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. All right, you saw a man going into what you referred to as
this lobby area?
Mr. BREWER. Yes; and he stood there with his back to the street.
Mr. BELIN. When did he go in now? What did you hear at the time that he
stepped into this lobby area?
Mr. BREWER. I heard the police cars coming up Jefferson, and he stepped
in, and the police made a U-turn and went back down East Jefferson.
Mr. BELIN. Where did he make the U-turn?
Mr. BREWER. At Zangs.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember the sirens going away?
Mr. BREWER. Yes; the sirens were going away. I presume back to where
the officer had been shot, because it was back down that way. And when
they turned and left, Oswald looked over his shoulder and turned around
and walked up West Jefferson towards the theatre.
Mr. BELIN. Let me hold you a minute. You used the word Oswald. Did you
know who the man was at the time you saw him?
Mr. BREWER. No.
Mr. BELIN. So at the time, you didn't know what his name was?
Mr. BREWER. No.
Mr. BELIN. Will you describe the man you saw?
Mr. BREWER. He was a little man, about 5'9", and weighed about 150
pounds is all.
Mr. BELIN. How tall are you, by the way?
Mr. BREWER. Six three.
Mr. BELIN. So you say he was about 5'9"?
Mr. BREWER. About 5'9".
Mr. BELIN. And about 150?
Mr. BREWER. And had brown hair. He had a brown sports shirt on. His
shirt tail was out.
Mr. BELIN. Any jacket?
Mr. BREWER. No.
Mr. BELIN. What color of trousers, do you remember?
Mr. BREWER. I don't remember.
Mr. BELIN. Light or dark?
Mr. BREWER. I don't remember that either.
Mr. BELIN. Any other clothing that you noticed?
Mr. BREWER. He had a T-shirt underneath his shirt.
Mr. BELIN. Was his shirt buttoned up all the way?
Mr. BREWER. A couple of buttons were unbuttoned at the time.
Mr. BELIN. Light complexioned or dark?
Mr. BREWER. Light complexioned.
Mr. BELIN. All right. After you saw him in the lobby of your store
there, what you call a lobby area, which is really kind of an extension
of the sidewalk, then you saw him leave?
Mr. BREWER. Yes, he turned and walked up toward----
Mr. BELIN. Had the police sirens subsided at the time he turned, or not?
Mr. BREWER. No; you could still hear sirens.
Mr. BELIN. Did they sound like they were coming toward you or going
away?
Mr. BREWER. They were going away at that time.
Mr. BELIN. Going the other way?
Mr. BREWER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. How could you tell?
Mr. BREWER. They were getting further in the distance.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you see this man do?
Mr. BREWER. He turned and walked out of the lobby and went up West
Jefferson toward the theatre, and I walked out the front and watched
him, and he went into the theatre.
Mr. BELIN. What theatre is that?
Mr. BREWER. Texas Theatre.
Mr. BELIN. Why did you happen to watch this particular man?
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