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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 36« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of C. T. Walker)

Mr. Belin.
What did you do after you got your car parked?
Mr. Walker.
Went inside the building.
Mr. Belin.
Where did you go inside?
Mr. Walker.
I went right inside the front doors there and the hallway there and I stayed in there.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do?
Mr. Walker.
Well, there was squads of police upstairs supposedly searching the building out, and someone said they have enough upstairs, so I didn't go upstairs.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do when you were downstairs?
Mr. Walker.
We were checking persons as they came in the building.
Mr. Belin.
Did you keep people from coming in or going out, or what?
Mr. Walker.
We didn't let anyone in or out except policemen.
Mr. Belin.
About how soon after you saw the telecast do you think you got down there?
Mr. Walker.
Ten or fifteen minutes.
Mr. Belin.
Was the building sealed off at that time?
Mr. Walker.
Yes; it was.
Mr. Belin.
Did anyone tell you when they got it sealed off, or not?
Mr. Walker.
No; they didn't.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do after that?
Mr. Walker.
I heard that an officer had been killed in Oak Cliff, had been shot, and I got back in my car and started off. A newsman ran up to the window and said, "Can I fide with you," and I let him get in the car and I went to Oak Cliff and 10th Street, and drove by the scene.
In fact, there was two newspapermen, but one got out at the scene where Officer Tippit was killed.
Mr. Belin.
Was Officer Tippit's car still there?
Mr. Walker.
Yes; it was still there.
Mr. Belin.
Do you have any recollection----did you take a look at the car or not?
Mr. Walker.
I didn't really look real close.
Mr. Belin.
Did you talk to any witnesses there?
Mr. Walker.
No; I didn't get out.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do then?
Mr. Walker.
I started up cruising the area, and I went up the street that runs north and south and faces the, runs into the library at Jefferson and Marsalis, and I saw a white male running east across the lawn of the library.
I was still approximately three-fourths of the block from Jefferson, and he was even south of Jefferson.
Mr. Belin.
How far would he have been from you then when you saw him?
Mr. Walker.
He was over a block.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Walker.
I put out a broadcast on the air that there was a person fitting the description on the air that was seen running in front of the library, and I gave the location and said I will be around at the back. I ran around to the back of the library and other squads then surrounded the library.
Mr. Belin.
You were not the one that put out the first description of the suspect they sought?
Mr. Walker.
I didn't. The newspaperman was still with me at that time.
Mr. Belin.
What was the description, if you remember, over the radio as to what you were looking for?
Mr. Walker.
A white male, slender build, and had on a light-colored coat or shirt, and that is the best I can recall.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Walker.
About 30 years old, I think he said.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do? Did you go into the library?
Mr. Walker.
As soon as the squads got there, I walked around with the other squads to the west entrance of the building, and we ordered everyone out of the building. They all came out with their hands up.
Mr. Belin.
Was this the upstairs?
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