Mr. Ball.

How did you happen to go out there?

Mr. Poe.

I was standing close to the squad car using the squad car as part of the block to keep the crowd back and had run out of rope, and heard a citizen, I presume, get on the radio, and--because he didn't know radio procedure, called and said a police officer was shot out there. At first give the wrong address, and come back and changed it to another address, and I believe he left us in the 400 block of East Ninth, the last time, and we went out there.

Mr. Ball.

You went there?

Mr. Poe.

Yes.

Mr. Ball.

And what did you find when you got there?

Mr. Poe.

We found----

Mr. Ball.

What did you see?

Mr. Poe.

Found the squad car parked toward the curb, and a pool of blood at the left-front wheel of the car. The ambulance had already picked him up and the officer had left the scene when we arrived. We had--I don't know how many people there were. Looked like 150 to 200 people around there, and Mrs. Markham, I talked to her first and we got a description of the man that shot Tippit.

Mr. Ball.

Do you know what the description was?

Mr. Poe.

Sir?

Mr. Ball.

Do you know what the description was?

Mr. Poe.

White male, about 25, about 5 feet 8, brown hair, medium, and I believe she said had on a white jacket at the time.

Mr. Ball.

What did you do then?

Mr. Poe.

We gave the description to several of the officers at the scene. You couldn't get on the radio at the time, there was so much traffic on the radio, and the last--the direction he was seen leaving, and then I talked to several more witnesses around there.

Mr. Ball.

Did you ever put that description on the radio?

Mr. Poe.

I believe we did. But I couldn't swear to it.

Mr. Ball.

And what happened after that?

Mr. Poe.

I talked to a Spanish man, but I don't remember his name. Dominique, I believe.

Mr. Ball.

Domingo Benavides?

Mr. Poe.

I believe that is correct; yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

What did he tell you?

Mr. Poe.

He told me, give me the same, or similar description of the man, and told me he was running out across this lawn. He was unloading his pistol as he ran, and he picked the shells up.

Mr. Ball.

Domingo told you who was running across the lawn?

Mr. Poe.

A man, white man.

Mr. Ball.

What was he doing?

Mr. Poe.

He was unloading his pistol as he run.

Mr. Ball.

And what did he say?

Mr. Poe.

He said he picked the two hulls up.

Mr. Ball.

Did he hand you the hulls?

Mr. Poe.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Did you put any markings on the hulls?

Mr. Poe.

I couldn't swear to it; no, sir.

Mr. Ball.

What did you do with the hulls?

Mr. Poe.

I turned the hulls into the crime lab, which was at the scene.

Mr. Ball.

Do you know the name of the man with the crime lab or from the crime lab?

Mr. Poe.

I couldn't swear to it. I believe Pete Barnes, but I wouldn't swear to it.

Mr. Ball.

Did you talk to any people there?

Mr. Poe.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Who?

Mr. Poe.

Talked to Mrs. Markham.

Mr. Ball.

Did you talk to the two Davis girls?

Mr. Poe.

I talked to one of them, but I can't recall talking to two Davis girls.