Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. Do you see anybody else on those pictures that you now
recognize as having been present on the first occasion, on the occasion
when you were there, other than Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. STEELE. That I remember; no.
Mr. JENNER. No one else?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. There was no incident on the day that you passed out this
literature?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. And the police didn't come?
Mr. STEELE. No.
Mr. JENNER. When was that, August 16?
Mr. STEELE. I can't give the date on that; I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. It was in August though, wasn't it?
Mr. STEELE. It was in August all right, but I don't remember the exact
date.
Mr. JENNER. Do you remember that some people were taking pictures?
Mr. STEELE. Yes; I do.
Mr. JENNER. And you remember your girl friend calling you that evening
and saying you were on television?
Mr. STEELE. Yes; she came over.
Mr. JENNER. She came over to your place?
Mr. STEELE. Yes, sir. I remember now; she came over.
Mr. JENNER. Where were you then?
Mr. STEELE. I was at work.
Mr. JENNER. Did you call the FBI then?
Mr. STEELE. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And the FBI said what?
Mr. STEELE. I had asked them about getting my picture off of
television, and they said they couldn't do anything about it, that
there was nothing wrong with it--that it was news.
Mr. JENNER. They couldn't interfere with the news media?
Mr. STEELE. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. That's what they told you?
Mr. STEELE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you call the television stations?
Mr. STEELE. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. What did you tell them?
Mr. STEELE. I asked them if they would take my picture off of the
television screen. I told them who I was, and I told them about it,
that I was the gentleman that had passed out the literature, and I told
them that my father was with the sheriff's office, and it wouldn't be
too good with him, and at the time didn't know what I was passing out,
until I had seen the cameras, and then looked at them, and they said,
"Well, all right then," and it never came on television anymore, until
the President's death.
Mr. JENNER. Describe this man who came along with Oswald.
Mr. STEELE. Right now I haven't the slightest idea what he looked like.
I think, as I recall, he was about Oswald's height.
Mr. JENNER. Oswald was 5 foot 9. You say he was the same height, or
taller, or what?
Mr. STEELE. Well, he wasn't shorter. He was either the same height or
slightly taller.
Mr. JENNER. Would it refresh your recollection if I told you that
when you were interviewed by special agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation on the 24th of November, 1963, that you told them that he
was aged 19 or 20 years, that he was about 6 feet tall, slender built,
dark hair, and olive complexion?
Mr. STEELE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Was that the way you recall him?
Mr. STEELE. Yes; he was slender built and about my complexion.
Mr. JENNER. You have dark skin?
Mr. STEELE. Caucasian, dark.
Mr. JENNER. What would you say he weighed?
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