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359) Testimony of Austin L. Miller, Apr. 8, 1964, 6 ·Warren Report Hearings.p. 223. -

860) FBI interview of Clemon Earl Johnson, FBI report by SA Thomas T.T rettls and E. J. Robertson, Mar. 18 1964, Warren Commission exhibit no. 14-92.22 Warren Report Hearings, p. 836.

3til Ibid. _Ibid. ·

363) Testimony of S. M. Holland, Apr. 8, 1964, 6 Warren Repo t HeariDgs.pp. 239, 242.

Id . at pp. 243-244. · . _

• 365 )· Voluntary statement of S. 1 11. Holland , Dallas County Sherl f's Department, Nov. 22, 1963. Decker e.xhiblt No . 5323, 19 Warren Report Hearings , p. 480.

3661 FBI interview of James L. Simmons, FBI Report by SA Thomas T.Trettis and E. J. Robertson, Mar. 19 1964, ftle No. DL 100-10161 (contained in

-JFK Doc. No. 013291).{367) Ibid.• 368) Ibid.

(369) FBI Interview of Nolan H. Potter, FBI r eport by SA Thomas T. Tret tis and E . J . Robertson, Mar. 19, 1964, file No. DL 100-10461, Warren Commissione.:s::blbt 1418 (contained in JFK Doc. No . 013291).

3i 0 ) Ibid.371) Telephone interview of Monty Lutz, Wisconsin Crime Laboratories,

Dec. 12, 1978, House Select Committee on Assassinations staff outside contactrepo rt (JFK Doc. No. 013637) .

(372) Ib id.(373) Ibid.

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U.S. House of Representatives

Ninety-fifth Congress

Second Session

March 1979

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Department mdio dispatches that contained information about Tip:-pit's location and activities on the afternoon of November 22, 1963,none of the police officers with whom Tippit worked were called totestify about the details of his assignment in Oak Cliff. (1) The committee interviewed nine persons who were ~ e p o r t e d to have had closepersonal and working relationships with Tippit.

II. MARm l l iPIT THo:w..s

7) Tippit's widow, Marie Tippit Thomas, reported in an interviewto the FBI in May 1964 that her husband's only associates were fellowpolice officers. t) She stated that her social life with him involvedthe families and wives of many of those same officers. Mrs. Thomaswas interviewed by the committee on October 12, 1977. (4) At thattime, she could provide no new information about Tippit's associatesShe did mention that Tippit's closest friend had been Bill Anglinr

another Dallas police officer who lived a few houses away on Glencairn Street in Dallas.(5) She further -stated that his othe.r closefriends were Charlie Harrison, Bud Owens, and Richa.rd·Stovall. Mrs.Thomas also repeated her earlier information that Tippit had beenemployed at the time of the assassinati9n part-ti me at Austin's Barbeque in Dallas. (6) Tippit worked as a security guard at the restaurant on Friday and. Saturday nights from 10 p.m: to 2 a.m. (7)

m. MURRAY JAMES JacKSON

(8) The committee interviewed members of the Dallas Police Forcewho were purported to have been personal associates of J D . Tippit.The first of these was Murray James Jackson. Jackson was workinO'·the dispatch system on the D8.1las police radio when Tippit' w a ~lrilled.(B) Jackson reported to the committee that he had workedwith and come to ·know J. D. Tippit very well over a 20-year·

p e r i o d . ( ~ ) He st.ated that·they "socialized when off duty". 10) Officerf ~ c k s o n lS t ~ e officer who w ~ s responsible for h.aving sent Tippit into.<he Oak Cllfi' area accordmg to the transm1ssions from the dispatches. 11)

IV. WILLIAM ANGLIN

(9) The committee also contacted William Anglin. Anglin indicl 'ted that he socialized with J. D. Tippit. 113) He said in the interVJew t.hat "he and J.D. had coffee·or tea at The Old Drive-In'" about11:30-11:45 on the morningofNovem'ber22 . 13)

V MoRRis BRUMLEY

(10) Another of .TippWs associateS who was spoken to was MorrisBrumley. Brumley had known Tippit since 1934 when they .attended.

~ c h o o l in Fulbright, Tex. 14) Brumley indicated· that he had nomfof Tlation·c.oncerning_the-ontside interests, associates, or attitudes of

J.D. i p , P i t . ( 5) .Bruill}ey-describe.d Tippit as a good family man andc o n ~ 1 e n t 1 1 ; m s m his wor.tr hut not very sharp. 16) .Brumley stated that

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(11) Basil Robinson was another member of the Dallas Police Department who a r a ~ h e r long association withr :? Tippit. Tippit'sacquaintD.Dce w1th Robmson dated baok to t h e . T i p p ~ t s ~ a y at Bogata,Tex.(18) When interviewed by the F B ~ R;obmson_mdica:ted that hehad been a "close personal friend" of T1pp1t and his fam.ily.(1.9) Hesaid that Tippit had few outsid,e inte rests because he was working a . ~ lthe time. 20)

VII. CALVIN OWENS

(12) Sergeant Galvin Owens was Tippit's i m r n e ~ a t e supervisor at·the Dallas Police Department. ( ~ 1 ) When questwl)ed by the FBI,Owens indicated that Tippi-t was strictly a family ma.n. He also saidthat he knew of no associates of Tippit's except members of the policeforce. S3t)

VIII. MRS. JoriNNm ~ A X I E WITHERSPOON

(13) Committee investigators also interviewed Mrs. Johnnie MaxieWitherspoon. ~ · ' 3 ) Mrs. Witherspoon stated that she became acqua-inted with Officer Tippit during his employment at Austin's Bar

'beque. (S34) Mrs. Witherspoon informed the committee that she and·Tippet engag-ed in a relationship and started dating for a couple ofyears. S35) She said that the relat ionship ended in the summer of 1963when her husband returned home. ~ 6 ) She also indicated that BillAnglin was nn associate of J.D. Tippit's. (S37)- .

IX. MaRY A n a DoWLING

(14) One other person who was interviewed about Tippit was Mary

Ada Dowling, a waitress for the Dobbs House Restaurant on NorthBeckley Street. She indic.l.ted to the FBI that Tippit had a habit of·coming into the Dobbs House each morning. ~ 8 ) ' ~ h e also indicated·that on one occasion when Tippit was in the restaurant, Lee HarveyOswald came in to be.served. 29) She did not lrnow if they knew each·other. (30)

X. TIIE WrsE · ALLEGATION

(15) The committee also learned of an allegation about the assassination involving an associate and friend of J .D. Tippit's which wasnot reported in the ·warren Commission Report. Inter views were conducted by the FBI in December 1963 abo ut that allegation, and werefurnished to the Warren Commission, but the substance of those interviews was not included in the report made public by the Commission.(16) In February 1977, the committee received information from

\Yes Wise. a reporter with KRLD-TV in Dallas at the time.. of theassassination and later mavor of Dallas, that he had received information about a car near. he icene of the Tippit shooting that was tracedto Carl Mather, a close friend o£ Tippi t's. 4-.ccording to Wise, on December 4, 1963, he was riving a speech at the El Ohico Restaurant inthe Oak Cliff section of Dallas. 31) After the subject of the speechhad turned to events surrounding the a.Ssa.ssination, a man in the audi·ence named Pate approached Wise and said a mechanic who worked

