Mr. Walker.

supervisor asked me, there had been a rumor got out that Oswald had said, "Well, I got me a President and a cop. I should have got me two more." Or something like that.
But that conversation was never said, because I was with him from the time that he was arrested until the time the detectives took him over.
I made a written report on the arrest about a week after it happened, and that is the only conversation I had with anyone.

Mr. Belin.

In that report you didn't put any conversation that Oswald had, did you?

Mr. Walker.

No; I didn't put any conversation. I just put the details of the arrest.

Mr. Belin.

Were you asked just to make a report on your arrest of Oswald?

Mr. Walker.

That is normal procedure, just what we call a "Dear Chief" letter.
Just describe the arrest and other officers involved, and we never did put what conversation we had.

Mr. Belin.

Anything else that Oswald said in your presence, or that you said to him?

Mr. Walker.

Not that I recall.

Mr. Belin.

At any time prior to the time you left him, did you find out he was a suspect in the assassination?

Mr. Walker.

When I got to the jail office and talk was going there that he was the suspect.

Mr. Belin.

Did you ask him any questions about the assassination?

Mr. Walker.

No; I didn't tie him in at that time with the actual killing of the President.

Mr. Belin.

Is there anything else you can think of now that might be relevant?

Mr. Walker.

No.

Mr. Belin.

Now we chatted a little bit at the beginning prior to this deposition, and you said that you knew Officer Tippit, is that correct?

Mr. Walker.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

How long had you known Officer Tippit?

Mr. Walker.

Ever since I have been on the police department. When first came to work, I was assigned to the Oak Cliff substation and worked there until I went to traffic investigation, and he was there all the time.
I am sure I worked with him when I first started out and was training and stuff like that. But I had worked with him prior to his death for, I know, maybe 2 or 3 years.

Mr. Belin.

Now at the time of the Tippit shooting, there had been no call for Lee Harvey Oswald as an individual, although there was a call for----I mean there was an announcement of a general description of the suspect in the assassination?

Mr. Walker.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Just from your knowledge of the way Tippit operated, do you have any reason to think whether that general call might have affected his perhaps stopping this man on the street at the time. of the shooting?

Mr. Walker.

I believe the type of officer Tippit was, that he was suspicious of him as a suspect.

Mr. Belin.

Why do you believe that?

Mr. Walker.

Well, Officer Tippit was an exceptional officer. He made good arrests. It was known around the station that he was exceptionally good with investigative work and just general police work. He was above normal.

Mr. Belin.

Why do you think he stopped this man?

Mr. Walker.

I believe that the description given on the radio, that he probably stopped just to check him out as a general procedure, as we do.

Mr. Belin.

Well, if he stopped him for that reason, this man, he would have stopped him because the man was a suspect for perhaps the assassination, why wouldn't he have had his gun out when he stopped him?

Mr. Walker.

Well, there are a lot of people of that description, and it is just not police practice to pull your gun on a person because he fits the description of someone, unless you are positive almost that it is the suspect. You just don't do it.