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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. X - Page 371« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Malcolm Howard , Jr. Price)

Mr. Price.
No, he took them with him--he picked them all up after the rifle was fired and took the shell casings along with him.
Mr. Liebeler.
You bad an opportunity to observe the rifle, did you not?
Mr. Price.
Yes, I had it in my hand.
Mr. Liebeler.
Would you be able to identify the rifle?
Mr. Price.
Well, I believe I would--it was a foreign make rifle and I wasn't too familiar with it at the time.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you see it again?
Mr. Price.
On two other occasions that he was there.
Mr. Liebeler.
Before we go on to that, you indicated that in order to see the target you had to turn the lights of the automobile on and that of Mr. Davis' truck on; is that right?
Mr. Price.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was it light up at the rifle range from where you fired?
Mr. Price.
Oh, yes; we have neon lights there.
Mr. Liebeler.
So you didn't have any difficulty in seeing this fellow?
Mr. Price.
No---no difficulty at all.
Mr. Liebeler.
Then this fellow just put the rifle in the car and drove off?
Mr. Price.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he have a gun case or anything like that?
Mr. Price.
Well, if he did, he didn't bring it down to the firing house.
Mr. Liebeler.
He didn't have anything he wrapped the rifle in?
Mr. Price.
Not that I know of. In fact, the best I remember, when he got out of the car, he just picked the gun up out of the back seat because it wasn't wrapped in anything or wasn't in a case.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you see this fellow again?
Mr. Price.
On two other occasions---one was 2 weeks later and at turkey shoot. It was Sunday, though, it was on a Sunday.
Mr. Liebeler.
It would have been in October sometime, then, is that right?
Mr. Price.
Yes, it would.
Mr. Liebeler.
The last Saturday in September, which is the day you indicated was the first time you saw him was the 28th of September?
Mr. Price.
Yes; that was the day they opened. They opened in the afternoon.
Mr. Liebeler.
And 2 weeks later would have been the 12th of October, and the Sunday following would be the 13th of October; is that right?
Mr. Price.
Yes, somewhere around there. They had a turkey shoot and I went down to participate in a turkey shoot and he was sitting in Booth 6 or 8 and was firing on a 100-yard line with a heavy bore rifle and I didn't talk to him then, but the third time that I saw him there I did.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you see this time in October, the day of this turkey shoot, did you see that he had the same rifle you had observed?
Mr. Price.
No, I didn't pay too much attention to that. I just saw him as he came by and he went on down to the booth. There are people that come down there and some of them have as high as six or seven different rifles. This Mr. Slack that you just talked to--I noticed him in particular because he had quite a variety every time he come down there he had three or four rifles with him.
Mr. Liebeler.
There's nothing that happened on this second time that you saw that particularly stands out?
Mr. Price.
Well--not that I know of personally, but I do understand there was a hassle between him and Mr. Slack over shooting the wrong target or something like that. I was over on the opposite end shooting at a target for the turkey shoot and I didn't pay any attention to that. That was their business.
Mr. Liebeler.
Who told you that there was a hassle between this guy and Slack?
Mr. Price.
It was Mr. Davis and Mrs. Davis.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you, yourself, don't remember anything that happened on this day, as far as this fellow was concerned?
Mr. Price.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, going back to the first time you saw him, was there anyone there at the rifle range besides this man, Mr. Davis and yourself?
Mr. Price.
At the first time I saw him--me and Mrs. Davis was the only one there, and we were just' fixing to close up and go home and he came in and, like
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