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Authors: Gary M. Lavergne

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Page 122
Shortly after 11:00
A.M.
, Whitman left the neat little house at 906 Jewell Street for the last time. With a tightly-packed footlocker on the back seat of his new black Chevrolet Impala and the small blue two-wheeled dolly in the trunk, Whitman drove to the University of Texas at Austin.
1 The description of the interior of 906 Jewell Street is from information provided by Lawrence A. Fuess.
2 Raymond W. Leissner quoted in
Austin American-Statesman
, 1 August 1986.
3 APD Files:
SOR
by R. Kelton, 7 August 1966; Texas DPS Files:
Series of Events of Charles Joseph Whitman
, n.d.
4
Austin American-Statesman
, 7 August 1966, 6 July 1986; APD Files:
SOR
by Sgt. Rutledge, 4 August 1966; Time-Life, p. 51;
Dallas Morning News
, 1 August 1986.
5 APD Files:
SOR
by D. Kidd and B. Gregory, 1 August 1966.
6 APD Files:
SOR
by D. L. Moody, 1 August 1966;
Austin American-Statesman
, 7 August 1966.
7 The allegation that C. A. Whitman tried to remove Margaret's rings is in FBI Files:
Cole Report
, 9 August 1966, p. 3 and 17 August 1966, p. 24.
8 APD Files:
SOR
by D. L. Moody, 4 August 1966;
Playboy
, October, 1970.
9 As in previous chapters, Charles Whitman's notes are quoted from APD Files: Whitman Notes.
10 APD Files:
Hospitalization Offense Report (HOR)
by D. L. Moody, 1 August 1966;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 August 1996, Justice of the Peace Dellana quoted in 4 August 1966, 7 August 1966; Connally Report, p. 5;
Dallas Morning News
, 1 August 1986.
11 APD Files:
Affidavit
, Charles Bert Hardy, 1 August 1966,
SOR
by D. L. Moody, 1 August 1966; Time-Life, p. 53 and
Dallas Morning News
, 1 August 1986 both erroneously reported that Whitman returned to the Penthouse at about 5:30
A.M.
The story originated from an error, possibly typographical, in a document which served as a summary/sequence of events in the Texas DPS Files. The reports in the same file do not support Whitman's returning at 5:30
A.M.
, and neither does the APD File.
12 Reports of the number of stab wounds in Kathy Whitman's chest vary from two to five. An on-site inquest of Justice of the Peace Frank W. McBee clearly stated that there were five stab wounds. A copy of the inquest is in AHC and will hereafter be referred to as "McBee Inquest"; Connally Report, p. 5; Time-Life, p. 53;
Austin American-Statesman
, 2 August 1966, 1 August 1986;
Time
, 12 August 1966.

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