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, what did you do with the empty hull that was given to
you, that Virginia gave you?
Mr. DHORITY. I gave it to Lieutenant Day in the crime lab.
Mr. BALL. Do you know whether or not Virginia or Jeanette Davis found
an empty shell--did she tell you she found an empty shell--Jeanette
Davis?
Mr. DHORITY. I don't recall--it seems like she told me she had found
one earlier and gave it to the police out there, as well as I remember.
Mr. BALL. Gave it to the police that day?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes; I believe so.
Mr. BALL. I have here an affidavit signed "Mrs. Virginia Davis," is
that a copy of the affidavit that you took from Virginia that day?
Mr. DHORITY. [Reads instrument referred to.] Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. I would like to have this and the preceding affidavits marked
as Exhibits Nos.--Mr. McWatters' will be Dhority "Exhibit No. A,"
and Mrs. Davis' affidavit will be "Exhibit No. B," of Mr. Dhority's
deposition.
(Instruments referred to marked by the reporter as Dhority "Exhibits
Nos. A and B," for identification.)
Mr. BALL. Did you do anything more that day, Friday the 22d? You told
us you watched the preparation of the paraffin casts.
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Is there anything more you did that day?
Mr. DHORITY. I don't recall anything particularly. I did quite a bit of
telephone answering of the telephone there at the city hall--there was
so much going on at the city hall, I can't recall everything.
Mr. BALL. Now, on the next day, November 23, you took part in a showup,
didn't you?
Mr. DHORITY. I didn't take part in the one on the cabdriver there.
Mr. BALL. Were you present?
Mr. DHORITY. I was present--what it was--they wanted me to take the
cabdriver's--me and Brown, to take the cabdriver back down to the
station, and I believe we walked into the showup room while there was
a showup--the showup had just started or was going on and we walked in
there and Mr. Alexander from the district attorney's office was also
there.
Mr. BALL. Did you talk to Whaley?
Mr. DHORITY. No; I did not.
Mr. BALL. Was there a cab driver there named Scoggins [spelling]
S-c-o-g-g-i-n-s also?
Mr. DHORITY. I believe there was--there was two cabdrivers there and
I know Mr. Alexander, down at the district attorney's office, told us
they identified him.
Mr. BALL. Did Whaley ever tell you he identified him?
Mr. DHORITY. No, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did you take an affidavit from Whaley?
Mr. DHORITY. No, sir.
Mr. BALL. Now, were you present at some time on the 24th when Oswald
was in Captain Fritz' office?
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. That would be Sunday, November 24.
Mr. DHORITY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Tell us about what you did that day, on the 24th of November.
Mr. DHORITY. Well, on--I went up to jail along with Leavelle and Graves
and got him and brought him down to Captain Fritz' office that morning.
Mr. BALL. Who was present in Captain Fritz' office that day?
Mr. DHORITY. Well, Captain Fritz and Mr. Kelley and Mr. Sorrels.
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