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. We keep records of the time that things happen.
Mr. STERN. To the nearest minutes?
Mr. SIMS. Yes.
Mr. STERN. And that's why you can be so precise in your memorandum?
Mr. SIMS. That's right.
Mr. STERN. The information you gave us a little earlier describing the
two police and the jail clerk that were in the first two lineups, your
statement there was based upon notes that you brought here with you; is
that right?
Mr. SIMS. You mean their descriptions?
Mr. STERN. Yes; their descriptions.
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; I got the descriptions after I was notified to be
over here.
Mr. STERN. Do you know these individuals?
Mr. SIMS. Yes; I know them.
Mr. STERN. And these descriptions are accurate?
Mr. SIMS. Well, I don't know about the weight. I got this off of
their descriptions we have up there in the ID bureau in the personnel
file--that weight, I believe, Perry's--I just guessed at the weight.
Mr. STERN. Do you have the same descriptions available for the two city
prisoners?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; I have those.
Mr. STERN. Would you tell us what those are?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir. Richard Walter Borchgardt, he is 23 years of age,
5' 9", 161 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, and ruddy complexion.
Ellis Carl Brazel [spelling] B-r-a-z-e-l, he's 22 years of age, 5' 10",
169 pounds. Now, this weight could be one way or the other because this
was at the time that they were arrested when they got this description.
Mr. STERN. This information was obtained from police records?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir. He has green eyes, blond hair, and ruddy complexion.
Mr. STERN. As far as you now remember, does it accurately describe the
two?
Mr. SIMS. I couldn't say. I know it was what we had in our
identification jacket--these are their descriptions.
Mr. STERN. But you have no independent recollection now of their
description?
Mr. SIMS. No, sir.
Mr. STERN. At page 3 of your memorandum, in describing events at the
School Book Depository, the memorandum states, and this occurred
just after Lieutenant Day picked up the rifle and dusted it for
fingerprints--the memorandum states: "Some man then called Captain
Fritz, and he walked over to where the man was. This man gave Captain
Fritz the name of Lee Harvey Oswald and his home address in Irving,
Tex."
Would you give me something more about that--how Oswald's name came up
and in what context the name was given?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; this man, I believe, was some supervisor there at
the store, and he gave Captain Fritz Oswald's name and address.
Mr. STERN. Do you know why he gave it to him? In what connection he
gave it to him?
Mr. SIMS. I'm not positive about this, but I believe that Oswald was
missing.
Mr. STERN. I see.
Mr. SIMS. In other words, most of the employees returned back to their
jobs after the assassination.
Mr. STERN. Do you know whether any other employees were missing?
Mr. SIMS. No; I don't.
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