REOPEN KENNEDY CASE

The Cox Tops

Post by Ed. Ledoux on Wed 01 Oct 2014, 6:47 am

From an old thread called NEELY STREET QUESTIONS:

Robert Howard, on 28 Aug 2014 - 1:22 PM, said: wrote:

Several pages back on this thread there was mention of the "portion of Cox's boxtop" in LHO's possession. Did anyone dig further into this? In that era there were two Cox Department stores, one in Waco that went bankrupt in 1995

The other was in Fort Worth and according to Wikipedia, [granted not the most reliable source] it later merged with W. C. Stripling & Sons

fortwortharchitecture.com, writes on their website

W.C. Stripling Middle School

2100 Clover Lane - 1927; 1955; 1958; 1989 (CFW)

This school was constructed in 1927 as W.S. Stripling High School to serve the growing population of the Arlington Heights area and to replace the 1922 Arlington Heights High School. The building was designed by Wiley G. Clarkson and constructed by K.H. Muse. Clarkson also designed for the same school bond package, William James Middle School in the Polytechnic area of the city. The plans for the buildings were identical, but Clarkson put different facades on the two schools. The school was named after W.C. Stripling, founder of Stripling's Department Store. The Stripling building is a 3 story "H" shaped plan and has some Georgian Revival details. At the projecting entry, inscriptions of "Knowledge", "Citizenship", and "Character" appear above each arched opening. The campus was landscaped as a part of the Works Progress Administration by Hare and Hare of St. Louis. The school was converted to a junior high school in 1937, when the current Arlington Heights High School opened. With the West Side continually growing, eight classrooms, designed by Jim D. Vowell were added in 1955 and twelve more were added in 1958, thereby extending the wings of the building to the west.

I thought that was worth a post, especially since Oswald went to school there. It might not mean much, but it might at some point in the future.

Cox's box top could be a signal, clue, or key. Hell lets take a stab and see where it goes.

Could be something in its history or location?>

LERNER SHOPS (originally The Scott-Harrold Building) - 601 Houston - 1895, 1936, 1946; demolished September 1996. This building was probably one of the largest structures built in Fort Worth in 1895. It spanned across the entire block along 5th Street between Main and Houston. Entrances were on all three streets. Originally, the building had a brick facade with cast iron and wood columns, and was constructed for The Fair Department Store. In 1936, R.E. Cox & Co. moved in and remodeled the store by placing stucco over the brick. The stucco was scored with joints to appear like stone. In 1946, Cox's moved out and The Lerner Shops moved in and remodeled the building again --

"Over at 7th and Throckmorton, Cox's had the first 5 or 6 floors of the FW Club Bldg" ~ (?Fort Worth Club Building)

http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1149

"The Fort Worth Club is a multi use Class B office building located between the corners of Taylor and Throckmorton on 7th Street. This beautiful historic building houses The Fort Worth Club, which is a 5 Star Platinum level city club, The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. and many distinguished oil and gas firms, law firms, banks and more. Since 1885, The Fort Worth Club has held a unique place in the heart of Fort Worth. Originally developed to give business leaders an attentive and elegant environment to discuss city commerce and politics,..."

http://www.dfwi.org/what-we-offer/real-estate/office/35-Fort-Worth-Club-

The overall height of the building is 12 stories. Fakes & Co. were the original tenants of the 6 story base of the building up until 1946, when R.E. Cox & Co. occupied the space until 1955.

www.fortwortharchitecture.com/fwclub.htm

http://hometownbyhandlebar.com/?p=8940

Whatever the city leaders were thinking, West Berry was a relic in the new urban landscape. Stripling & Cox's department store symbolized the stagnation when it closed in the mid-1990s after more than 40 years as West Berry's retail anchor.

"That was the bottoming-out point," Barr said. "When Cox's moved out, there weren't any anchors left."

But some good may have come from Cox's demise.

"That decision sounded an alarm for leaders of the surrounding neighborhoods," Costa said. "They finally came to see that the time had come to do something about the decline of Berry Street because the street was no longer a great asset for the neighborhood or for the city."

(Pictures show "Cox's" sign at this location pre dating the merger)

http://www.magarchive.tcu.edu/articles/2007-03-CV.asp?issueid=200703

Front view of the Stripling and Cox store at 6370 Camp Bowie.

This store was originally R.E. Cox and Co., better known as Cox's.

In the early 1980s, Cox's and a rival department store known as Stripling's

were both doing poorly and I believe were nearly out of business.

They decided to join forces and became Stripling and Cox, which gave them

at least another 25 years of life. They closed permanently not too long after

this picture was taken on June 6, 2007. Photo by John Cirillo.

http://www.fortworthyesterday.com/stripling.htm

http://www.fortworthyesterday.com/pics/Howell-beach-n-belknap-1978-web.jpg

It is worth noting that the FBI failed to interview a single co-worker or employer of LEE Oswald's tall-nice-looking mother when she worked for Goldrings, Kreigers, and Holmes Dept Stores in New Orleans and for Clyde Campbell's Men's Store, the City of Ft. Worth, Paul's Shoe Store, Family Publications, and Cox's Department Store in Ft. Worth from 1956 through 1961. The FBI never obtained any employment information, w-2 forms, payroll records, employment applications or anything else from any of her employers. The FBI simply didn't want to interview anyone or gather records..."

http://harveyandlee.net/Marines/Marines.html

Cox Box Tops ran in the family!!

