#967 – Jerry Coley

Replay of BOR 297 (Season 7; 2006)
Coley recounts in detail his experiences in the Dealey Plaza area on the morning of November 22, 1963
Jack Ruby would join Jerry Coley and his colleague Don Campbell for coffee on Fridays
Coley met Ruby on the morning of Nov 22 around 8am
He then left for work and returned around 11am
He saw that Ruby was still there at Noonan's desk
Coley and his friend Charlie Mulkey stepped out to see the Presidential motorcade
Around 12.15-12.20, a man had an epileptic fit
Within a few minutes, the motorcade arrived
After the gunshots were fired, Coley and Mulkey started down the esplanade
A policeman with a shotgun stopped the both of them and asked them to get the hell out of there
He discovered a pool of blood on the steps near the picket fence
After the shots, all people headed towards the grassy knoll area
No one was going towards the Book Depository at that time
Around quarter to one, Coley saw that Ruby was still at Noonan’s desk
Don Roberdeau's map showing location of blood (see "liquid red pool"), View Map Here
Jim Hood, ad department photographer, and Coley then went back to the site of the pool of blood
By Monday morning, no blood stain could be found
Coley's wife receives threatening calls
Two men who identify themselves as FBI agents visit Coley
And take away the negatives and the positives of the blood stain photo
This pool of blood would reveal a second shot that missed the limousine completely
The injury to James Tague being the first
Jim Hood dies in a mysterious air crash several years later
"I understand a London insurance firm has prepared an actuarial chart on the likelihood of 20 of the people involved
in this case dying within three years of the assassination -- and found the odds 30 trillion to one. But I'm sure
NBC will shortly discover that one of my investigators bribed the computer." - Jim Garrison, Playboy interview
Jim Garrison Playboy interview: Part 1, Part 2; Download PDF