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. BROWN. Yes, sir; he was. That is numbering, facing the stage from
your left to right.
Mr. BELIN. You mean your left, the observers left?
Mr. BROWN. Yes; the observers left to his right.
Mr. BELIN. Do your notes, of their own accord, show who else was in the
lineup besides Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. BROWN. No; it does not.
Mr. BELIN. Where would that information be available?
Mr. BROWN. I am not for sure on that, because during the time we were
taking an affidavit from Mr. McWatters in regard to him seeing Lee
Harvey Oswald on his bus, and also identifying his mark he made on the
bus transfer.
Another officer had this stub, and the other three men in the lineup
were for other witnesses to observe.
Mr. BELIN. You don't know who else was in the lineup?
Mr. BROWN. No; I did not get their names.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know what McWatters said when he made his
identification?
Mr. BROWN. Yes. Mr. McWatters said, "Yes, he is the one that got on the
bus. I gave him a transfer."
Mr. BELIN. Did you show Mr. McWatters any transfer that had been found
in Oswald's possession?
Mr. BROWN. Yes; at the time he was in their office.
Mr. BELIN. Did you yourself show him that?
Mr. BROWN. No; I did not.
Mr. BELIN. Did you see someone show him that?
Mr. BROWN. Yes; my partner, Detective Dhority.
Mr. BELIN. What did McWatters say about that?
Mr. BROWN. He said, "That is definitely my mark."
Mr. BELIN. How did he seem to identify that?
Mr. BROWN. By taking the slip and placing his punch that he carried. He
did punch a hole in a blank piece of paper that was lying on the desk,
and he held it up for comparison there in our presence.
Mr. BELIN. All right, anything else about McWatters at all that you
remember?
Mr. BROWN. Nothing other than we did take the affidavit and the
identification that he did give us of Oswald in this lineup.
Mr. BELIN. All right, any other showups on that day or any other day?
Mr. BROWN. Yes, sir. We had showups.
Mr. BELIN. Who else?
Mr. BROWN. About 7:30, or 7:45 p.m., that same day my partner, C. N.
Dhority and myself had two eye witnesses on the Officer Tippit murder
from 400 East 10th Street in our homicide and robbery bureau, and took
affidavits from them of what happened that day in front of their home.
After their affidavits were taken, we took them to the lineup room
where again Oswald and three more men were being shown to other
witnesses. Their names unknown. They were definitely and positively
identified by these two. One was Mrs. Barbara Davis and one Mrs.
Barbara Jeannette Davis.
Mr. BELIN. Was----
Mr. BROWN. Wait a minute, I am sorry. It was Mrs. Virginia Davis, and
Mrs. Barbara Davis.
Mr. BELIN. Were you there when they made their identification?
Mr. BROWN. Yes; I was. This was 7:45 p.m., November 22.
Mr. BELIN. Who did they pick?
Mr. BROWN. They picked Lee Harvey Oswald again, which was No. 2, in a
four-man lineup.
Mr. BELIN. Was Lee Harvey Oswald in the four-man lineup?
Mr. BROWN. Yes.
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