The events flowing from the assassination of John F. Kennedy have been so bizarre that they could be criticized as bad fiction. Not the least of these was the assassination of the assassin in full view of several million televiewers.
And last week, during the trial of the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald, came another Dallasian episode.
Seven prisoners, lodged in an upstairs cell block of the Dallas County Courthouse, overpowered a guard and started a dramatic getaway. One of them, brandishing a "pistol" carved out of soap and blackened with shoe polish, pushed his way into the...
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