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for Pate •had observed a car in the parking lot of the El Chicorant on the afternoon of November 22 after radio reports werebroadcast_about the shooting Dea.ley Plaza. 813)

(1 7) 1V1Se _went to ~ a t e t discuss the story with the mechanic:The_mechamc told Wise that after the assassination there wereb l a ~ m ~ and p o ~ c ~ "all.over the area" near the garage.(34)n o t 1 c ~ u a man Sitting m an Irregularly parked car in theparking lot; the car was s l i ~ hidden_by a billboard. (35) Them the <:a:r appeared to be htding, accorclirig to the mechanic. 36)of the Circumstances seemed so suspicious that the mechanicacross the street to get a better look. (37) \iVhen he was about 10yards from the car, the man turned around. (38) The mechanicable ~ h e n to ~ ~ t g o o ~ look at his face; he saw also that the man 'weanng a Wllite T-shirt. 39) He made a note of the license ·of the car. 40)

~ 8 ) vVhen t ~ ~ mechanic sa.w news accotmts of the ussa.c;sination

r u ~ h ~ on televts10n, he saw Lee Harvey Oswald and recognizedas b e . m ~ the man he ~ a d seen in the car that afternoon. ( 41) Thecharuc llad been afrai?- of reportiz?.g the incid.ent. (4.13) Nafter ~ t e brought Wise to meet him, Wise was able to c o n v i n u • c ~ e ~ ?~ a m c t h a ~ he s wuld report the incident to the FBI. 43) Thechamc took mth him the notepaper on which he had jotted thenumber.(44) . . · •

(19) Wise s t a t also that he later took ~ m p l o y e e s of CBS to ' :o w n ~ r of the hcense number. (45) Wise said that during thatIng, which was arranged as a dinner between the owner andand the person from CBS, the man appeared "so upset" andthat he was unable to eat. 46) At that time, the man ., _ ." u'•'unervousness was due to the odd "coincidence" that a car with hisplate numbe.r was o t i ~ d . under the suspicious ci rcumstances and

was a friend of T1pp1t, who had been:killed at almost thetlmevery.nearby.(47) . . . . . ., ., .(20)_ W1se told the.coinmittee that he jotted down the n f o ~ m a t i o n~ e c e ~ v ,from Pate and the mechanic on a piece of paper he wasmg m his pocket at the time of his speech at the El Chicorant. (48) .He turned that paper ·over to the committee. Wise also

the o m . n u t ~ e . t h a t he t ~ w u g h t he was still in possession of the slippaper ~ the license number that had been written bv

bechan1c. Wise told the o ~ t t e e that after severn} at tempts heheen unable to ~ t e that slip of paper among his records at hls:

ome:(.4.9) . . r,(21) The license ~ u m b ~ r appearin·u on the paper provided bvfrom h1s conversatiOn With Pate and the mechanic wa.c; Texas -license·PP 4537 .The car was only described on the paver as a 1957 Plymouth4-door, m th no fnrther descrintion. 50) · ,

(22) TheFBI intez:viewed.Wes :Wise about h ~ s allegation on Decem-·:'er 1063. At that tunei 1Y1 se t.be mechamc;-whom he refused

for the B I . claun,mg he did not want to r eveal the ·h1s source . told h1m t ~ e car sn.w: in the restaurant parking lot ·wasred 1957Plymouthmth the license PP 453 7.(51) ·o ; . ·. :· ; ,,;1f

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tor a Plymouth automobile in the possession of Carl,n:.t.1.,.,u, 4309 Colgate Street, Garland, Tex.(513) In a report.December 14, 1963, FBI Special..A.gent Charles T. Brown retho.t he observed a 1957 Plymouth with 1963 Texas license PP'

Dal Kt::u in the driveway of the house at 4309 Colgate Street, Gar 53) Brown reported that that car was light blue over me -in color. 54) ·

Mrs. Carl A. Mather was interviewed by FBI Agent Charleson December 5, 1963, at the Mather home at 4303 Colgate Streetand, Tex. She identified the 1957 Plymouth with Texas license7 as l o n ~ n g to her and her husband.(55) Mrs. Mather told

that her llsuband was at work on November 22, 1963, at Col-...... ~ - - - - Co. ; l.n Richardson, Tex., until approximately 2 p.m., when

by their home to take the family .to the Tippit o ~ ~ to offercondolences. 56) Mrs. Mather sa1d the two families were

57) According to Mrs.:&.fnther, Carl Mather was with them· home from about 3:30p.m. until about 5 . m . when he took

. I . J . L ~ • w • children home. (68) Mrs. Mather did not state in thel·o..,:na·m w car her husband was drivino- that day at the time of

= - : . a ' U J . < J .. J.J or the Tippit shqoting. No FB I report of an interviewwith Carl Mather was located. ·

. On December 9, 1963, Wes Wise told FBI SpecialAgent Brown ·he co uld at that time reveal the identity of the person who had· him with the information about the car and license num-

He identified the mechanic as T. F. White, who worked at thete Garage at 114 West Seventh Street in Dallas.(60) Wise

advised it would be permissible for the FBI to interview White .o getfurther details of the allegation. (61 . .

.(26) T. F. White was interviewed by Special Agent Brown on December 13, 1963. In the interview, White said he saw a red car·in theparking lot of the El Chico Restaurant at approximately 2 p.m. onNovemb er 22, 1963.(62) At the time of ;the in terview, White said hebelieve d the car to be a red 1961 Falcon with 1963 Texas license PP4537. (63) White said he saw the man in the car from the side, and th atwhen he saw J?ic tures of Lee Harvey Oswald that night on television, ·

-he was ident1cal wi th the man he had seen in the car that after: noon. (64) White said that aft er he saw the man sit in the car for a

short time, the m:m left in the car at a high rate.of speed, going west on· .Dav is Street. (65)

(27) Du ring the interview, Special .Agent Brown advised \Vhitethat the car ·to which the license number was traced was a 195 7Plymouth-that was light a.nd medium blue in color.(66) Brown alsotold White that Oswald had been apprehended at appro::rimately2 p.m. on November 22, 1963, in the Texas Theatre. (67 )(28) Acco rding to the in terview report, when confronted with those.facts, White reiterated that he had correctly copied the number ofthe car and that after seeing the news reports of Oswald, he thoughtOswald was possibly identical with the man White had seen: in thecnr. (68) · · . · . · . · · . · · . - .

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Glenfield Street in Dallas. (69) The Mather family moved a9-_arland , f'exas, in ~ ~ 6 1 . (70) The relationship between the

l ~ l e l consisted of VISits together to ''tamily-type clubs ands1ttmg.(71)

(30) Mather said that on November 22, 1963, he worked all daythe Qollins Radio Co. in Richardson.(72) Mather said his bossthe time at Collins was J . A. Pickiord.(79) The Mathers saidthey were familiar with the allegation about the car with their .u·Vt:l1.1:i6l

·tag parked in the restaurant parking area.(74) Barbara Mather:she talked FB agents about thei r car twice, but that Carl Mawas neve: mterV?-e":ed.(75) .The ~ a t ~ e r s said they attached nother particular Significance to the mCldent since the FBI . .. .... ,. .. • n t l . , . , . r idropped the issue.(76) .

