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. BELIN. Now what caused you to remember now what you actually did
with the hulls? I mean, what refreshed your recollection as to that?
Mr. SIMS. Talked to Captain Fritz, and I remember we was going over to
where the rifle, someone had found the rifle in the meantime, and we
was walking over to where the rifle was found, and he told me to be
sure and get the hulls.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do then?
Mr. SIMS. Well, I went over to where the rifle was found, and went back
later to where the hulls were.
Mr. BELIN. Were the hulls still in the location you left them for being
dusted for fingerprints?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir; they were still taking pictures.
Mr. BELIN. Were they still taking pictures, or dusting them?
Mr. SIMS. I hadn't picked them up. They were still, as far as I can
remember, taking pictures, because Captain Fritz left two officers to
preserve the scene.
Mr. BELIN. When you got back, what did you do after they got through
with the pictures?
Mr. SIMS. When he got through with the scenery I picked the hulls up.
Mr. BELIN. Was it then that he dusted them, or what?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Now, did Captain Fritz tell you that this is what you did,
or Boyd tell you?
Mr. SIMS. No, I remembered the other day when I testified I wasn't too
sure who brought them down, and then after I talked to Captain Fritz
and Boyd, I remembered definitely we were walking over to where the
rifle was found, and he told me to be sure and get the hulls, so I did
that.
Mr. BELIN. Did Captain Fritz tell you, or the other, Day, that you were
the one that brought the hulls, or did you independently remember?
Mr. SIMS. I remembered putting them in my coat pocket.
Mr. BELIN. Now, Detective Sims, just so that I can have a complete
understanding of the process by which you refreshed your recollection,
you talked to Captain Fritz about this after you testified here on
Monday?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. What did he say and what did you say, if you remember?
Mr. SIMS. I told him I couldn't remember for sure about who brought the
hulls up there to his office or what happened to the hulls, and then I
talked to him.
Mr. BELIN. What did he say?
Mr. SIMS. He said, "Well, remember I told you to get the hulls and
bring them to the office."
And I talked to Boyd, my partner, and he said that Captain Fritz had
said that, too, so I remembered exactly about where I was when he told
me this.
Mr. BELIN. In other words, Captain Fritz told you on Monday, that back
on November 22, he had told you to get the hulls? Is that what Captain
Fritz told you on this past Monday?
Mr. SIMS. No, not the past Monday. Now this was----
Mr. BELIN. Well, today is Wednesday. Could it have been on Tuesday, or
Monday?
Mr. SIMS. I don't know if it was yesterday or Monday.
Mr. BELIN. Was it either late Monday, April 6, or Tuesday, April 7?
Mr. SIMS. Yes, sir.
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