Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BRENNAN. They came running down the front steps of the building on
the Elm street side.
Mr. McCLOY. Did they then disappear in the crowd?
Mr. BRENNAN. No; they took them in custody, I suppose, and questioned
them.
Representative FORD. The law enforcement officers stopped them, and you
did what, then?
Mr. BRENNAN. No. I believe Mr. Sorrels or the Secret Service man
stopped them.
I am not sure, but I don't believe an officer of the police department
stopped them.
Representative FORD. But you were standing on the steps of the Texas
School Book Depository Building talking to whom?
Mr. BRENNAN. Mr. Sorrels and another man, and I believe there was an
officer standing there, a police officer.
Representative FORD. And these two Negroes came out of the front door?
Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, sir.
Representative FORD. And you did what then?
Mr. BRENNAN. I----
Representative FORD. Spoke to Mr. Sorrels?
Mr. BRENNAN. Spoke to Mr. Sorrels, and told him that those were the
two colored boys that was on the fifth floor, or on the next floor
underneath the man that fired the gun.
Representative FORD. You positively identified them?
Mr. BRENNAN. I did, at that time.
Mr. BELIN. Is there anything else now up to the time you got down to
the Dallas Police Station?
Mr. BRENNAN. Well, nothing except that up until that time, through
my entire life, I could never remember what a colored person looked
like if he got out of my sight. And I always thought that if I had to
identify a colored person I could not. But by coincidence that one time
I did recognize those two boys.
Representative FORD. Did those two Negro men say in your presence that
they had been in the fifth floor window?
Mr. BRENNAN. I don't recall. I don't recall.
Mr. BELIN. Is there anything else, sir, now up to the time you got down
to the Dallas Police Station?
Mr. BRENNAN. On Friday evening, you are speaking of?
Mr. BELIN. Yes.
Mr. BRENNAN. No.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
What happened when you got down to the Dallas Police Station?
Mr. BRENNAN. Mr. Patterson, if I am correct in the Secret Service that
picked me up, directed me to go to the fourth floor, a certain room on
that floor.
(At this point, Mr. Warren and Representative Ford withdrew from the
hearing room.)
Mr. BRENNAN. I later was introduced to several men--Captain Fritz in
Mr. Sorrels' office, and several more men. I do not remember their
names.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Before I go any further, do you remember the name of the officer you
talked to in front of the School Book Depository Building?
Mr. BRENNAN. I don't believe I ever heard it. I do not remember his
name.
Mr. BELIN. Are you sure of the names of the Secret Service men you
talked to? I believe you mentioned the name Sorrels.
Mr. BRENNAN. I do not know the other man's name.
Mr. BELIN. You believe one of them was Sorrels?
Mr. BRENNAN. I believe one of them was Sorrels.
Mr. BELIN. I think for the record----
Mr. BRENNAN. That is at the building.
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