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may well have been Oswald’s escape hatch, his last gambit to extricate himself from the
mediocrity and defeat which plagued him throughout most of his life.” 83
After his return to Dallas, Oswald found work at the Texas School Book
Depository after a tip from the woman Marina was staying with, Ruth Paine. Oswald
lived separately in a rooming house. Around this time, Marina gave birth to their second
child, which Marina testified Oswald “was very happy” about. However, the
Commission stressed that the stormy relations between Lee and Marina Oswald “are of
great importance in any attempt to understand Oswald’s possible motivation.” 84 The
report described Oswald as an overbearing, sometimes abusive husband, and that Marina
bore some blame for the troubled marriage by provoking Oswald and ridiculing him in
front of others. In the end, the Commission stated, however, “No one will ever know
what passed through Oswald’s mind during the week before November 22, 1963.” 85
Oswald's bizarre life, as outlined by the Warren Commission, culminated on that date in
the assassination of President Kennedy and wounding of Texas Governor John Connally
from a sniper’s lair in the School Book Depository. Oswald left the building after the
assassination, and allegedly murdered police officer J.D. Tippit, who apparently had
stopped and questioned Oswald. Oswald was arrested shortly afterwards at the Texas
theater. Jack Ruby killed Oswald while in police custody two days later, ostensibly to
spare Jackie Kennedy the ordeal of appearing at Oswald’s trial.
83 WC Report, 414.
84 WC Report, 416.
85 WC Report, 421.
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