(31) During_ he committee interview, Barbara Mather stated'she and her husband never owned any kind of red car. (77) She stated

that at the time of the assassination they owned a F ord stationwhich was white·over blue, in addition to the blue 1957which carried the ~ c e n s e number reported by T. F. White. ( ) . ·(32) Mather ~ n b e d his background as including a security clear-iance. for electrorucs work.(79) Re has been employed with Collins'R ~ d 1 0 Co. for 21 years.(80) One assignment involved work in Brandy- ;wme, Md.,_ t Andrews Air Force Base, where he did electronics work·on t-hen V1ce President Johnson's airplane Air Force Two. (81) · ·.[(33) Soon after the assassination, the Mathers met with Wes Wiseand Jane Bartell from CBS to discuss the a.lleaation about the mysterious car. 8 ~ ) They noticed Mrs. Mather's a ~ e listed .in the creditsa television documentary later done by CBS but heard nothinatmore ~ g a r d i n g the incident.(89) Eventually, ~ e w tags were i s s u e ~lor their car, and the 1963 tags were discarded. (84) · : ){34) .The committee interviewed Wes Wise again on November 2)''1978, ID: Dallas. At that time, Wise repeated the details of his con- :·tacts w1th . the. Mathe_rs and the mechanic who originally reported'-the story to Wise.(85) Wise reca1Jed havino dinner with the a t h e i - sand described Carl 'Mather ns too nervou: to eat, but his wife was.

· .cool, very cool. (86)

(35) There was an additional allegation of a red car near the scene-o:f the_Tippit shooting. A witness to the Tippit murder, Domingo :"Be-navides, testified before the Warren Commission that be saw a red'Ford at the scene of the Tippit murder. He testified that at about 1·.o'clock on November 22, 1963, he was driving west on Tenth Streetbetween Denver and Patton Streets.(87) He saw a police ca.r s t o p p e dfour or .five feet from the curb on Tenth Street , facing in an easterly :direction. (88) A man Benavides described ns Oswald was standing on ·the curb side of the police car. (89) Benavides said he saw the officerstep a.rotmd to t ~ e front of the car, and he was then shot. (90) Benavides said that at that point he looked around to miss a car andpulled.his truck.into the curb and ducked down.(91) He then heard 'two more shots. (Of)' · · · .:_ 1

M) After giving. further details of the shooting of the officer and '·the R..i2'ht of the man, Benavides said in his testimony that a car which 1

he believed to be a red Ford ·wns parked in front of him on Tenth_'Street. (93) He described the driver of the red ca.r as about 25 or 30·

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ld (94) Benavides said th e ma.n pulled over in his car ;'when0the scare but did not get out of the car.(95) He was located

~ • P . I l l : x cars from the police car. (96)

) ~ h e committee did not locate any public documents or Warren• Jclm.Jrn:u: · L v u reportS which identified the driver o_£ the r_ed car. How

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man who said he was at scene of the Tipp1t shootmgnever came forward with n i ? r m a t ~ o n . .

:Committee investigators m ~ e r V l e w e d < a.ck Ray Tatum at hist the Baylor University Medical Centerm Dallas on February 1,~ a t u m stated that on the afternoon of November 22, 1963, he was

: north on Denver Street and stopped at e n t ~ Street.(97) _Atomt he saw a police squad car, and a young w h 1 t ~ male walking

·t[ sidewalk near the squad car. (98) Both the pollee car and the~ u n 8

man were heading east on Tenth Street. ~ 9 ) As Tatum apry o a ~ e d the squad car, he sa'v the young a l e e a ~ g o v e ~ the passen- > · side of the police car with both hands m_ his l p ~ e r e d Jacket. (100)

said that as he drove t h r o n g ~ the ~ t e r s e c t 1 ~ n of Tenth a ~ dPatton Streets he heard three shots m r a p 1 ~ success10n; Tatum s a 1 ~·he went throuah the intersection, stopp_ed his car a?d turned to lookb k lOJ)At that.point he saw the police officer lymg on groundn ~ r - t h e front of the .police car, with the -young male s t a n d i n ~ nearhim l ~ ) Tatum said the man ran toward the back of ·pohce car

· ~ i t h a gU.n in his hand. (103) The man th_en stepped back the street

imd shot the police officer ns he w a ~ l ~ n g <_>n the g r o u n d 0 4 ) . d T ~ eman then started to r tm in Tntum ·s directl0n.(l,05) Tatum s:n ethen sped off in his car ·and last saw the man runmng south on ·Pattontoward Jefferson. (106) ·

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: %9 ). i n t e r ~ e w e d s t i n C o o k - o ~ M ~ y 15, 1 ~ 6 ~ . Cook said. that he had employedJ . Tippit at his dnve-m, Austm-s_Barbeque,:· · at 2321 West IJlinois in Dallas, for about. 3 years at the -tune o the

assassination. 107) ·Tippit worked on Fnday and ~ a t u r d o . y mghts

from 10 m to 9 o. m at the barbeque as a deterrent to any teenagetrouble h o ~ y;uths ·who frequented the e s t a b l i s ~ e n t 1 0 ~ ) Cooktold the FBI that he was a m e m ~ of t h e . J o ~ n B r r c ~ SoCiety,_butthat he had never discussed -politics ~ 1 t h T1pp1t a n ~ did not beheveTippit was interested in politics. (109) . . . .(40) tCook told the -FBI that he never heard T1Ep1t mention Lee

'Harvey Oswald or ,Jack Ruby or any of a c k R u b y ~ clubs.(110) TheFBI report of the interview with Cook did not mention whether Cookhad nny knowledae of or acquaintance with Rub y or Oswald.41) The committee interviewed Cook on 'March 9, 1978. Cook was

nsked if he had lmown Jack Ruby. C o o ~ replied that he may _hnve metRuby, but he could not ·recall.(Ill) He t n t ~ d f ~ h e r t ~ a t he hndmet Ruby that wouhl hnvo ht>en th(l r.xtcnt of t.he1r n s s o c ~ a t 1 0 n . (11£)(42) In

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named Bowman.(114) Her son, Bert, stayed on at the store for about6 months after Cook bought it, and Cook and Bert Bowman remainedfriends for ma.ny years. 115)(43) Cook said that he and Bowman became partners in 1950 at aplace they named the Bull Pen at 2321 West Illinois. 116) That business ended about 1958 when Bowman bought out his share of the establishment and took the name Bull Pen with him.(117) Cook thenrenamed the business Austin's Barbeque. 118) .

44) Cook stated that about 8 or 10 years ago, Ralph Paul boughtthe Bull Pen from Bowman, and Bowman in turn opened Pudnuh's.inArlington, Tex. 119)(45) Bert Bowman's wife was interviewed by FBI Special Agents

":Robert Lish and David Barry on November 24, 1963. She stated that~ h e had known Ralph Paul since he first moved to Dallas from NewYork about 1 9 5 1 . 1 ~ 0 ) Mrs. Bowman said that at the time of theassassination, RaJph Paul was living in the lower level of the Bowmanhome on qopelan<I: Road in Dallas. 1131) Mrs. Bowman said RalphPaul was a close friend ;Jack Ruby and had been of £nancial assistance to both J Ruby ~ B e r t Bowman over the years. 19393)(46) According to M.rS>Bowman, Ralph Paul expressed n'eat concern for his friend c l f ~ ~ after the shootinp: of s w a l d ~ ( 1 9 3 9 ) OnNovember 24, 1963, P a u l J . d Mrs. Bowman that he had spent thewhole day at l a w y e ~ s q f f i ~ ~ B ~ )( 47) Mrs. o w m a n s i : q ~ ~ a s . not acquainted with any friends ofPaul. 1U) H owever-, ~ Q c c a S i o n he brought a woman to the housewhom he mtroduced· ~ ~ ~ m y (1 36) About 41/z years before, Paulhad b r o u g ~ t Jack ~ t ~ h e . house.(le' ) Mrs. Bowman said thatRuby remamed for only.a·sng}:'.tt1me. 128)

