(Testimony of Gerald Lynn Hill)
Mr. Hill.
have an assigned call number, so I was using a number I didn't think anybody would be using, which is call 550-2, instead of the Westbrook to Batchelor as it indicates here.
Mr. Belin.
Now after, from the time you started in motion until the time you called in, do you remember anyone saying anything at all in the car?
Mr. Hill.
The suspect was asked what his name was.
Mr. Belin.
What did he say?
Mr. Hill.
He never did answer. He just sat there.
Mr. Belin.
Was he asked where he lived?
Mr. Hill.
That was the second question that was asked the suspect, and he didn't answer it, either.
About the time I got through with the radio transmission, I asked Paul Bentley, "Why don't you see if he has any identification."
Paul was sitting sort of sideways in the seat, and with his right hand he reached down and felt of the suspect's left hip pocket and said, "Yes, he has a billfold," and took it out.
I never did have the billfold in my possession, but the name Lee Oswald was called out by Bentley from the back seat, and said this identification, I believe, was on the library card.
And he also made the statement that there was some more identification in this other name which I don't remember, but it was the same name that later came in the paper that he bought the gun under.
Mr. Belin.
Would the name Hidell mean anything? Alek Hidell?
Mr. Hill.
That would be similar. I couldn't say specifically that is what it was, because this was a conversation and I never did see it written down, but that sounds like the name that I heard.
Mr. Belin.
Was this the first time you learned of the name?
Mr. Hill.
Yes; it was.
Mr. Belin.
All right; when did you learn of his address?
Mr. Hill.
There were two different addresses on the identification.
One of them was in Oak Cliff. The other one was in Irving. But as near as I can recall of the conversation in the car, this was strictly conversation, because I didn't read any of the stuff. It didn't have an address on Beckley, that I recall hearing.
Mr. Belin.
Let me ask you this. Now from the time you got in the car to the time you got to the station, I believe you said that at least the second question asked was where do you live, and the man didn't answer?
Mr. Hill.
The man didn't answer.
Mr. Belin.
Was he ever asked again where he lived, up to the time you got to the station?
Mr. Hill.
No; I don't believe so, because when Bentley got the identification out, we had two different addresses. We had two different names, and the comment was made, "I guess we are going to have to wait until we get to the station to find out who he actually is."
After about the time Bentley reached in his pocket and got his billfold, the suspect made the statement, "I don't know why you are treating me like this. The only thing I have done is carry a pistol in a movie."
Then there was a remark made something to the effect, "Yes, sir; you have done a lot more. You have killed a policeman."
And then the suspect made a remark similar to "Well, you fry for that," or something to that effect.
Mr. Belin.
Something to what effect?
Mr. Hill.
Well, now, he either made the statement, "You only fry for that," or "You can fry for that," or a similar statement. Now the exact words of it, I don't recall.
Mr. Belin.
All right; then what was said?
Mr. Hill.
Some more questions were asked as to where he had been prior to going to the movie, which he did not answer. Some more questions were asked as to what was his true name, and in neither case did he ever answer them. He did make a comment, if I recall, about the handcuffs, about, "I don't see why you handcuffed me." And here again he repeated the statement, "The only crime I have committed was carrying a pistol in a movie."
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