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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 63« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Gerald Lynn Hill)

Mr. Hill.
report, it was decided that Carroll and I would be the only two that signed it, and that Bentley would go on to the hospital and get his foot fixed, and Lyons would go to the hospital and get his foot fixed, and after McDonald finally got down there to the station and we sent him over to the city hall to get the scratch on his face treated, and then the rest of the time, with the exception of going across the hall for a cup of coffee, probably I didn't get out of the office to almost 5 o'clock.
Mr. Belin.
Did Walker ever mention to you any conversation he had with Oswald in the interrogation room?
Mr. Hill.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Did you and he discuss all the conversations that were had with the prisoner?
Mr. Hill.
With the exception of getting some information from McDonald as to what Oswald actually said at the time of his contact with him in the theatre, the statement to the effect, "This is it," I figured that I had been in on the conversation when he was discussing the brutality and the statements he made in the car, and the statement he made in the basement. when we were telling him he could duck his head if he wanted to, enough that I had all the information that I needed for the report, so I never did discuss any of the conversation that could possibly have taken place between Walker and the suspect in the interrogation room.
Mr. Belin.
Over what period of time span would that have been that he was in the interrogation room and you were standing in the doorway there?
Mr. Hill.
Probably 3 or 4 minutes.
Mr. Belin.
Now, when you were going down to the station in the car, I believe the question was asked of the suspect to give his name and his address and he refused, is that correct?
Mr. Hill.
He didn't answer either question. He didn't say, "I am not going to tell you anything." He just didn't answer, that is all.
Mr. Belin.
But at least Officer Walker never told you that he finally answered that question, did he?
Mr. Hill.
No.
Mr. Belin.
Well, you had one report that you entitled "The arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald," which pertained to the Texas Theatre. Did you have any other report that you made at all, or not?
Mr. Hill.
I had to make one later about a telephone call that I made from San Antonio to Dallas when we got the flash down there on Sunday morning that Oswald had been shot. I was attending a meeting down there.
Mr. Belin.
Well, apart from that, anything?
Mr. Hill.
Also, I made a statement to the FBI concerning the fact that I had known Jack Ruby prior to this thing. But as far an another report, other than the original report that afternoon on the arrest of the suspect, I don't recall writing any other report after that one report that was signed by Carroll and I and Captain Westbrook is the only one I wrote on the actual arrest.
Mr. Belin.
I see one 2-page report that is signed by you.
Mr. Hill.
Can I look at it?
Mr. Belin.
You bet you can.
[Handing to witness.]
Mr. Hill.
This was later when they wanted a report from each individual officer. Yes, sir; I did write this.
Mr. Belin.
You are referring to a report dated what?
Mr. Hill.
This would have been dated November 22, sir, and it is signed by Captain Westbrook and Bob Carroll and myself. I do not have it with me, but in case it is not in there, I have a carbon copy of it with all three signatures on it.
Mr. Belin.
Did you have anything to do with either the assassination investigation or the Tippit investigation on Saturday, November 23?
Mr. Hill.
No, sir; I was off that day.
And then on Sunday the 24th, I had flown out of Dallas that morning on a Braniff flight to San Antonio with a sergeant from Dallas and captain from Garland and captain from Denison to attend a state board meeting of the Texas Municipal Police Association in San Antonio at the International Building, and
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