Evening all
Once again lively debate on the Hanratty thread whilst I have been busy earning a crust. I’m writing this in a hotel in Essex while waiting for my room service steak to arrive!
There was no ‘third man’ who was the real killer and has escaped everyone’s attention – this is stretching the imagination a bit too far. There is no doubt that Hanratty should not have been convicted on the evidence presented at the trial, but that does not alter the fact that he was guilty.
I have always believed, and said so here on several occasions, that the conspiracy if there was one was after the fact and not before it. By that I mean that someone made sure that evidence pointing towards Hanratty was made available to the police. The cartridge cases being found so long after Hanratty’s stay at the Vienna being the obvious act.
It’s possible that Hanratty panicked after the murder and sought help and advice from Dixie France, who might well have taken a dim view of murder and rape. Thieving is one thing, but Hanratty’s crimes are something else, and whilst the criminal code would have prevented Dixie from informing the police directly, he could still have decided to inform them indirectly.
I don’t know who put the gun on the bus. It was probably Hanratty, and doing so without thinking things through. It could have been Dixie, we’ll probably never know for sure.
My steak has arrived!
Kind regards,
Steve
Once again lively debate on the Hanratty thread whilst I have been busy earning a crust. I’m writing this in a hotel in Essex while waiting for my room service steak to arrive!
There was no ‘third man’ who was the real killer and has escaped everyone’s attention – this is stretching the imagination a bit too far. There is no doubt that Hanratty should not have been convicted on the evidence presented at the trial, but that does not alter the fact that he was guilty.
I have always believed, and said so here on several occasions, that the conspiracy if there was one was after the fact and not before it. By that I mean that someone made sure that evidence pointing towards Hanratty was made available to the police. The cartridge cases being found so long after Hanratty’s stay at the Vienna being the obvious act.
It’s possible that Hanratty panicked after the murder and sought help and advice from Dixie France, who might well have taken a dim view of murder and rape. Thieving is one thing, but Hanratty’s crimes are something else, and whilst the criminal code would have prevented Dixie from informing the police directly, he could still have decided to inform them indirectly.
I don’t know who put the gun on the bus. It was probably Hanratty, and doing so without thinking things through. It could have been Dixie, we’ll probably never know for sure.
My steak has arrived!
Kind regards,
Steve
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