(Testimony of William Wayne Whaley)
Mr. Whaley.
More like this lighter color, at least they were cleaner or something.
Mr. Ball.
That is 157?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
But you are not sure about that?
Mr. Whaley.
I am not sure about the pants. I wouldn't be sure of the shirt if it hadn't had that light stripe in it. I just noticed that.
Mr. Ball.
Here is Commission No. 162 which is a gray jacket with zipper.
Mr. Whaley.
I thank that is the jacket he had on when he rode with me in the cab.
Mr. Ball.
Look something like it?
And here is Commission Exhibit No. 163, does this look like anything he had on?
Mr. Whaley.
He had this one on or the other one.
Mr. Ball.
That is right.
Mr. Whaley.
That is what I told you I noticed. I told you about the shirt being open, he had on the two jackets with the open shirt.
Mr. Ball.
Wait a minute, we have got the shirt which you have identified as the rust brown shirt with the gold stripe in it.
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
You said that a jacket--
Mr. Whaley.
That jacket now it might have been clean, but the jacket he had on looked more the color, you know like a uniform set, but he had this coat here on over that other jacket, I am sure, sir.
Mr. Ball.
This is the blue-gray jacket, heavy blue-gray jacket.
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Later that day did you--were you called down to the police department?
Mr. Whaley.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Were you the next day?
Mr. Whaley.
No, sir; they came and got me, sir, the next day after I told my superior when I saw in the paper his picture, I told my superiors that that had been my passenger that day at noon. They called up the police and they came up and got me.
Mr. Ball.
When you saw in the newspaper the picture of the man?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
You went to your superior and told him you thought he was your passenger?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did the Dallas police come out to see you?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Or FBI agents?
Mr. Whaley.
The Dallas police came down and took me down and the FBI was waiting there.
Mr. Ball.
Before they brought you down did they show you a picture?
Mr. Whaley.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
They didn't?
Mr. Whaley.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
They brought you down to the Dallas police station?
Mr. Whaley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
What did you do there?
Mr. Whaley.
Well, I tried to get by the reporters, stepping over television cables and you couldn't hardly get by, they would grab you and wanted to know what you were doing down here, even with the detectives one in front and one behind you. Then they took me in an office there and I think Bill Alexander, the Assistant District Attorney, two or three, I was introduced to two or three who were FBI men and they wanted my deposition of what happened.
So, I told them to the best of my ability. Then they took me down in their room where they have their show-ups, and all, and me and this other taxi driver who was with me, sir, we sat in the room awhile and directly they brought in six men, young teenagers, and they all were handcuffed together. Well, they wanted me to pick out my passenger.
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