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. TURNER. I don't remember whether there was or was not; no, sir.
Mr. BELIN. What about the next day, Saturday, November 23?
Mr. TURNER. Just nothing of importance that I did that day, that I know
of, except I came to work, like I said.
They had to put in four or five extra phones up there, and it kept lots
of us busy answering the phone.
Mr. BELIN. At that time did you ever get involved in any interrogation
sessions with Oswald?
Mr. TURNER. No, sir; I never was.
Mr. BELIN. Did you ever get involved in any showups of Oswald?
Mr. TURNER. No, sir. I think I might have got right in on the tail end
of one down there, but I don't recall the details. I think I walked in
just as they were winding up on him one night.
Mr. BELIN. Did you receive any phone calls about anyone that tried to
identify the rifle as to where it might have been purchased from?
Mr. TURNER. Yes, sir; I did. On one of the phone calls, but I don't
know the man's name that called, but he did state that he had seen a
picture. This was probably Saturday, the next day. He stated that he
had seen this picture somewhere of this rifle, that was found, and he
stated this about this Klein's Sporting Goods of Chicago had an exact
replica in a magazine that he had seen, and I passed that along to
Captain Fritz, and he already had the information.
Mr. BELIN. Anything--any other information come in on Saturday of any
importance?
Mr. TURNER. Not that I can recall.
Mr. BELIN. All right; were you in the police station Sunday morning,
November 24?
Mr. TURNER. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. When did you come to the police station?
Mr. TURNER. I came in from church, approximately, shortly after 12, and
my mother-in-law or somebody told me they had seen the incident happen,
or had then heard the incident, or told me about the incident, so I
called the office and they said come on to work, so I probably got to
work about 1 o'clock or so.
Mr. BELIN. Then you stayed down there on Sunday?
Mr. TURNER. Yes, sir; until in the night.
Mr. BELIN. Anyone call in on Sunday about anything of importance with
regard to the assassination?
Mr. TURNER. Yes, sir. I mean, I don't know whether it was in regard to
the assassination. They called in about there was supposed to be a man
at Irving that sighted in a rifle out there.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know who it was that called in?
Mr. TURNER. Yes, sir; it was Mr. Ray Johns, channel 8 news.
Mr. BELIN. What did he say?
Mr. TURNER. He stated he had received an anonymous call stating Oswald
had the rifle sighted in on Thursday, November 21, at a gunshop at 111
or 212 Irving Boulevard.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do then?
Mr. TURNER. Well, I checked the crisscross and phone book and found
there was an Irving Sports Shop at 221 East Irving Boulevard.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you do?
Mr. TURNER. Found a man that owned it, Woody Greener, and had a man,
Dial Ryder, that worked for him.
Mr. BELIN. Did you talk with either or both of them?
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