(48) On March 9, 1 9 ~ § ; ~ . 9 - l t ? i t t e e i n v e ~ t i g a t o r s interviewed Maebert Leolla Cook, the t m ~ r . ·mfe of Austm Cook. Mrs. Cook relatedthat she knew J.D. Tippit:when she st ill worked with her husband atAustin's Barbeque, ·where'-Tippit worked as a security guar d.(1939)'Mrs. Cook stated further that she did not know either Lee HarveyOswald or J nck Ruby, but that Ralph P aul was a mutual friend of theCooks and Jack Ruby. (130)

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(1) The Warren Commission dld , however, r equest that the FBI conduct a"l1m1ted" background investigation on Tippit. That check included interdewsof the Tippi t fa.mtly, associates and business acquaintances. The FBI includedthe results of that check in a report In May 1964. t appeared in the WarrenCommission documents as Warren Commission e::xhiblt 2985 CE 2985) .

2) See ref.1, CE2985, p. 6.

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(4) Statr intervi ew of Marie Tippit 'n:lomas. Dec. 8, 1977, Honse Select Com ·mittee on Assassinations, p.1 JFKDoc. No. 003988). ·

5) Id. at p. 2. · ·(6) Id. at p; 1.

{ 7) Ibid.8) See ref. 1, CE 1974.

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·• (9) Staff interview of Murray J . Jackson, Nov. S, 1977, Honse Select Com-. lJlittee on Assassinations, p l (JFK Doc. No. 003090) .

10) Id. at p. 2.11) C.El. 1974. See ret. 8. . .12 ) St alf interview of Bill Anglin, Dec. 1, 1977, House Select Com.auttee on

..Assassinations, p.1 JFK Doc. No. 003532) .13 ) I bid. .

1 ~ ) See re .l., CE 2985, p.l2.• 15) Ibid.

16) Ibid.17) ld. at p. 13.

( 18) I bid.19) Ibid

( 20) I bid. '(21) Testimony of Calvin Bud Owens, Warren Commission Hearings. A.prll9,

1964, vol. VII, p. 78. ·2 ~ ) See ref .1 , CE 2985, p. 9.

(23) Sta.tr Interview of Mrs. J ohnnie Maxie Witherspoon, Sept. 24, 1977,House Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 1 JFK Doc. No. 002372) .

(24) Id. at pp. 1-2.(25) Id. at p. 2.(26) Ibid.{27) Id. at p. 4.( 28) See re t. 1, CE 3001, p. 2.29) Ibid.30) Ibid. · · .31) Staif memorandum to Bob Tanenbaum f.rom Andy Purdy, Feb. 19, 1977,

Bouse Select Committee on Assassinations, p. 2 JFK Doc. No. 00837).(32) Ibid.(33) Ibid.(34) Ibid.35) Ibid.36) Ibid.

(37) Ib id.38) Id. at pp. 2-3.39) ld. at p. 3.40) Ibid.41) Ibid. ·4.2) Ibid.

( .SS) Ib id.(44) Ibid.45) ld. at p. 4.46) Ibid.

< m Ibid.

-18) Sta1r interview of Wes Wise, May 11, 1978, Honse Select Committee on.Assassinations JFK Doc. No. 008721).

(49) Ibid.50) Investigative notes received from Wes Wise JFK Doc. No. 013919).51) FBI Interview of Wes Wise, Dec. 4, 1963, FBI Report by SA. Charles T.

Brown, file No. DL 89-43 JF K Doc. No. 013912).52) FBI Interview of :\filton Love, Dec. 5, 1963, FBI Report by SA. Charles T.

"Brown, Dec. 14, 1963, .file No. DL 100-10461 (JFK Doc. No. 013918).53) FBI Report by SA. Charles T. Br own. Dec.14, 1963, tile No. DL 100-10461

{JFK Doc. No. 013916) .(5-9) I bid.55J FBI Interview of 1\irs. Carl A.. Mather, Dec. 5, 1963, FBI Report by

Chartes T. Brown, Dec. 14, 1963, .tUe No. DL .100-10461 JFK Doc. No. 013914).5G) Ibid.

(57) I bid.(58) I bid.59) FBI Interview of Wes Wise, Dec. 9, 1963, FBI Report by SA. Charles T.

Brown, Dec. 14, 1963, file No. DL 100-10461 JFK Doc. No. 013915). ·

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(6 ) Interview otT. F. White. Dec. 13, 1963, FBI Report by SA Charles:Brown, Dec . 14, 1963, file No. 100-10461 ( JFK Doc. No. 013913).

(63) Ibid. .(6.f) Ibid.65) Ib id.(G6 Ibid.(67) Ib id.

68) Ibid.

(69) Statr Interview ot Carl Amos Mather, Mar. 20, 1978, House Selectml ttee on Assassinations (JFK Doc. ~ o . 006910).

70) Ibid .71) Ibid.

(7 ) Id. at p. 4.73) Ibid.

(7.f) Id. at p. 2.(75) Id. at 4.(76) Ibid.

(77) Id. a t p. 3.

78) Ibid.(79) Id. at p. 4.80) Ibid.81) Ibid.

(82) Id. at p. 2.83) Ibid.84) Id . at p. 3.

85) Stn l.' Interview of Wes Wise, No>. 2, 1978, House Select Committee onAssassinations (JFK Doc. No. 013219) . ·

86) Ibid.

(87) TestinJOny of Domingo Benavides, Ap r. 2. 190.,1 , G Warren Report Benr -·ings. p. - 47.88) Ibid.89) Ibid.

(90) Ibid.91) Ibid.

(92) Ibid.

93) Id. at p. 453.9.0 Ibid.95) Ibid..

DC) Ibid. .

(97) Sta.tr Interview of Jack R. Tatum, Fe b. 1, 1978, House Select Committeeon A s . ~ s s i n a t i o n (JFK Doc. No. 6005).

98) Ibid.

(99) Ibid.( 100) Ibid.( 101) Ibid.(lOf) Ibid.U 03) Ibid.

104) Ib id.105) Ibid.106) Ibid.

107 ) FBI Interview of Austin Cook, Mny 1il. 1964, Warren Commission E:t-bibit 29&), p. 10, .26 Warren Report Hearings, p. 488.

108) Ibid.109) Ibid.

110) Ibid.

111) Statr Interview of Austin Cook, Mar. 9, 1078, Honse Select Committeeon Assassinations, p. 2 (.TFK Doc. ~ o . 1 4 2 3 1 .U1f) Ibid.113) Ibid.l l .f ) Ibid.

(115) Ibid.116) Ibid.111) Ibid.118) Ibid.119) Ibid.

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lo l) Ibid.. (121) Ibid.

(12J) I I J ~ c L(1.: 4) Ibid. ·

_(1211) Id: nt p. -·(126) Ib1d.(127) Ibid.

