(Testimony of C. N. Dhority)
Mr. Dhority.
Around 6 p.m., Detective Brown and myself went out and got Mr. McWatters from the bus in front of the city hall there and brought him into the lineup and took an affidavit off of him.
Mr. Ball.
You were with Mr. McWatters, were you, in the lineup during the showup?
Mr. Dhority.
Yeah.
Mr. Ball.
That was about what time?
Mr. Dhority.
About 6:30. I don't recall.
Mr. Ball.
You two men were with him?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
There was some other people there also at that time, weren't there; some other witnesses?
Mr. Dhority.
Quite a few down there as well as I recall, in the showup room.
Mr. Ball.
At the showup room?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did you talk to any of them?
Mr. Dhority.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did you talk to a man named W. W. Whaley at that time?
Mr. Dhority.
Whaley, that's a cabdriver?
Mr. Ball.
The cabdriver.
Mr. Dhority.
I don't believe that was that night--I was thinking that was the next day.
Mr. Ball.
Well, did you at some time talk to Whaley?
Mr. Dhority.
Well, briefly, I took him back down to the cab company down there.
Mr. Ball.
Did you talk to a fellow at this showup at 6:30, did you talk to anybody named Sam Guinyard? Or Ted Callaway?
Mr. Dhority.
I don't recall the names.
Mr. Ball.
But at this showup at 6:30 you and Brown were with McWatters, were you not?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Was there a Leavelle there, J. R. Leavelle a detective?
Mr. Dhority.
I don't recall--he could have been--there was quite a few officers there.
Mr. Ball.
Do you remember what occurred at the showup?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, sir; he identified Oswald as the No. 2 man in the four-man lineup.
Mr. Ball.
Were any questions asked of the men in the lineup?
Mr. Dhority.
I don't recall--I wasn't holding the showup, I was just with him and viewing the lineup. I believe that someone up there did that.
Mr. Ball.
What did McWatters say to you?
Mr. Dhority.
He identified him as the man that rode on the bus and said he wasn't for sure exactly where he. picked him up, but .he said he believed that he got off shortly after he got on the bus, but after he identified him he went upstairs and looked at a transfer that Detective Sims had took out of Oswald's pocket, and he positively identified the transfer as his transfer.
Mr. Ball.
You took McWatters' affidavit after that, didn't you?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Right after he had made an identification?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Of Oswald?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
At that time, and I'll show you a copy of an affidavit by McWatters, and will you take a look at that, please?
Mr. Dhority.
[Examined instrument referred to.]
Mr. Ball.
Mr. Dhority, after the showup, did you take the affidavit from Mr. McWatters?
Mr. Dhority.
Yes, I did.
Mr. Ball.
Now, in the affidavit here he says he picked up a man on the lower end of town on Elm and Houston and went out on Marsalis and picked up a woman, and then he mentions that as he went out, "This man was
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