Mr. Stovall.

Richard S. Stovall.

Mr. Ball.

And what is your address, please?

Mr. Stovall.

3211 Grayson Drive, Dallas.

Mr. Ball.

And what is your occupation?

Mr. Stovall.

Detective with the Homicide Bureau, City Police Department.

Mr. Ball.

How long have you been with the Dallas Police Department?

Mr. Stovall.

Approximately 10 years---it will be 10 years this May.

Mr. Ball.

Now, the Commission has asked us to ask every witness to tell us about where he was born and his education and what he has done, because they are unable to see you and they would like to know something about you.
Can you tell me that, please?

Mr. Stovall.

Yes, I was born here in Dallas in 1928. I was born in a frame house over here on West Page 329--West Page. I went to grade school at Winnetka Elementary School and I attended W. E. Greiner Junior High School over here on South Edgefield. I went to high school at Sunset High out on Jefferson Boulevard. After I left high school, I went to the Navy for 2 years, which was just after World War II and I quit high school, by the way, and after I got out of the Navy I came back to summer school Tech and finished.
After that, I went to work for the post office. After a few other jobs I had been with for just a short period of time I went to work at the post office and I worked there for them for approximately 5 years, I believe; I think it was from 1949 to 1954, and in 1954 I quit the post office and went to the Police Department and I have been there since then.

Mr. Ball.

You are a detective, are you?

Mr. Stovall.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

You work in plain clothes?

Mr. Stovall.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

How long have you been in this particular department?

Mr. Stovall.

I have been in this department since approximately August 15, 1962--about 18 months, I guess.

Mr. Ball.

What do you call your department of the Detective Bureau?

Mr. Stovall.

It's Homicide-Robbery Bureau.

Mr. Ball.

Do you work under Captain Fritz?

Mr. Stovall.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

On November 22, 1963, had you been assigned a special duty, in view of the President's visit to Dallas?

Mr. Stovall.

Yes, sir; I had--after I got to work.

Mr. Ball.

At what time was that?

Mr. Stovall.

It was around 2 o'clock--I was watching television that morning and heard the deal on television.

Mr. Ball.

You were not on duty at the time the President was shot?

Mr. Stovall.

No, sir.

Mr. Ball.

You went to work at 2 o'clock?

Mr. Stovall.

Well, I was scheduled to go to work at 4 that day, I believe, but as soon as I heard that I got cleaned up and got ready for work and went on in.

Mr. Ball.

Were you given an assignment as soon as you got down there?

Mr. Stovall.

No, sir; I wasn't--as soon as I got there.
I got there and one of my partners, G. F. Rose, got there about the same time. We were talking to a witness that had seen all the people standing out there--he didn't actually see anything, so we didn't even take an affidavit from him because he didn't see anything.
While talking to him, the officers brought Lee Harvey Oswald into the Homicide Bureau and put him into an interrogation room we have there at the bureau. After we finished talking to this witness, we went back there and talked to him briefly.

Mr. Ball.

Do you remember what was said to him and what he said to you?

Mr. Stovall.

I don't recall exactly--I went in and asked him for his identification, asked him who he was and he said his name was Lee Oswald, as well as I remember. Rose and I were both in there at the time. He had his billfold and in it he had the identification of "A. Hidell," which was on a selective service card, as well as I remember.