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(1) Even though the Warren Commission indicated that no credible-evidence was found rroving thnt Lee Harvey Oswald and DallasPolice Officer.J. D. 'Iippit knew one nnother prior to the nssnssination, speculation has continued over tJ1e years about the circumstnncesof Tippit's murder on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. This specu

lation has grown because of the ci .-cu.mstnnces surr01mding Tippit'sdea.t.h: Questions have persisted nbout why Oswald would have beenin that neighborhood, including, had Tippit received enough information on the suspected assassin of President lCennedy to have been ableto identify Oswald as the possible suspect, and was there anythingsuspicious about TippWs .location in that part of Dallas after theassassimttion, when other police officers had been ordered to theDenley Plaza .a1·ea or Parkland Hospitnl immediately after theassassination ., '

I . APPROACH

(2) Becanse there was Uttle direct evidence to answer any of thesequ estions, the committee concluded that the most effective wn.y to learnif Oswald a.nd Tippi't knew one another would be to investigate theassocio.tes o:f the two men. Over the years, rumors have persisted thatOs,vnld and TipJ?it were seen together at various public places. o

·effec tive way to mvestigate or verify tl10se claims exists because of

the passage of time and the general unrelia:bility of such identifications.(3) On the other hand, the committee concluded 'that if the twomen had any o c i a t in common, the :fact of that association couldbe more easily discerned and might shed light on the nature of the

.relationship, if any, between the two .(4} T he committee undertook to compile the names of the associates and relatives of Lee Harvey Oswald and J . D. Tippit. Enchassociate interviewed was asked for the names of other persons eachman was lrnown to have associated with closely. Special attention waspaid to the possibility of overlaps on the two lists, that is, .personswho appeared to be associates of both men. After the lists were com piled, the committee requested datA on each associo.te from the follO\ving Government agencies: FederalBureau of Investigation (FBI) ,·Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Secret Service and, where appropriate, Departmentsof Defense and State.(5) On the basis of the initial g a t i o of the associates of eachman n.nd the review of the Agency files, fnrther investigation was conduct.ed where Wf\-rranted ei ther to cln.rify a relatiom;hip or probe a.pos·sible association.(6) No reJative or nssocinte of J.D. Tippit had been calJed to testifybefore the Warren Commission about Tippit's associations or nativities. Despite the fact that confusion existed even at the time of the·warren Commission rtbout the transcriptions of the Dn.llas Police

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Department rndio dispntches that contained information about Tippit's location and activities on the aftcmoon of Novemher 22, 1 n : ~none of the police officers with whom Tippit worked were called totestify about the details o:f.his assignment in Oak ClifY.(l) The committee in terviewed nine pe1·sons who were reported t.o have had closeperson:tl and working relationshi ps with Tippit.

II. Manm 'I 'rPPIT T f x o ~ u s(7) Tippit's widow, Marie Tippit Thomas, reported in an interv-iewto the FBI in Ma.y 1964 that her husband's only associates were fellowpolice officers.(1J) She stated that her· social life with him involved

the families and wives of many of those same officers. 3) Mrs Thomaswas in terviewed by the committee on October 12, 1977. (4) At thattime, she could provide no new informnti0n about Tippit's associtltes .She did mention that Tippit's closest fr iend hn.d been Dill Anglin,another Dallas police oflicer who lived a few houses n.way on Glencairn Street in Dnllas.(6} She further stated that his other clo::;e·friends were Charlie Hartison, Bnd Owens, o.nd Ri chard Stoval l. Mrs.Thomas also repented her earlier information that Tippit hud beenemployed at tho time of tbc assassination part-time ut Aust in 's Bnr-beque in Dallas. (6) Tippit worked as a security guard at the restaurant on Friday aml Satm·da.y nights from 10 p.m. to 2 a..m . (7)

III. MURRAY J A a£ i JACKSON

(8} The committee interviewed members o the Dallas Police Forcewho were purported to ha.ve been personal associo.tes of J. D. Tippit.The first o'f these wa.s Mun·ay ,James Jackson . Jaclffion was workmgtho dispatch system on the Da1lns police radio when Tippit wnskilled.(8} Jackson reported to the commit tee thn.t he had workedwith and come to lmow J. D. Tippit very well over a 20-yearperiod. {9} He stated that they "socialized when off duty . 10) Olficer,Jackson is t.he officet· who wns responsible for having sent Tippit intothe Oa;k Cliff at-eti. acconling to the tnmsmi ssions ft·om tllCI <li spatches. 11)

IV. Wn.LLuc ANGLIN

(9) The committee also contacted William Anglin. Ang lin indicated thnt he socinlizArl w.ith .T. D. Tippit.(Jle) He said in the in terview that he and J . D. hnd coffee ·or tea at 'The Old Drive-In' " about11:30-11:45 on the morning of Novem'oor 22. 13 )

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(10) Another of Tippit's associates who was spoken to was ·Man isnrumley. Brumley lutd known Tippit since 1934 Wilen the.y nttendedschool in Fnlbrig-ht, Tex.{14) TIJ·nmley indicated that he had noin formation concerning the ontsiclc interests , associates, or attitndes oJ.D. Tippit. 15) Brumley described Tippit as a good fami ly mn.n am]conscientious in his work but not very sharp. {16) Brumley stated thatBasil Robinson, another Dallas poli(·c ofliccr assigned to the Oak Cli ff'section was -also a good friend of Tippit's. (17)

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AIIDROI AIIHSTROHC JR A iCo po\ Club , t ' o ru r l y known ; . th; : c : : ~ t : C K..Jn.lge r , Bi& 0St . e t , Da lhs l Te)(.u , (u rnhhe d tho f o l l ~ u b , 1311 - 1/2 C c •u · c:er"e.g on"d to the titne IJ• r iod ro m .abou.t l l · & ~ W J . n i n f o r t l ~ t i o v i t ho r .. : lO PH , Hovcttt>er 11 . l96J r • AM Ut'ltl.l .. :00 PH

lie lOt: on th e ne a r h i ht r a v t t h d the r •gu l• r bu ' r oute to t a ooe a t about 1 1: A11 am:l

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Upon arri.v u. l a t tha c.1ub heo f the: c l ub •nd took of h h j Jc ' wen t to • ro o:a in t he J"e•rro om. While in the aen ' s room.a e I t and t h ~ n went to t he

hil:o as t housh thc.rtl wer4 N n y : 0h a h ~ t l r d . S.lr e n• a nd 1 t: sounde d 'toHe curiouc about thh • d -ra t o1.n j u c t on e o r two s i ren a.and wen t to anothor roonr where nl c onueque.ntly l e. t t h e rr.en's roo:.t ~ n e . d it co Stolr io n XLir ~ l l u: Xrops hi.a p o r t t l b r.adio . Heo.adr.: over the r • d i o t ht l t ' MOoa a, .and, ' n n o r . . t n c e ~ c n t a were be in cX o t o r c . o ~ t d e Jto them h : n ; . e d ~ h H l • 1 re d i lt Pre.:oidcn t i • lCURTIS 1-\ VtkN't CRArA.AD, c:om:aonl r ~ n to u o t : ~ in t"he c:lu.b, v ho r eil:t.C: .lW.lkancd hiM. Ito t o ld ~ ... il8 LAJUl'f I wa;. s l e c ~ i n . -.Prcsidant. LARRY l»o1n t lt ..oQeonc h.ad just : chot at thecomple t e ly t h n ~ t i . : . . : : t & A ~ d v ~ i ~ n ard c l u ~ J p e r , d id not awaken

not ce t u p.

