Preface✦

The testimony of the following witnesses is contained in volume VII: Johnny Calvin Brewer, Julia Postal, Warren H. Burroughs, Bob K. Carroll, Thomas Alexander Hutson, C. T. Walker, Gerald Lynn Hill, J. M. Poe, John Gibson, James Putnam, Rio S. Pierce, Calvin Bud Owens, William Arthur Smith, George Jefferson Applin, Jr., Ray Hawkins, Sam Guinyard, and Helen Markham, who were present either in the vicinity of the Tippit crime scene or at the Texas Theatre, where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested; L. D. Montgomery, Marvin Johnson, Seymour Weitzman, W. R. Westbrook, Elmer L. Boyd, Robert Lee Studebaker, C. N. Dhority, Richard M. Sims, Richard A. Stovall, Walter Eugene Potts, John P. Adamcik, Henry M. Moore, F. M. Turner, Guy F. Rose, W. E. Perry, Richard L. Clark, Don R. Ables, Daniel Gutierrez Lujan, C. W. Brown, L. C. Graves, James R. Leavelle, W. E. Barnes, J. B. Hicks, Harry D. Holmes, James W. Bookhout, Manning C. Clements, Gregory Lee Olds, H. Louis Nichols, and Forrest V. Sorrels, who participated in or observed various aspects of the investigation into the assassination; William J. Waldman and Mitchell J. Scibor, who testified concerning the purchase of the rifle used in the assassination; Heinz W. Michaelis, who testified concerning the purchase of the revolver used to kill Officer Tippit; J. C. Cason, Roy S. Truly, Warren Caster, Eddie Piper, William H. Shelly, and Mrs. Donald Baker, employees at the Texas School Book Depository Building; Edward Shields, an attendant at a parking lot near the TSBD; Thomas J. Kelley and John Joe Howlett of the Secret Service and J. C. Day, J. W. Fritz, and Marrion L. Baker of the Dallas police, all of whom participated in the investigation into the assassination; Mary Jane Robertson, a secretary with the Dallas police; Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt, a photography expert with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; James C. Cadigan, a questioned document expert with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Earlene Roberts, housekeeper in the roominghouse occupied by Lee Harvey Oswald at the time of the assassination; Senator Ralph W. Yarborough, who was riding in the motorcade; Kenneth O'Donnell, Lawrence F. O'Brien, and David F. Powers, assistants to President Kennedy, who were riding in the motorcade and testified concerning the planning of the Dallas trip and the motorcade; Clifton C. Carter, assistant to President Johnson, Earle Cabell, former Mayor of Dallas, and Mrs. Earle Cabell, all of whom were riding in the motorcade; Philip L. Willis, James W. Altgens, and Abraham Zapruder, who took pictures of the motorcade during the assassination, and Linda K. Willis, Philip L. Willis' daughter; Buell Wesley Frazier, who drove Oswald home on the evening of November 21, and back to work on the morning of November 22; Joe Marshall Smith, Welcome Eugene Barnett, Eddy Raymond Walthers, James Thomas Tague, Emmett J. Hudson, and Edgar Leon Smith, Jr., who were present at the assassination scene; Perdue William Lawrence, a Dallas police captain who testified concerning the positioning of policemen along the motorcade route; Ronald G. Wittmus, a fingerprint expert with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Robert A. Frazier, Cortlandt Cunningham, and Charles L. Killion, firearms identification experts with the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Robert Brock, Mary Brock, and Harold Russell, who were present in the vicinity of the Tippit crime scene; and David Goldstein, the owner of a firearms store in Dallas.

