Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BALL. What was the first thing that you did that day with respect
to the investigation of the President's assassination?
Mr. DHORITY. Around 6 p.m., Detective Brown and myself went out and got
Mr. McWatters from the bus in front of the city hall there and brought
him into the lineup and took an affidavit off of him.
Mr. BALL. You were with Mr. McWatters, were you, in the lineup during
the showup?
Mr. DHORITY. Yeah.
Mr. BALL. That was about what time?
Mr. DHORITY. About 6:30. I don't recall.
Mr. BALL. You two men were with him?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. There was some other people there also at that time, weren't
there; some other witnesses?
Mr. DHORITY. Quite a few down there as well as I recall, in the showup
room.
Mr. BALL. At the showup room?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did you talk to any of them?
Mr. DHORITY. No, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did you talk to a man named W. W. Whaley at that time?
Mr. DHORITY. Whaley, that's a cabdriver?
Mr. BALL. The cabdriver.
Mr. DHORITY. I don't believe that was that night--I was thinking that
was the next day.
Mr. BALL. Well, did you at some time talk to Whaley?
Mr. DHORITY. Well, briefly, I took him back down to the cab company
down there.
Mr. BALL. Did you talk to a fellow at this showup at 6:30, did you talk
to anybody named Sam Guinyard? Or Ted Callaway?
Mr. DHORITY. I don't recall the names.
Mr. BALL. But at this showup at 6:30 you and Brown were with McWatters,
were you not?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Was there a Leavelle there, J. R. Leavelle--a detective?
Mr. DHORITY. I don't recall--he could have been--there was quite a few
officers there.
Mr. BALL. Do you remember what occurred at the showup?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir; he identified Oswald as the No. 2 man in the
four-man lineup.
Mr. BALL. Were any questions asked of the men in the lineup?
Mr. DHORITY. I don't recall--I wasn't holding the showup. I was just
with him and viewing the lineup. I believe that someone up there did
that.
Mr. BALL. What did McWatters say to you?
Mr. DHORITY. He identified him as the man that rode on the bus and
said he wasn't for sure exactly where he picked him up, but he said he
believed that he got off shortly after he got on the bus, but after he
identified him he went upstairs and looked at a transfer that Detective
Sims had took out of Oswald's pocket, and he positively identified the
transfer as his transfer.
Mr. BALL. You took McWatters' affidavit after that, didn't you?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Right after he had made an identification?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Of Oswald?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. At that time, and I'll show you a copy of an affidavit by
McWatters, and will you take a look at that, please?
Mr. DHORITY. [Examined instrument referred to.]
Mr. BALL. Mr. Dhority, after the showup, did you take the affidavit
from Mr. McWatters?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, I did.
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