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. Now, in the affidavit here he says he picked up a man on
the lower end of town on Elm and Houston and went out on Marsalis and
picked up a woman, and then he mentions that as he went out, "This man
was grinning and never did say anything. The woman said that it was
not a grinning matter. I don't remember where I let this man off. This
man looks like the No. 2 man I saw in a lineup tonight."
Now, you read that, didn't you?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Now, you say he identified Oswald, he identified him as a man
that he had seen before doing what--did he tell you?
Mr. DHORITY. No, I just asked him if he saw the man there that he
picked up, and he said it was the No. 2 man.
I don't know whether you've talked to him or not.
Mr. BALL. Yes, I have.
Mr. DHORITY. But to me, he is the type of person that the longer you
talk to him--he just goes and he will try, to me, he will try to say,
"Well, I'm sure it was," but then he would go on with something else.
Mr. BALL. Well, what I want to know is this--he identified Oswald, but
did he tell you where he had seen Oswald before and what Oswald had
done?
Mr. DHORITY. Well, just like that affidavit there, he says he thought
he picked him up down there close to the Book Depository on Elm.
Mr. BALL. Did he tell you that? As he went out on Marsalis that some
man on the bus had grinned at a woman when the woman mentioned that the
President had been shot?
Mr. DHORITY. I don't know exactly for word to word--it's in the
affidavit there.
Mr. BALL. This is the story he told you that's in the affidavit; is
that right?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir; after he gave me the affidavit and we were
walking back across the street to the bus, he said, "Well, I think he
went out on Marsalis with me." He said, "He could have got off sooner."
Mr. BALL. Well, I want to read this affidavit into the record. It says:
"The State of Texas, County of Dallas
"Before me, Patsy Collins, a Notary Public in and for said County,
State of Texas, on this day personally appeared Cecil J. McWatters,
2523 Blyth, DA 1-2999, Dallas, Texas, Business Address: Dallas Transit
Company.
"Who, after being by me duly sworn on oath deposes and says: Today,
November 22, 1963, about 12:40 p.m. I was driving Marsalis Bus No.
1213. I picked up a man on the lower end of town on Elm around Houston.
I went on out Marsalis and picked up a woman. I asked her if she knew
the President had been shot and she thought I was kidding. I told her
if she did not believe me to ask the man behind her that he had told me
the President was shot in the temple. This man was grinning and never
did say anything. The woman said that it was not a grinning matter. I
don't remember where I let this man off. This man looks like the #2 man
I saw in a lineup tonight. The transfer #004459 is a transfer from my
bus with my punch mark."
Is that about what McWatters told you?
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