(Testimony of C. W. Brown)
Mr. Brown.
No; I did not.
Mr. Belin.
Did you see someone show him that?
Mr. Brown.
Yes; my partner, Detective Dhority.
Mr. Belin.
What did McWatters say about that?
Mr. Brown.
He said, "That is definitely my mark."
Mr. Belin.
How did he seem to identify that?
Mr. Brown.
By taking the slip and placing his punch that he carried. He did punch a hole in a blank piece of paper that was lying on the desk, and he held it up for comparison there in our presence.
Mr. Belin.
All right, anything else about McWatters at all that you remember?
Mr. Brown.
Nothing other than we did take the affidavit and the identification that he did give us of Oswald in this lineup.
Mr. Belin.
All right, any other showups on that day or any other day?
Mr. Brown.
Yes, sir. We had showups.
Mr. Belin.
Who else?
Mr. Brown.
About 7:30, or 7:45 p.m., that same day my partner, C. N. Dhority and myself had two eye witnesses on the Officer Tippit murder from 400 East 10th Street in our homicide and robbery bureau, and took affidavits from them of what happened that day in front of their home.
After their affidavits were taken, we took them to the lineup room where again Oswald and three more men were being shown to other witnesses. Their names unknown. They were definitely and positively identified by these two. One was Mrs. Barbara Davis and one Mrs. Barbara Jeannette Davis.
Mr. Belin.
Was----
Mr. Brown.
Wait a minute, I am sorry. It was Mrs. Virginia Davis, and Mrs. Barbara Davis.
Mr. Belin.
Were you there when they made their identification?
Mr. Brown.
Yes; I was. This was 7:45 p.m., November 22.
Mr. Belin.
Who did they pick?
Mr. Brown.
They picked Lee Harvey Oswald again, which was No. 2, in a four-man lineup.
Mr. Belin.
Was Lee Harvey Oswald in the four-man lineup?
Mr. Brown.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
They identified him as the man?
Mr. Brown.
Definitely, before they got on the stage, before they got them under the numbers, too.
Mr. Belin.
They saw him right away, you mean?
Mr. Brown.
Yes; they definitely picked him instantly.
Mr. Belin.
Instantly, you have just snapped your hands there?
Mr. Brown.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Anything else in connection with that identification?
Mr. Brown.
That is the only two that I was active insofar as the showups and identification of Lee Harvey Oswald by any of the witnesses on either Officer Tippit or-the President's assassination.
Mr. Belin.
All right, is there anything else you had to do with the murder of Officer Tippit's investigation or the investigation of the assassination that you haven't related to us thus far today?
Mr. Brown.
Yes. In regard to the Officer Tippit murder, the same date, November 22, 1963, Lt. T. P. Wells received a telephone call from a Mrs. Barbara Davis of 400 East 10th stating that her sister-in-law of the same address, her name as Mrs. Virginia Davis, had found an additional empty .38 caliber shell cartridge in her front yard.
Lieutenant Wells ordered my partner, G. N. Dhority, and I, to go to the Davis residence where Mrs. Barbara Davis handed my partner this spent hull at approximately 7 p.m., that evening. That was brought to the homicide and robbery bureau by myself and Detective Dhority.
Mr. Belin.
Was it brought to that bureau at the time you brought the two women?
Mr. Brown.
At the same time the Davis women were brought to the office for affidavits and identification.
Mr. Belin.
Who did you turn that cartridge shell over to?
Mr. Brown.
That went to the crime lab, Dallas Crime Lab.
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