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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. X - Page 368« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Virginia Louise Davis)

Mrs. Davis.
I really do think he was. I didn't see the man. I couldn't say one word, but I really think he was, sincerely, because the two men, especially Howard Price, he is the kind of person that you can believe what he says. He is intelligent. When he says he knows a rifle, he knows that rifle. He can get out there and dig out slugs, which he does, and melt them down to the lead, and he can tell you what slug is out of each gun, which I can't do. He is just a gun enthusiast and he loves it and he remembered that gun.
But that is the only thing I can say. I did not see the man and I couldn't say. I mean nothing except I would take his word for it. He wouldn't be the kind, and he told us this before it all come out in the paper, and the rifle, it hadn't been identified in the paper when he identified it. But Slack, I don't know too much about him. He is just a temperamental hothead. He was very hot, and they kept kicking his booth. He said they had odd shoes on and kept kicking his booth. If someone is knocking this desk, she couldn't write, and he kept knocking the side of the booth and he couldn't shoot, and that made him angry. But that is the only thing that I know.
Mr. Liebeler.
You are basing your opinion basically on the conversation you had with Mr. Price and your reset for Mr. Price's judgment?
Mrs. Davis.
That's right.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Mr. Price tell you, or did you learn how these men got to the rifle range?
Mrs. Davis.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did they walk or come in a car?
Mrs. Davis.
Now, Mr. Price said they came in a car, this old car. I think he knows the make of it, but like I say, I didn't see him. The only thing--only time I saw a car at a late arrival was the night I was telling you about that Price took him down there, but I saw the man get out, but that is all.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Mr. Price see these two men on the Sunday before the assassination when they had the incident over the target?
Mrs. Davis.
I don't think he was down there that day. I don't remember. I don't think so. J know Jim Thompson was working that day and Mr. Moses and my husband and I, and we never have over four, so I don't think we was---I may be mistaken, he may have been there, but not working for us, because he was there every day.
Mr. Liebeler.
Price was?
Mrs. Davis.
Price was.
Mr. Liebeler.
Can you think of anybody else who might have seen Oswald at the range, or this fellow they thought was Oswald, come and told you about it?
Mrs. Davis.
No, I sure can't.
Mr. Liebeler.
I don't think I have any more questions at this point. Is there anything that you can think of?
Mrs. Davis.
I have thought and thought, and I would give anything if I could think of something or identify someone he was with. I think that would be more of a help to you people than anything, wouldn't it?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes, it would.
Mrs. Davis.
My husband did call in that he saw this bearded man. Do you have that on your records?
Mr. Liebeler.
Your husband told us.
Mrs. Davis.
He went right to the phone and called, because we were convinced. Do you know anybody that was with him that day? The man may be completely innocent, but we just feel that he was with him because he was so belligerent and stood around and he wouldn't talk. You don't find people like that at a gun range. They are really friendly and they come out to shoot and have a good time, and I have never had anyone treat me like he did.
Mr. Liebeler.
This bearded man?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you see the rifle that the bearded man had with him?
Mrs. Davis.
He had several, yes. He had them, but I couldn't identify them. I could now. They like for you to discuss their rifles with them when they come in. They think they are important, you know. And now I can identify a rifle but I didn't know a rifle from a shotgun, a .22 from a 16-gauge shotgun, I mean, I didn't know the difference.
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