Contents

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Testimony of-- Johnny Calvin Brewer 1 Julia Postal 8 Warren H. Burroughs 14 Bob K. Carroll 17 Thomas Alexander Hutson 26 C. T. Walker 34 Gerald Lynn Hill 43 J. M. Poe 66 John Gibson 70 James Putnam 74 Rio S. Pierce 76 Calvin Bud Owens 78 William Arthur Smith 82 George Jefferson Applin, Jr 85 Ray Hawkins 91 L. D. Montgomery 96 Marvin Johnson 100 Seymour Weitzman 105 W. R. Westbrook 109 Elmer L. Boyd 119 Robert Lee Studebaker 137 C. N. Dhority 149, 380 Richard M. Sims 158 Richard S. Stovall 186 Walter Eugene Potts 195 John P. Adamcik 202 Henry M. Moore 212 F. M. Turner 217 Guy F. Rose 227 W. E. Perry 232 Richard L. Clark 235 Don R. Ables 239 Daniel Gutierrez Lujan 243 C. W. Brown 246 L. C. Graves 251 James R. Leavelle 260 W. E. Barnes 270 J. B. Hicks 286 Harry D. Holmes 289, 525 James W. Bookhout 308 Manning C. Clements 318 Gregory Lee Olds 322 H. Louis Nichols 325 Forrest V. Sorrels 332, 592 William J. Waldman 360 Mitchell J. Scibor 370 Heinz W. Michaelis 372 J. C. Cason 379 Roy S. Truly 380, 591 Warren Caster 386 Eddie Piper 388 William H. Shelley 390 Edward Shields 393 Sam Guinyard 395 J. C. Day 401 Thomas J. Kelley 403, 590 J. W. Fritz 403 Mary Jane Robertson 404 Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt 410 James C. Cadigan 418 Earlene Roberts 439 Hon. Ralph W. Yarborough 439 Kenneth P. O'Donnell 440 Lawrence F. O'Brien 457 David F. Powers 472 Clifton C. Carter 474 Earle Cabell 476 Mrs. Earle Cabell 485 Philip L. Willis 492 Linda Kay Willis 498 Helen Markham 499 Mrs. Donald Baker 507 James W. Altgens 515 Buell Wesley Frazier 531 Joe Marshall Smith 531 Welcome Eugene Barnett 539 Eddy Raymond Walthers 544 James Thomas Tague 552 Emmett J. Hudson 558 Edgar Leon Smith, Jr 565 Abraham Zapruder 569 Perdue William Lawrence 577 Ronald G. Wittmus 590 Robert A. Frazier 590 Cortlandt Cunningham 591 Charles L. Killion 591 John Joe Howlett 592 Marrion L. Baker 592 Robert Brock 593 Mary Brock 593 Harold Russell 594 David Goldstein 594

EXHIBITS INTRODUCED

Page Baker Exhibit No. 1 512 Barnes Exhibit: A 273 B 273 C 273 D 273 E 273 F 275 Brock (Mary) Exhibit A. 593 Brock (Robert) Exhibit A. 593 Cabell Exhibit No. 1 476 Cadigan Exhibit No.: 1 419 2 419 3 419 3-A 420 4 420 5 421 6 421 7 421 8 421 9 421 10 421 11 423 12 424 13 424 14 425 15 428 16 428 17 428 18 428 19 428 20 429 21 429 22 431 23 432 24 432 25 436 26 437 27 437 28 437 29 437 30 437 Dhority Exhibit: A 154 B 154 Gibson Exhibit A 71 Hill Exhibit: A 50 B 52 C 53 Holmes Exhibit No.: 1 292 1-A 527 2 294 2-A 528 3 295 3-A 529 4 297 5 307 6 307 Hudson Exhibit No. 1 562 Kelley Exhibit A 403 Lawrence Exhibit No.: 1 579 2 585 3 586 4 589 Leavelle Exhibit A. 270 Markham Exhibit No.: 1 500 2 505 Michaelis Exhibit No.: 1 374 2 377 3 377 4 378 5 378 Moore Exhibit No. 1 214 Nichols Exhibit A 332 Potts Exhibit: A-1 198 A-2 198 B 202 C 202 Putnam Exhibit No. 1 75 Robertson Exhibit No.: 1 406 2 406 3 409 Russell Exhibit A 594 Shaneyfelt Exhibit No.: 1 410 2 410 3 410 4 410 5 413 6 416 7 417 Sims Exhibit A 182 Sorrels Exhibit No.: 4 341 5 360 Stovall Exhibit: A 190 B 193 C 195 D 195 Studebaker Exhibit: A 139 B 139 C 140 D 141 E 142 F 144 G 145 H 146 I 146 J 147 Tague Exhibit No. 1 556 Turner Exhibit No. 1 222 Waldman Exhibit No.: 1 361 2 363 3 363 4 364 5 364 6 366 7 366 8 366 9 367 10 367 Weitzman Exhibit: D 108 E 108 F 108 Westbrook Exhibit: A 114 B 117 C 117 D 117 Willis Exhibit No. 1 497 Yarborough Exhibit A 440