Mr. Liebeler.

General WALKER. Pardon?

Mr. Liebeler.

Following the time that Oswald shot Officer Tippit?
General WALKER. Will you repeat the question?

Mr. Liebeler.

Did Reynolds tell you that he thought there was some connection between the attack on him and Oswald killing Tippit?
General WALKER. We discussed that.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did he tell you that he thought there was a connection between the two?
General WALKER. He seemed to think there might be.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you think there is?
General WALKER. Yes; I do.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you have any evidence to indicate that there is?
General WALKER. I think there is a definite I don't know that you could call it evidence but you can anticipate that people would like to shut up anybody that knows anything about this case. People right here in Dallas. And I don't think anybody knows or would have known at the time after November 22 how much or how little Warren Reynolds knew.

Mr. Liebeler.

In fact, he doesn't know very much, does he?
General WALKER. He would become a very good example, regardless of what he knew, to let everybody know that they better keep their mouths shut.

Mr. Liebeler.

Well, now, wouldn't it be fair to say that that is pure speculation on your part?
General WALKER. Yes, but everything is speculation until you prove it or disprove it.

Mr. Liebeler.

But my basic problem is this, and I am not just trying to harass you.

I want to know if you have any evidence or can give us some idea on how to approach this problem to find out if there is any connection, because the Commission would certainly like to know if there is.
General WALKER. I would be much interested in the hanging of the woman in the prison .here in the cell that said she had worked in the Carousel Club, her only claim to fame, who I believe was the same woman, as I remember my information at this point, was the same woman that was driven over to this used car lot where the Reynolds brothers worked.

Mr. Liebeler.

Well, now, in point of fact, your primary source of information in connection with this whole thing is the newspaper story written by Bob Considine; isn't that right? That is where you first got all this information?
General WALKER. He did cite this case; that is correct. That was one of the pieces of information I had.

Mr. Liebeler.

You cited from this newspaper story and the statements that Warren Reynolds has made to you, and your observations about what you have been told about the facts regarding this stripper.
Are these the only things that led you to believe, plus your other statement about keeping people quiet, are the only things that led you to believe there might be some connection between these two events? Isn't that a fair statement?
General WALKER. It would seem significant to me from Reynolds' story that he was only checked by the law enforcement agencies 2 days before he was shot, that somebody was watching what was going on.
There are many things that would make me go into a lot of leads which no doubt make you all go into a lot of leads. Probably what you already know, but just to say that one particular thing is the only thing that makes me curious about this attempt on Warren's life as the one out of a hundred of used car lot operators in Dallas, to attempt the assassination of Warren who had seen Oswald, makes this quite unusual.

Mr. Liebeler.

I want you to tell us right now on the record all of the things that you can think of that led you to believe that there is some connection between these two events, in addition to the ones that you have already suggested.
General WALKER. I have just referred to one.

Mr. Liebeler.

That one that you referred to is the--
General WALKER The fact that there has not been, as far as I know, any finding of the man who attempted to kill him, is another one.