Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GRIFFIN. Griffin Street?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did you do when you heard that President Kennedy had
been shot?
Mr. CROY. I didn't do anything. I was right in the middle of the street
with my car hemmed in from both sides. I couldn't go anywhere.
Mr. GRIFFIN. As soon as you got unhemmed, what did you do?
Mr. CROY. I went by the courthouse there and there were several
officers standing there, and I asked if they needed any help.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you drive your car to the courthouse?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Which courthouse?
Mr. CROY. There was only one courthouse.
Mr. GRIFFIN. There is a county courthouse?
Mr. CROY. There is.
Mr. GRIFFIN. There is a Federal courthouse, also, but this is the one
right there by the plaza and near the Texas School Book Depository?
Mr. CROY. The old red courthouse.
Mr. GRIFFIN. On Houston Street?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was that the corner of Houston and Main?
Mr. CROY. Houston and Main and Elm.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long after you heard that President Kennedy was shot
did you arrive there?
Mr. CROY. Oh, I guess it took me at least 20 minutes to drive those few
blocks.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What time would you say it was when you arrived at the
courthouse?
Mr. CROY. I don't know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who did you see when you arrived there?
Mr. CROY. Oh, there was some officers standing on the corner, I don't
know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you inquire of somebody there if you could be of
assistance?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Whom did you inquire of?
Mr. CROY. I don't know. They were just standing on the corner, and I
asked if I could be of any assistance.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Then, what did you do?
Mr. CROY. I proceeded on home.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Which way did you drive home?
Mr. CROY. Out Thornton to Colorado, and Colorado to--I can't think of
the street. It was Marsalis.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was that----
Mr. CROY. Or Zangs.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Thornton to Zangs?
Mr. CROY. Thornton to Colorado to Zangs.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Then out Zangs and in a westerly direction?
Mr. CROY. No. That is when I heard the call on Tippit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You were at the corner of Zangs and Colorado?
Mr. CROY. When the call came out on Tippit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Then what did you do?
Mr. CROY. I proceeded to the location where Tippit was shot.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where was that?
Mr. CROY. I think it was in the 400 block of East 10th, I believe it
was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall what street intersection that was?
Mr. CROY. No; I don't.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Can you describe that area out there?
Mr. CROY. Just residential.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, was there----
Mr. CROY. Where Tippit was killed, you mean?
Mr. GRIFFIN. This area that you went to where Tippit was?
Mr. CROY. Well, the street where he was killed was a residential area.
The street immediately south of that, Jefferson, is business.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see. Now, I am just referring to the street you found
him on. When you got there, was Tippit's car there?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
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