Ho , AIU1STitOUC, then U • t dt hree more 11i n utec and h•.a rd •o "' e.nc to the 1"adio f or t wo o rmcnt:; on th a 1"'.&d io and th c r i l ~ iiPPilrcnt::ly. eo n f us e d .lMOunce KEUNtDY ., .1 on i t w.ay to p k l Jt t e. cot.r carroy1.ng Pr es id ent

tno rooa whero CRArAfltO wa.1

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up a nd go't d r l u c d. While hi w ~ : n a o i ~ d ; w{k c ne d h i ~ n ~ f A P . D se t

to RouHo S ta t:ion I<Lrr on ARKSTAONG 'a p ~ r t ~ b ~ : ~ r ~ t h h .ncn•d

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.. : ~ o . ho ~ e H e . v • l i i th.lt th h o.ty have betln th e f ir t:it e ~ : ~ oon :it<lt ion X.Llf which i dcn t i i .ud 'oy name the. o f H c e r \.lho e ~ d b• •' ihot . ( 1 ha l b eon t . a b l . : L a h o d throur,h l"l. cordG o f t h e D.1lla•

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Clu b unti l .t J:?rox i mately 1.1 : flO Pf l. ARMSTRO tlG W id hu could r,o t be. ac:cu ra.T>ea::;,out t ha': tir..a but thi. l i a t ho bo:; t u s t i rnatc h e coulli ii v e &I

t ::- lo.'h n RUB'r thu r o u ~ e l Club. Durin& the t ime RUDY wAIr.h .. :'\ , he Y,-'\ '0 1\RU:iTRO:lG i n c t r u c t iOhl. to co n t olct <1ll of t h eC.lf'O.J.:>O l Club c ~ p l o y i ) O ~ 4nd tll ll th orn th a t t he c lu b would b •c . .ocod. ~ 3 Y ni &ht, l " ' ~ o ) y nigh t ond S u n d n ig ht . Ha •A ~ 1 S T R O l : n.ta'l"tod r.,il)(ing t hu uc tv lo pho m: cal lG a t: ab out 2: l O PK.Ono th e parson r; he cal lOO \ll'IO " LlT TLE LYtH'" 1 whc resid e a i n

Fort 1Morth 1 if )(, G .

P.UllY V. H on tha te lephone a lmost a.ll o f the t i rnc he W& l

in ch c c: l ub olncl ~ n o l . l v oc.,..vrD.l lonc-Ul-;;t .:mco ~ ; ~ l c ~ h o n c . ca l l s , .u. . . . : · . : : . a:; nuQGf"<o\iG loc:o l t o.lcphona. C:·l l : ; . MUS'{ wa : c ry i ng n•Olrly

. . , ~ 1 o f t:h J. G t UIIC: . He 1 A t ( M S T R O : l ~ \m o w:; 1 throu&n h c . a r i n g nou:\cl

::.en t :.\lnod An U cit io:o r .c:1tioned by RUD'i while rMlltiny, th e :::c 't• l£phonc .alh , tl';.st a - d i o l . l \ c:.,lh: waro 1:\olde thJ.t d.:ay to Arlington ,:elt.t l , where. RUB':' tol. kod to RALPII Pf\U l.., .:md. t:o [:l tro il:., t1ichiga:'\i::hic:.ago , l i . l ino ia , olnd Loc; Ancaloa , Cal i f o rnia . The only local

tclcp:-tone eol lG tt l.l t he , AIU1STkOUG, c on id en' tify were c:a l lli :aCtto n .; L. Gi\AUT l'ln\1 Dr . COLCt"..AU J A C ~ n S O N

the, t.a:1STROJ;C, ha :J no pcr:oon a.l kt\Oio'ledgo of a rty ac t: ivitb. . 1 v c l or· " h«'t'O.lbOutc of JA CK L, PUa't bctwec.n t . l \t t:i.lr.e RUBY c a l h

h i m f r o:.2 ~ h a ::>.ol:lu r r . i n c Uo wo Buildin g ilnd l. h a 't ime RUBY a rr i vea t tbc Carou s o . r..:..ub . truBY 0111 not diGc:u s s t h a t time per iod wi t h

h i : ~ , n ~ he r,&l no way o kn ow nc o r RU lY ' • dc:-civities t ha t: i r..c. RU :iY ho1:;; navcr co n tionud to t-.iA i n ten t ion o f goutr. to

P d r ~ t l ' \ d . ll o#p i t .al , O..all<11 1 c r o h4ving gon e. t here a t .:my ti me .

filUlS7RCt G a . ~ v h o d T>h>lt he r c c 3 ll & 'thll.t :;omcti:e. be ' tvun

?:CO PH 4n 4 l 100 PH he w c r c d th o t e le phono at - the C a . r o ~ u Cll.il»o1 wo c .1n & lil.i• d to l;,oa.lro: to t1 l"' . ltUI Y. He recal l& t - e l l ina t.hh

W::l:" . n t hat Hr. RUDY wa& a t t h • t tir:.c t alk ing on anothe r t e l•p ho n•d. lld. the womo.n e akt.td him to hJ.vo Hr . RUDY return h e r ca l l as aoon111: pocoibh.. Thill wom.sn g . : ~ v a him 4 t e l •phcno nucber 1 und h ebolic.,..e 3 he r ccJ.H • th1 n&mt ALICE baing oantioned by the. woman • •l' t l" n. u.1a. Ita know s t:h a. t thi.11 \.IOm.ln Wo L S no t: a mong hi t own

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JIOVEt IDER 22 1963, D A L L A S , ( ~ TEXAS . · · ;· . '. · : . <·... .~ - s c : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ - · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : ; c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ ~ . • ~ - : ~ .

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Oregon, advised Spe ~ 1 Agent VirnP. Davia that he had been · .employed by Jack Rub a t R*uy' Carousel Club and also a t h1a · .

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. Relative to ffice J . D. Tip;it ' l , the p h o ; ~ ~ r ~ P ~ o ~ ·Tlppl t was shown to C)'afard a ~ } l i a above dddrcss in Dallas, ..:Orceon. He said that he docs n ~ recognize the photographs - ·of Tippl t au anyone he had .ueen 1 ~ either or the above clubs;He d o ~ a recall th Mme Tippit aT )d recalls that he wau in the

p r e ~ ~ n c e of Ruby t the time the n e ~ s came o v ~ r the a i r con- . .

of Offlcer TiP .1 t., v.nd a t that time C ~ f a r d recalls hearing . .. _

Ruby refer f:.o Tippit hy name in a r n a n n e ~ indicating to Crafard .

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b ~ l o n ~ L e to Ruby in Dallas, 'Texas, on a number or occasions. ·He h a ~ . f h e a r d Ruby rerP.r to Weissman by the name W e i s s m a n ~~ ~ ~ ~ 6 ~ e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o ~ e a e i o n s has served W e 1 3 s ~ n d ~ 1 n a ~ ~ e . < < . < .

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ITI:ART a. LOORY lice tubalafion abow that pa · aome of them" (he would not. trolman Tippit was not pa· s a y how many) under .w-Ye0.W A S H l N ~ T O N - J ~ k Ruby, trollin& bll retular _beat &ht lance durin& the Yili\.

