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. Our office was--I don't remember about the people.
Mr. BALL. What people?
Mr. SIMS. Officers--police officers, I don't know who all was up there,
all I know is that there was a lot of people.
Mr. BALL. Had the press moved in and the television cameras at that
time?
Mr. SIMS. I don't remember what time they had moved in--I don't
remember.
Mr. BALL. Tell me what happened when you got back?
Mr. SIMS. Well, sir, I think he talked to a detective then--he's a
lieutenant now--Captain Fritz talked to Baker and said, "While we was
up in the Book Depository Store we heard Officer Tippit had been shot,"
and so Baker, I believe, told Captain Fritz that they had the man that
had shot Officer Tippit, in the interrogation room.
Mr. BALL. Who was that Baker?
Mr. SIMS. He was a detective then, but he's a lieutenant now. He has
been in the office there for several years.
Mr. BALL. Baker told Fritz that Tippit had been shot?
Mr. SIMS. No, sir; that we had heard that on the sixth floor of the
Book Store, but he told Captain Fritz that the man that shot Officer
Tippit was there in the interrogation room, or something to that effect.
Mr. BALL. What happened then?
Mr. SIMS. Well, I don't know, let's see, we took Oswald at 2:20, Boyd
and I, took Oswald from the interrogation room to Captain Fritz' office.
Mr. BALL. You and Boyd?
Mr. SIMS. Yes.
Mr. BALL. At 2:20 took Oswald--that's the first time you saw Oswald?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; that's right, he was there in that interrogation
room.
Mr. BALL. And who was in Fritz' office at that time?
Mr. SIMS. Well, let's see, during the interrogation, there was Mr.
Bookhout, that's Jim Bookhout, and Mr. Hosty, and Boyd and I and
Captain Fritz.
Mr. BALL. Did you make notes of what was said at that time?
Mr. SIMS. No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. BALL. Did your partner, Boyd, make notes, do you think?
Mr. SIMS. I don't know if he did or not.
Mr. BALL. Do you have anything from which you can refresh your memory
as to what was said in that interrogation?
Mr. SIMS. No, sir.
Mr. BALL. You have some memory of what was said, don't you?
Mr. SIMS. Well, not the exact wording or the exact questions.
Mr. BALL. Give us your memory of the substance of what was said there
at that time.
Mr. SIMS. Well, I couldn't say that. I know that it consisted of his
name and where he lived and things of that nature, and where he worked.
Mr. BALL. Now, tell us all you can remember, even though it is not
complete, just tell us as much as you can remember?
Mr. SIMS. I don't remember--I know, like I say, he asked him his name
and where he worked and things of that nature.
Mr. BALL. Did they ask him whether or not he had killed Tippit?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; I believe he did.
Mr. BALL. What did he say?
Mr. SIMS. He said, "No."
Mr. BALL. Did they ask him if he had shot the President?
Mr. SIMS. I don't remember now what--I wouldn't want to say for sure
what questions he did ask him.
Mr. BALL. Who did the questioning?
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