(Testimony of William Wayne Whaley)
Mr. Whaley.
45 cents.
Mr. Ball.
Well, then, you ran about--
Mr. Whaley.
About 2 1/2 miles, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Two and one-half miles?
Mr. Whaley.
Approximately.
Mr. Ball.
Two miles and four-tenths approximately.
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Can you give me any estimate of the time it took you to go that 2 1/2 miles?
Mr. Whaley.
Not actually, sir. I run it again with the policeman because the policeman was worried, he run the same trip and he couldn't come out the same time I did. But he was turning off of Jackson and Lamar when the light was wrong, and he was hitting a red light at Wood--I mean at Austin and Jackson and he hit a red light at Wood and Austin, then he hit a red light at Houston. Where I wait to make my turn until the light is right just after it has been green, almost ready for it to come red, turn right then, then the other lights turn green just as fast as you get to them, go on right through, you save about 2 minutes in traffic that way. That is where I got the 2 minutes on him he never could make up. So I had to go back with him to make that trip to--to show him I was right.
Mr. Ball.
How much time, in that experiment, when you hit the lights right, how long did it take you?
Mr. Whaley.
Nine minutes.
Mr. Ball.
Nine minutes?
Mr. Whaley.
Nine minutes.
Representative Ford.
Now on this particular trip with Oswald, do you recall the lights being with you?
Mr. Whaley.
They were with me, sir; for I timed them that way before I took off. Because I made that so much that I know the light system and how they are going to turn.
Representative Ford.
So this was a typical trip?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
The Chairman.
The witness has been driving a taxicab in Dallas for 36 years.
Mr. Whaley.
Thirty-seven, sir.
The Chairman.
Thirty-seven.
Mr. Whaley.
You name an intersection in the city of Dallas and I will tell you what is on all four corners.
Mr. Ball.
Did you stop and let your passenger out on this run on the north or south side of the intersection?
Mr. Whaley.
On the north side, sir.
Mr. Ball.
North side?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
That would be--
Mr. Whaley.
Northwest corner.
Mr. Ball.
Northwest corner of Neches and Beckley?
Mr. Whaley.
Northwest corner of Neches and Beckley.
Mr. Ball.
I have some clothing here. Commission Exhibit No. 150, does that look like the shirt?
Mr. Whaley.
That is the shirt, sir, it has my initials on it.
Mr. Ball.
In other words, this is the shirt the man had on?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir; that is the same one the FBI man had me identify.
Mr. Ball.
This is the shirt the man had on who took your car at Lamar and Jackson?
Mr. Whaley.
As near as I can recollect as I told him. I said that is the shirt he had on because it had a kind of little stripe in it, light-colored stripe. I noticed that.
Mr. Ball.
Here are two pair of pants, Commission Exhibit No. 157 and Commission Exhibit No. 156. Does it look anything like that?
Mr. Whaley.
I don't think I can identify the pants except they were the same color as that, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Which color?
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