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
When we got it back ready to sign, Carroll and I were sitting there,
and it had Captain Westbrook's name for signature, and added a
paragraph about he and the FBI agent being there, and not seeing that
it made any difference, I went ahead and signed the report.
Actually, they were there, but I didn't make any corrections.
And as far as the report, didn't allege what they did, but had added a
paragraph to our report to include the fact that he was there, and also
that the FBI agent was there.
Now as to why this was done, your guess is as good as mine.
Mr. BELIN. Were they there at the time?
Mr. HILL. They were there. They got there inside where we were about
the time he was being handcuffed.
Mr. BELIN. All right, let me go back a minute now.
You left the suspect in the custody of homicide?
Mr. HILL. Right.
Mr. BELIN. In what office was he left?
Mr. HILL. He was still in the interrogation room and still in the
homicide and robbery bureau office.
Mr. BELIN. Who was in there with him when you left?
Mr. HILL. When I left the office, Captain Fritz, who was the commander
of the bureau was there, and I had assumed, being that he was the
officer in charge, the highest ranking man there, and it was his bureau
and his office, theoretically he was in possession of the prisoner.
However, now as to specifically who went in and took him out of the
interrogation room and took him to the captain's office, I don't know.
Mr. BELIN. Was Captain Fritz in the interrogation office?
Mr. HILL. Captain Fritz was in the hall. There was a little small
hallway to the door here, and there is a hallway just big enough to
pass through. The suspect was in the interrogation room and Captain
Fritz immediately in front of him.
Mr. BELIN. Was anyone else in the interrogation room when you left?
Mr. HILL. No; Walker was, and when we turned him over to homicide,
Walker came out and Fritz and his people had control of the prisoner.
Mr. BELIN. So when you and Walker left, the nearest office to him was
Fritz'?
Mr. HILL. As far as I know; yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. At any time up to the time you left, did you ever get any
address on the suspect as to where he lived other than the statement
of Captain Fritz that he had this address on Fifth Street somewhere in
Irving?
Mr. HILL. Paul Bentley called off two addresses. One, as I recall,
in Irving, and another one in Oak Cliff, when he was reading from
information inside the suspect's billfold. But neither of these
addresses was an address on 10th or on Beckley.
As to exactly what they were, I don't recall, as I didn't see the
identification.
Mr. BELIN. Would one of them have been an address on Neely Street?
Mr. HILL. It very possibly could be. In fact I believe it was.
Mr. BELIN. To the best of your knowledge, did anyone in the car in
which you were riding down to the police station ever mention any
Beckley Street address for the suspect?
Mr. HILL. No.
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