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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 147« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Howard Leslie Brennan)

Mr. Belin.
Are you sure of the names of the Secret Service men you talked to? I believe you mentioned the name Sorrels.
Mr. Brennan.
I do not know the other man's name.
Mr. Belin.
You believe one of them was Sorrels?
Mr. Brennan.
I believe one of them was Sorrels.
Mr. Belin.
I think for the record--
Mr. Brennan.
That is at the building.
Mr. Belin.
Yes, sir.
I think we should offer and introduce Commission Exhibits 477, 478, and 479.
Mr. Dulles.
The Chief Justice has asked me to preside in his absence this morning.
They shall be admitted.
(The documents heretofore marked for identification as Commission Exhibits Nos. 477, 478 and 479, were received in evidence.)
Mr. Belin.
By the way, Mr. Brennan, I note that you have glasses with you here today.
Were you wearing glasses at the time of the incident that you related here?
Mr. Brennan.
No. I only use glasses to see fine print and more especially the Bible and blueprint.
Mr. Belin.
And have you had your eyes checked within the past 2 or 3 years?
Mr. Brennan.
These here were prescriptioned, I believe, a possibility less than a year before the incident.
Mr. Dulles.
Does that mean you are farsighted?
Mr. Brennan.
Yes.
(At this point, Representative Ford entered the hearing room.)
Mr. Belin.
Has there been anything that has happened since the time of November 22, 1963, that has changed your eyesight in any way?
Mr. Brennan.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
What has happened?
Mr. Brennan.
The last of January I got both eyes sandblasted.
Mr. Belin.
This is January of 1964?
Mr. Brennan.
Yes. And I had to be treated by a Doctor Black, I believe, in the Medical Arts Building, through the company. And I was completely blind for about 6 hours.
Mr. Belin.
How is your eyesight today?
Mr. Brennan.
He says it is not good.
Mr. Belin.
But this occurred January of this year, is that correct?
Mr. Brennan.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Now, taking you down to the Dallas Police Station, I believe you said you talked to Captain Fritz. And then what happened?
Mr. Brennan.
Well, I was just more or less introduced to him in Mr. Sorrels' room, and they told me they were going to conduct a lineup and wanted me to view it, which I did.
Mr. Belin.
Do you remember how many people were in the lineup?
Mr. Brennan.
No; I don't. A possibility seven more or less one.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Did you see anyone in the lineup you recognized?
Mr. Brennan.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
And what did you say?
Mr. Brennan.
I told Mr. Sorrels and Captain Fritz at that time that Oswald--or the man in the lineup that I identified looking more like a closest resemblance to the man in the window than anyone in the lineup.
Mr. Belin.
Were the other people in the lineup, do you remember--were they all white, or were there some Negroes in there, or what?
Mr. Brennan.
I do not remember.
Mr. Belin.
As I understand your testimony, then, you said that you told him that this particular person looked the most like the man you saw on the sixth floor of the building there.
Mr. Brennan.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
In the meantime, had you seen any pictures of Lee Harvey Oswald on television or in the newspapers?
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