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. SIMS. Well, we arrived at Parkland and we saw that Chief Curry
was there in front of the hospital, so he directed us back to the
Depository Store, down to the Book Store.
Mr. BALL. Tell me this--what did he say--what did he tell you to do?
Mr. SIMS. I don't remember the exact words, but he told us to go back
to the store at the triple underpass--I don't remember what it was--I
couldn't say for sure.
Mr. BALL. Did anybody tell you at that time that there had been anyone
in the Texas Depository Book Building that had done the shooting?
Mr. SIMS. No, sir; I think at that time it was strictly speculation
from where the shot had been fired.
Mr. BALL. He just told you to go back to the scene of the shooting?
Mr. SIMS. Yes--as I said, I couldn't say for sure.
Mr. BALL. Did you go back there--back to Elm and Houston?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; we went directly to the Book Store and Sheriff Bill
Decker rode back with us.
Mr. BALL. And you went right to the building?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; and pulled up in front of it there--in front of the
building.
Mr. BALL. On the way back, did you hear anything over the radio?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; we heard them mention the Book Store.
Mr. BALL. What did they say--what did you hear?
Mr. SIMS. Well, now, I don't know.
Mr. BALL. You heard something about it?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; we went there for some reason--I know that.
Mr. BALL. Was it something you heard over the radio that directed you
to go there?
Mr. SIMS. We went directly to the store and parked there in front.
Mr. BALL. What did you do after that?
Mr. SIMS. Well, we took our rifles out of the car and shotgun, and
proceeded to the building, went in the building.
Mr. BALL. What door of the building did you go in?
Mr. SIMS. The front door.
Mr. BALL. Who was with you?
Mr. SIMS. Captain Fritz and Boyd and I.
Mr. BALL. Could you tell me about what time you got to the building?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; I got it here--about 12:58--about 1 o'clock.
Mr. BALL. The radio log of that day at 12:36 shows that the following
was broadcast from the police radio log: "The witness says shots came
from the fifth floor of the Texas Book Depository Store at Houston and
Elm. I have him with me now and we are sealing off the building."
Do you think you heard that?
Mr. SIMS. No, sir; I wouldn't have heard that. We didn't hear about the
shooting until 12:40, but we had to have heard something or we wouldn't
have went directly to the Book Store like we did.
Mr. BALL. At 12:45, there was a broadcast that stated: "All the
information we have received indicates it did come from the fifth floor
of that building."
"Which building?"
"The Texas Depository Building at Elm and Houston."
Do you know whether you could have heard that?
Mr. SIMS. Well, our radio was on--I could have heard, that; yes, sir.
We got to the hospital, I guess, about that time and we did have our
radio on.
Mr. BALL. When you went in the front door, who was with you?
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