used his correct address, rather than the non-existent address found on the paper sack.
But here's the thing... The sack mentioned in the memo was only 18 inches long and open at both ends. I haven't found the width mentioned in any source, but presumably it would be less than 18 inches. 18 inches is much too short for it to have been a duplicate "rifle" sack either sent by Oswald to himself, or placed to frame Oswald.
Unfortunately, I have not yet found the memo in question, to see for myself what it says. It could be that the undelivered package had something to do with an issue of The Militant magazine that was attempted to be delivered to Ruth Paine's house with postage due, referred to in an FBI memo dated August 16, 1966, found at http://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=62240#relPageId=26. So until I see the original FBI report (although how an incomplete report found its way to the Archives is a mystery--probably just another sloppy accident), and at least a picture of the "paper sack" from the dead letter office for myself, I have to admit that this anomaly may have an innocent explanation (although I reserve the right to change my mind later, when I have more information.)
If "planting" this sack was part of a "frame up" of Oswald, it's incredibly sloppy. But given the size of the sack--much too short to be a rifle-carry sack--and given the wrong address on (the package containing?) the sack, I'm not sure what significance, if any, the sack has.