 | | "He said he had a nice supply of pornography," the merchant recalled. Whitman then took some pictures out of his pocket and showed them to the man. He told me there was tremendous profit in them. I said, "I don't think I am interested." He treated the whole darn subject as though it were imported sugar cane from South America. He was very technical about it. No sentiment whatever. I asked him what market he had in mind, college kids? "No," he said. ''High school and grade school children." He was like some guy trying to sell an ad in the Yellow Pages.
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The story cannot be disproved, but it is suspect. At the time of the alleged incident Whitman was a NESEP scholar enjoying a relatively generous income from the marines and an allowance from his father. Additionally, his job as a counselor in Goodall-Wooten Dorm allowed him to lodge rent-free. Other than his tour of duty in Cuba, when there were no other job opportunities, it is the only period of his adult life where he sought no employment. He did not need the money. It was also during that period that he began to date Kathy. Shortly afterwards, he moved to Fort Lejeune, North Carolina, for the remainder of his hitch in the marines. More significantly, however, after an exhaustive investigation into his past, including very candid statements by his closest friends, the APD, Texas DPS, and FBI files on Whitman contain no reference to pornography. No pornographic materials of any type were found in his home or garage.
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Further, there is more evidence that Whitman could be prudish. In his notes, diaries and numerous lists, he often chastised himself for cursing. On 31 January 1964 he wrote in his notebook, a precursor to his
Daily Record
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Undoubtedly, the comments included vintage marine obscenities. Finally, the businessman was apparently never asked, nor was it ever explained why he failed to report an attempt to sell child pornography at the time the event took place.
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A connection to child pornography would satisfy an urge to bring congruency to understanding Charles Whitman, since the evil of it
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