•tnp jo.nt propnetor who' da7 of the p r ~ i d e n t a a l ana . -1

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&he Dallu Po l_ce H e a d ~ u closer 1o towD to be 1n a coocS ;tor• berore the cit1 c e5eJrebefore a live t e l e v a ~ a o n positioa to rtapond to ~ e r · 1atecl l_ tiKhoolJ 1n September,k o n r - - - t h r d ~ ' '"C7 ea11a ID the 4owatowD7JWJ. -- - - - - --- -

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va nn u a aaaur, Glea Xinl • id Tippit hac .ln a ~ l e p h o n e lntuvlew.l been a u i c ~ to the Oalr C1il'

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f • r ~ a knee lajur1 ln theltuml but did DOt injure theldrunk. The foJlo..-int )'ear ltejwaa ('Ommended lot JtDUal&oo4 police work.

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JACE L. auBY, AD. ;LD BABYBY OSWALD, AlA. - YICTIMCIVIL JUOin S00: DAIJ.AS

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Berep SA Manning C. Clements dated 11/30/63 at Dallas.

IJubsequent to the review of rerep as concens theaection entit led MORDXB 07 LD BABVE'f OSWALD the followiqpoints are bein1 brought to JOUr attention to. Insure thecoverage thereof in the event these l teas have DOt to datebeen resolved durin1 this lnvestlcatioD.

. ~ b 8 above enumerated section of rerep does Dot containthe results of interviews of certain pollee officers, bowever,as JOU have previously been instructed al l officers on dutJ in

the pertinent areas should be intervieved in detail as to tbelr ..apeclfic ·assicnaents, location, instructions, what tbey observed,etc. Be certain that Fred Brunner, who according to subject,

would arrange bonds, 1a interviewed as well as G e o r ~ e Scheppswho was observed b7 a Bureau A ent during the removal of tbeYlctia for lineups. AccordiDI to Acent Clements, B c b e p ~ s waa ;the onlJ individual observed by hla during this period of timewho was DOt known to be an officer or connected with tho press.Be has been characterized •• a· aeaber of a promlnent Dallas · ··

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- Aa concerns the sectioD of rerep captioned PEBSOKALBIITOBY, ACliTITIBS, ASSOCIATES, AKD ABUST UCOBD OF JACK L~ Y , AlA. the followinJ la cal led to JOur attention in tbeevent these facts have to date not been followed tbrou&b•

Known associates of the aubject , such as BenJaain Kaie,Jlichael Levin, J ia Dolan, Williaa •ar l Pat O'Docne'U and J i aMartin should be interviewed. Accordin& to subject ' • rooaaateGeor&e Senator, be called J ia •ar t in , an attorneJ in Dallas whoaccompanied Senator t c i t J ball to ••• what l f anJthinJ tbeJcould do ia connection t tuation.

I t Ba.lin,Dal a ~ advised that onMOnday night 11/25/6 ce epbone cal l froa theaubject from the Dallas CountJ Sheri ff ' s Office at which timeaubject made a statement to . the e f f e c t ~ I bad i t to do overagain, I eure wouldn't do i t . The 1 n t e ~ v l e w of Bamlln does ....._

1ad1cate tbe nason and/or purpose of\ the a u b j e ~ t telephonicallJcontactiDK ·hia froa the Sherif f ' • Office or the ent l retJ ofthe i r converaatioD. &einterview BaaliD And be .certain a l l 1nfor•at1onin bia p o s ~ e s s i o n ia obtained concerning hi• eontact,association,relat ionship a n ~ e c i f i c ~ J wh7 t ~ • u b telephoned h iOD 2 ~ - - ·;:----

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llrs. Stella Coffman adviaed she has boen a very c l o a ~ eiend of tbe subject since 1948, was emplo ed as a bead waitress

, by sub ect f 5 e icer pa ro .ede area of the Silver Spur, aade

· a a e sub ect This point of issue ie

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without fa i l durin& th i s 1 n v e s t i ~ a t 1 o n establ ish to the ful les tdearee tbe extent of relat ionship between the subject and Office

~ i p p i t . I f Mra. Tippit bas DOt to date been interviewed, th is\ of course au3t be done immediatelJ. All information in Kra.

Tippi t ' s possession as concerns knowledse of the subject,association between Officer Tippit and subject and as$ociatioabetween the subject and herself should be -tborousblJ explored. - .mo DOt lose &i&ht Of the possibi l i ty tbe subject murdered thew1ct1a in the 11cbt of tbe vic t ia. be iq a ~ o p kil ler .

aerep contains data the aubject bad a benefit a t tbe

club for a deceased police off icer in the past . Therefore, t h i s . ·

•• have bad a bearm upon tbe action be took in th i s case.' - -- - . ;, Hal B. Collins advised tha t tn approximatelJ 1 9 ~ - - ;_ · ··

• tW adopted a na l l boJ believed to be of Spanish extractioD. -· -' lbt laubject brousht this adopted bo7 to Coll in ' • bo Tbia .'·'- · ;·point ahould be explored. ·

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d that OSWA4D had already been moved to th e County J a il .on up Main St ree t and as - he pa s s ed the City Hall he

ed a number of -peopl e around there. Ju s t before he reachedext corner, he made an le f t turn in to a p a r ~ i n z lo t

the s t reet from t he Western Union O f ~ i c e and parxed hisHe ·l e f t his dog in his car . He then walked across

and s en t a money or de r for $25,00 -to LITTLE LYNN at

Worth.

After sending the telegram, he l e f t: the vles tern Union

and walked west on the same s ide of -the s treet , towardi ty Hall, located on the next corner .· Be fore he re ached

Department building , he noticed a police of f i ce ra t the entrance t o the ramp going in to the ba sementStreet , but he did not know th e po l ice of f i ce r . Just

he reached that . point, a police car came out of theand he rec ognized the dr iv er of the police car as

, . PIERCE. He explain ed he has known Li eu t . PIERCE foro r fourteen ye ar s . PIERCE did not look tow ar d -him or

to him and RUBY d id not speak to Lieut. PIERCE. RUBYnot recal l seeing anyone e l se in the police car with

PIERCE in ei ther the front ·or back s ea t of the pol ice car.

As the police car driven by Li eu t . EIERCE came out ofbasement ramp, the officer on duty a t the entrance stepped.and walked toward the curb next to t he s t r ee t , with histoward RUBY. As the police car got even with t his of f icer ,

of f icer stooped down and l ooked inside the car . At about· t ime, RUBY. had reached the entrance to the Main Stree t, and he ·took in the movement of the police car and the

on duty at the rampr with a qu ick glance . Withoutg his s t r ide or hesitat ing , RUBY tu rned to his l e f t anddown the ramp in to the basement. As he ent e red the

does ··no t · recal l se e"ing any person s ta nding around the• • and he "doeS not knOW .a former pol ic e Office r ·named

RUBY said he i s positive he did not ha ve e i the r ofhands· in any· of his pockets --e i ther ·coat or trouser pockets-

he entered and ·walked down th e · ramp• He .did not look behipd

to see whioh· way th e ·pol ice ·car went when i t entered· theee · and ·· be did not look behind him to se e- whether anyonehim ·entering ·the basement< . RUBY said he had no kind

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vf his coat, and he exhibited no identification to anyone togain entrance to the basement • .