Basically in Dec 1958 MARGUERITE got hit in the nose "by a box of candy" in COX'S? (Said Oswald and Pic) Or FAIR RIDGLEA Dept. Store? As employee of candy counter ran by King Candy Company at Fair Ridglea she filed a claim for workers comp.

Joh Pic said it was Downtown, which does not sound like The Fair Ridglea thus she must have worked the candy counter at Cox's in Oct '58... Who's telling the truth?

Did she work at Cox's in '58???

This is part that could use some nailing down:

When and where did MO work for Cox's? How do we know?

Where did Cox's move into a new location in '55-'56 after moving from the FWClub Building? Where was it in 1958?

Is there a Cox's Candy Conspiracy, I don't know, but definetely some areas to explore further. (sarcasm mine)

http://books.google.com/books?id=I1VBUrmaMPkC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=marguerite+oswald+cox&source=bl&ots=M-eHdKBGhx&sig=Gqt5PxICWXOxoLwtbHIyAauXmJY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DMorVJuSL4epogT1qYHQDA&ved=0CGgQ6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=marguerite%20oswald%20cox&f=false

The Fair at Ridglea circa 1958

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kamaaina56/2870778269/

http://books.google.com/books?id=Gcf19iJnAk4C&pg=PT174&lpg=PT174&dq=fair+ridglea+department+store+fort+worth&source=bl&ots=I-AXBbEiHH&sig=avkLJn4n4jbjCddsT-tTof-5ujQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6c8rVKGiGYLMoATTvYGICQ&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=fair%20ridglea%20department%20store%20fort%20worth&f=false

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Re: The Cox Tops

Post by Ed. Ledoux on Wed 01 Oct 2014, 6:58 am

Stanley Nyberg, who was Mrs. Oswald's

supervisor at the King Candy Company in Fort Worth in 1958, said, "She

came here with her children from New York and had good references" (95).

("Children" -- plural -- this after John was married and Robert had

joined the Marines.)

Any More on Stanley???

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Post by Ed. Ledoux on Wed 01 Oct 2014, 7:40 am

Info on Mr Saner Davis? Any relatives?

http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2240.pdf

I think this boils down to the Stripling school vs the West side Ridglea school attendance.

Funny the good doctor recommends getting her head checked alright:

http://research.archives.gov/description/7564850

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Post by Stan Dane on Wed 01 Oct 2014, 8:56 am

Unrelated, but since we're talking about "Cox," there's a Roland A. Cox who was a reserve police officer on duty outside the Dallas Police Station on Nov 24, 1963. When questioned after the Oswald shooting, he says he didn't see Ruby enter but was told or he heard that Ruby entered with a camera. Cox said he worked for Ruby eight or nine years earlier. His testimony seemed fishy to me.

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Post by greg parker on Wed 01 Oct 2014, 9:08 am

Ed, Marguerite was employed at Cox's between Nov '49 and May the following year.

http://www.maryferrell.org/mffweb/archive/viewer/showDoc.do?mode=searchResult&absPageId=145250

She worked for King Candy Co at Fair Ridglea at the time she had the accident.

Lee never attended Stripling, despite what Robert said and despite what Jack White's friend Kudlaty said. Robert did attend there and he may have simply presumed his brother followed suit. If the FBI pulled any records from Stripling, they were Robert's.

My opinion, fwiw: where the box top came from is not relevant. It's purpose is what matters.

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Post by greg parker on Wed 01 Oct 2014, 4:54 pm

Ed. Ledoux wrote:

Stanley Nyberg, who was Mrs. Oswald's

supervisor at the King Candy Company in Fort Worth in 1958, said, "She

came here with her children from New York and had good references" (95).

("Children" -- plural -- this after John was married and Robert had

joined the Marines.)

Any More on Stanley???

This is the source used by Armstrong:

http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/po-arm/id/17768/rec/2

As can be seen, it is a newspaper interview with Nyberg - and he was relying on memory, not actual business records.

At some stage, Marguerite probably told Nyberg she had been living in New York. In his memory, she must have come direct from there. As for the "children" comment - Armstrong is not much of a fact checker. Robert left active duty in 1955 and was living in Fort Worth. Nyberg therefore probably assumed he had moved there with his mother and brother.

The Cox box top is important, Ed. It leads us to who was playing Oswald like a violin. The other stuff from Armstrong just does my head in (to borrow a phrase from an ex-member)

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Post by Ed. Ledoux on Sun 05 Oct 2014, 4:53 am

Regardless I found it strange Robert, John and Lee all saying that MO worked at Cox's in 1958. Especially given her termination there and the events surrounding it.

The Cox's Department store on Camp Bowie is in Ridglea, a Fort Worth suburb.

That store along with others like Fair were part of the Ridglea shopping area.

Mrs. Hopkins stated she knew MO worked at Cox's but at the 7th and Throckmorton address in early '50's

http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/FBI%20Records%20Files/105-82555/105-82555%20Section%20057/105-57d.pdf

Interestingly her employment based on the statement of Clara Nagel is that Marguerite Oswald began work at Cox's on Nov 22nd 1949.

http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2213.pdf

And then on Nov 22nd 1963 we find Ossie carrying a Cox's Box Top?