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 I want to hand you what has been marked Sawyer
Deposition Exhibit A, which is the transcript of the police log, and
I notice that at 1:52 p.m., there was a 550-2-531, with the notation,
"Suspect on shooting of police officer is apprehended en route to the
station." Was that----
Mr. HILL. Well, that would have generally been--that would have been----
Mr. BELIN. Would have been you?
Mr. HILL. That would have been me.
Mr. BELIN. It is marked "Westbrook-Batchelor." Is that because of the
No. 2 on it?
Mr. HILL. Yes.
Possibly Batchelor's call is 2, and Westbrook's is 550, so apparently
they showed Westbrook was talking to Chief Batchelor, which at this
point----
Mr. BELIN. Someone else put this handwriting in. That is,
"Westbrook-Batchelor," but is that the time that you called in?
Mr. HILL. Yes, sir; I don't remember the exact words, but I did get on
the radio as soon as we got to the car and it got moving, notifying
that we were en route to the station with the suspect. That would have
been possibly right.
Mr. BELIN. It goes on to say, "From the Texas Theatre."
And, "caught him on the lower floor of the Texas Theatre after a fight."
Did you say that?
Mr. HILL. This would have been the dispatcher to me asking the question
did we have him in the Texas Theatre. Was that where we arrested him?
Mr. BELIN. That is 531-550-2?
Mr. HILL. In other words, it is dispatcher to 550 car 2.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Mr. HILL. And he was finding out for sure if we had arrested him at the
theatre.
Mr. BELIN. Then it goes to 550.
Mr. HILL. Car 2 would have been my answer to the dispatcher.
Mr. BELIN. It says, "Caught him on the lower floor of the Texas Theatre
after a fight." And then 531-2-3.
Mr. HILL. That would have been the dispatcher talking to----
Mr. BELIN. Someone?
Mr. HILL. Chief Batchelor and Chief Stevenson.
Mr. BELIN. Two and three?
Mr. HILL. Then 531 again would have been the dispatcher advising 305,
which is a homicide unit that the apprehension had been made.
And then the 550 car 2, to 531 would have been me telling him that we
had 223, who was Walker--that is Walker's call number, and 492, which
was Carroll, and Lyons' call number in the car with me.
And we later had to make arrangements for somebody to go back and pick
up 223 car and take it back.
Mr. BELIN. That last call then was made at 1:53 p.m., in which you
advised who was in the car?
Mr. HILL. With us en route to the station.
Mr. BELIN. And the first one that you made after you got to the car was
at 1:52 p.m.?
Mr HILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Now, also turning to Sawyer Deposition Exhibit A, I notice
that there is another call on car No. 550-2. Was that you at that time,
or not, at 1:40 p.m.?
Would that have been someone else?
Mr. HILL. That probably is R. D. Stringer.
Mr. BELIN. That is not you, then, even though it has a number 550-2?
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