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April j5 196^ Captain W.P. Gannaway Special Service Bureau Dallas Iolice Department Thru: Lieutenant Jack Revill Criminal Intelligence Section Special Service Bureau Dallas Police Department SUBJECT: CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE (6) WILLIAM J. CHESHER Sir: The following report is submitted for your information. On December 11, 19^3 this officer received information from a confidential source that a friend of the source had been to a coffee shop and a mechanic at that location had stated that LEE HARVEY OSWALD had been driving JACK RUBY'S automobile for approximately two months and that he (the mechanic) knew this because OSWALD had brought RUBY'S car to his garage for repairs. The source did not know the lo- cation of the coffe shop and did not want her name used. Source also stated she would not give the name of the friend who had heard the mechanic making the statement, unless it was absolutely necessary. A report (Int. 29^5-11) was made on this information because it was felt a possibility existed of locating the mechanic or garage thru bills and receipts confiscated from the vehicle of JACK RUBY. When photostatic copies of the contents of RUBY'S vehicle were received by this office, they were searched with negative results in regards to mechanical work. Detective F.A. Hellinghausen was later sent to contact the original source and was given the name of SUBJECT and his place of employment, the SUBJECT being the person source had received the information from. SUBJECT could add only the information that the COFFEE HOUSE DRIVE IN was the name of the cafe where SUBJECT heard the mechanic make statemnt listed above, and the description of the mechanic as being a short white male wearing greasy blue work clothes. Detec- tive Hellinghausen then went to the COFFEE HOUSE DRIVE IN, 5060 W. Lovers Lane, and found that this place had gone out of business during the latter part of December, 19&3 or early part of January, 196^ • \ On April 2, I96*f, Detective L.D. Stringfellow and the \ undersigned officer under orders from Captain W.P. Gannaway!0 \ went to the BOB HARDY, JR. REAL ESTATE COMPANY, 6Vf0 E. \ Mockingbird Lane, to contact subject. The officers were INT &
Report by W. S. Biggio regarding information received from William J. Chesher. It was alleged a mechanic said that Lee Harvey Oswald drove Jack Ruby's vehicle for two months. He stated that Oswald took the vehicle to his garage.
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