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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 198« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Walter Eugene Potts)

Mr. Potts.
Well, F. M. Turner and H. M. Moore was with him, and Judge David Johnston was there, and also Assistant District Attorney Bill Alexander.
Mr. Ball.
Did David L. Johnston go too, the justice of the peace?
Mr. Potts.
Yes, the judge was there in person.
Mr. Ball.
He was?
Mr. Potts.
Yes; and also Assistant District Attorney Bill Alexander--they all came in the same car.
Mr. Ball.
What did you do then?
Mr. Potts.
Well, after we showed Johnson the search warrant, I think it was Johnson, we went on in the room and continued to search the room, and we took everything in there that we could find.
Mr. Ball.
Would you describe the room, the appearance of the room?
Mr. Potts.
Well, the room was off--as you walk into the house, the living area, the room was right there at the front door, and it was off to the left of the living room. It was a real small room. It was, oh, I don't suppose it was 6 to 8 feet wide, and maybe 10 feet long. It was a real small room. It had a half bed in there and back in the back there it had a shelf---some shelves and stuff that he had some food and stuff back there in.
Mr. Ball.
How was it furnished?
Mr. Potts.
Well, it just had the bed in there, and I believe, if remember, it might have had a chair--I'm not sure. So, Moore, Senkel, Cunningham and all of us--we searched that room--we took everything in there all but--there was some food on the shelf we didn't take and we went through the trash can and there was some banana peelings and stuff, but everything in there we took everything in there we could find. We even took the pillow cases off of one of the pillows and put stuff in it. He had one of those little zipper-type bags and he had a lot of stuff in it.
Mr. Ball.
What color was the bag?
Mr. Potts.
I don't recall the color of that bag.
Mr. Ball.
Did you bring it with you--you picked it up too, and brought it in, too?
Mr. Potts.
Yes, sir; we brought everything out of the room we could find.
Mr. Ball.
Were there curtains on the windows?
Mr. Potts.
Yes, sir; I think so.
Mr. Ball.
Hanging on rods?
Mr. Potts.
If I remember correctly, I think there was curtains on the walls, but we looked behind the curtains and everything--and looked behind the blinds and everything.
Mr. Ball.
Now, did you see anything of a leather holster?
Mr. Potts.
A .38 leather holster--I have a list there of all the stuff we brought out of there.
Mr. Ball.
Could I see that, please?
Mr. Potts.
Yes, sir; you sure can. This is a list Mr. Turner and Mr. Moore and myself compiled after we brought it into the office.
Mr. Ball.
You brought the stuff into the office?
Mr. Potts.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
We'll mark this as "Potts Exhibit A."
(Instrument referred to marked by the reporter as "Ports Exhibit A," for identification.)
Mr. Potts.
You can have that if you would like.
Mr. Ball.
This will be two exhibits A-1 and A-2.
(The instruments referred to marked by the reporter as "Ports Exhibits A-1 and A-2," for identification.)
Mr. Ball.
Did you ask Mrs. Johnson whether or not she had ever seen the holster before?
Mr. Potts.
I don't recall asking her that.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ever ask Mrs. Earlene Roberts if she had seen the holster before?
Mr. Potts.
I don't recall talking to her about that. They weren't too familiar with what was in that room. I didn't talk to them too much about it.
Mr. Ball.
You recovered a Dallas city map, too, didn't you?
Mr. Potts.
Yes, sir; that had some markings on it in pencil.
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