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. CROY. No; I didn't get his name. There was a private detective
agency. There was a report that a cabdriver had picked up Tippit's gun
and had left, presumably. They don't know whether he was the one that
had shot Tippit, or whether the man, I think it was he, brought someone
out there, something. Anyway, he saw it and he picked up Tippit's gun
and attempted to give chase or something like that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. There was a detective who was an eyewitness?
Mr. CROY. No; he brought the taxi driver back to the scene.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But the taxicab driver was an eyewitness?
Mr. CROY. As far as I know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk to the taxicab driver?
Mr. CROY. No; I took Tippit's gun and several other officers came up,
and I turned him over to them and they questioned him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, who was the third eyewitness that you say you talked
with there?
Mr. CROY. I believe it was a man that was standing there in the yard.
He said he saw Oswald just walk up the street.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What direction did he say?
Mr. CROY. He didn't say.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But he saw Oswald walking some blocks to where he got to
before he got to Tippit's car?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did he tell you that he saw Oswald do walking up the
street?
Mr. CROY. He just said he saw him walking up the street, and this other
lady said that, I believe it was, that Tippit had stopped him and
called him over to the car, and he came around to the driver's side,
because Tippit was by himself.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Oswald came around?
Mr. CROY. To the driver's side of the car.
Mr. GRIFFIN. This is the lady that said that?
Mr. CROY. The lady said that, and she said, I think she said, he stuck
his head in the car and they talked, and he stepped back a couple or
3 feet, and Tippit opened the door to get out, and when he got out,
Oswald pulled the pistol out and shot him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. This is a lady? The man or the lady that said this?
Mr. CROY. The lady.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, what did the man who was walking, who saw Oswald
walking up the street, tell you?
Mr. CROY. He just said he saw him walking up the street just prior to
the shooting.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he say he saw him arrive at the car?
Mr. CROY. No; I turned him over to some other officers and they talked
to him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you able to determine from them what direction he saw
Oswald walking?
Mr. CROY. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall this man's name?
Mr. CROY. No; I found the witness and took him to the other officers.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, after the Tippit--how long did you remain at the
scene of the Tippit killing?
Mr. CROY. Oh, I would say a good 30 minutes. Thirty or forty minutes,
something like that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Then where did you go?
Mr. CROY. Home. I went to eat.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I take it, at some restaurant or something?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you remain home the rest of the day?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you come to the police department on the----
Mr. CROY. Next day.
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