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Just as he got to the bottom of the ramp, RUBY said••;. ;>erson who pops out wit h two men· that is all I b '

. - 1 1 I k h h . • can re mem e r~ 3 ~ u ~ n n?w w o e ~ s ; to me ; he had th is smirky swug 'n n d ~ c t ~ v ~ a t t ~ t u d e ; I can t explain what impression he zav; me~ u ~ th at al l I can---, well, I j ust lo s t my senses· th ':knew I was ?n t he ground and f ive or s ix people wer; o n e t ~ ; x ~ f= :: RVoY sald t hat as was g o i ~ g down the ramp he spoke t o no

0.. and no one spoke hlm. He dld not r ecognize anyone in the

crowd th er e , and he d ~ d not stop and stand behind anyone.

. R U ~ Y was. asked why he ki l led OSWALD, and he said "I~ a s 7" rnourn7ng Frl day_and Saturday, To me when he shot before:::c ~ k e he d:l.d, somethlng in my insioes t or e ou... · d I ·k T h •• an JUSt went

• o me, e represented-- I ' l l go back a l i t t l b "t Il :s t ened to a eulogy Saturday morn ing I am ed h~ a b b i SILVERMAN speak about our President ~ u r e 'H ea:d~ a n t hat fought in al l batt les but he didn'tehsa:l. ' here · l s a

here, he was shot from the rear I h abve a c ance to-h t: are s d h • ave een around people, a o smug an ar d . Then about OSWALD b - -

._.:i-::h Communism , and how he blemished this b ~ } n g a ~ s o c : ~ . a t e d. r : : m ~ E D Y having to come back to the t r . 1 ~ t ~ ul cJ.ty; and Mrs. -.. ;;oing to k i l l him, No one knew I w a s ~ a o i . to d no o ~ e I was.• discus s anything wi th anyone about sh gt'ng ~ h o o t h:l.m: I dtdn' t~ ~ f i c e r assisted. me i n any way, or d i ~ ~ s a i ~ a n ~ ~ h ~ ~ h- ~ ~ e s t : my shootJ.ng OSWALD . I remembered MULLINAX gl '; o : r : ~ . c e r who was kil led and MULLI NAX f . ' a po ~ c e~ o t : know J. D. TIPPIT.' I knew a T I P P ~ ~ s a rlend mine . I did

he was in the s ec'1

S . on the p o l : ~ . c department,h a t w sk i l l ed . I p d i ~ a n o t e ~ ~ ~ ~ e t ~ ~ r ~ ~ ~ P I T a n d t h h e t w a s th e TIPPIT::. a was ~ l l e d .

RUBY said he has never h d · -hosp i t a l iza t ions and does · not a any ser lous ~ l l n e s s e s or

.t He volunteered his mother had. phave. a .s ieel plate his head,:· insane asylu H r e v ~ o u s Y been cowutted to an·; i l lness in f a d ~ ~ ~ f e s s e d to know · of no· other his t ' jY _of mental

our or ~ B f : ; : ~ 1 d he·· born in Chicago in 1911. He spent~ h a ~ his f a t h ~ r was ~ n v : I ~ ~ ~ ~ f ~ s t e r ~ o m ~ s in -Chicago, ··mentioningn a b J . t s -contributed ·to · his m th ; He sa•d t h e . f ~ t h e r s alcohol i c; h e ~ problems in "the c h a n g e o o f e i · ~ ~ e n t H a l c o ~ d l . t ~ o n , with

;<;t ChJ.cago unt i l1933

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. ·-. B tht ana e ~ r t e d a P - " O ~ l e r ab9ut her . home a t 8406 Lakemont,· . Tu' ; 'Texas,. FL J-2559. A Dallas Police Car was dispatched

· t her home where t was ~ : d her two outside doors were blocked. : preventing anyone from l ea g-··t-be house(allegedly by the pro• le r ) .··· ·: · . ka . . -TWICE advised the Police Qfficer on the scene she received

< . a l e t t e r froa the WARREN CX>I DtiSSION requesting ber testimony .r

t - -· concernio& an ankno1111 aspect ~ the Kennedy assass inat ion. She• also advised the Officer tha t a f t e r receiving the l e t t e r ~ had

.-; received a threatening phone c a l l f ro• .ab unknown aale on July ·21, l a s t t e l l ing her to b e p her aouth abut o r be ki l led . "

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. . - --...-..,.....Hr: TRAVIS KIRit was interviewed on the street a t 400

California Street , San Francisco, California. Be vas questionedregarding his knowledge of the act ivi t ies and acquaintances 1DDallas, Texas. Mr. kiRK said that be had practiced law for 23years in Dallas, Texaa, and vaa very well acquainted vi tb theDistr ict Attorney's Office, tbe Police Department, and tbe .·Sheriff ' s Office. He said tha t be bad worked in the Dis t r ic t • ·

Attorney's Office for about six 7eara, and then vent into privatepract ice as a defense attoroe7. ·

· .His c l i e ~ t a included a areat many prosti tutes and other

unsavorJ characters iD the area. In conjunction with many of hieeases, be had bad occasion to go into the night club owned by

JACit RUBY, and be vas personally acquainted with JACK RUBY only • •. a night club owner. Be did _not recal l ever having a c t ~ J l y met -.· ·-·. RUBY, but fe l t that RUBY would probabl7 know him by name because·· o ~ his reputation as a defense a torney. · · · .

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He remar ed that in is years of practice he h ~ d ~ v e l o p e dquite a i toward the Police D e p a r t m e ~ t ; p a r t i c u l a r l J ·toward Hr ITZ bo was the ~ a d o f the Homicide ·Detail of. the.Dallas Police Department. Be advised that. FRI'l'Z was the type of

cbiracter wfio would stop a t nothin to make his point. Be remarkedthat he believed that it i s entirel7 possible and probable that

FRll'Z had deliberatel7 arranged to have OSWALD shot iD order toclose the case. Mr. ltiRK based thf.a on the ·fact .that FRITZtncJJ'AClt RUBY were very close friends, and that JACK RUBY • in spi te of

hte reputation of belna a \loodr waa allowed a _complete run of thePolice Station and p a r t l e u ~ a r 7 the Homicide and Inspectors ~ e a u .

Mr. XIRIC said that be had not beard any thin fr011 anyo f hi• acqtiaintances lD Dalla• regarding this particular lncident 1 •

and based his opinion• . .olely on his knowled e of ~ t e t h o d a uaed

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with the aeceased Officer TIPPIT, and that at one time he hada lady asking his advice about a proceeding against TIPPIT, 1Dthat he had apparently raped her during one of hia investigations. ·KIRK sa.id that he did not believe .TIPPIT was necessarily involved 1Dthis situation, but .he did question the motive for s ~ o o t i n s · .

· Mr. KIRK related that he would not like to test ify iDDallaa. He also said that he had l ef t Dallas because he liked ·California atmosphere much better.

He atated that be had been politically involved vitb . ·a 1 of the persona connected with this case, including DefenseAttorney HOWARD, who is represent n JACK RUBY. Be said that t onetime HOWARD had .several prostitutea working for htm and, as faras he, KIRK, was concerned,

11HCMARD i s s t i l l a hoodlum himself. Be

stated HOWARD bad been prosecuted in Federal Court for the HAnD

Act .several years ago, but that the ter had been hushed up andattempted action against him by the texas Bar s s o c i a t i ~ bad been

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JOHN FITZGERALD K E N N E D ~ /NOVEMBER 22, 1963, DALLAS £ TEXAS

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Curt is Verne Crafar;d , 1219 Birch St ree t Dallas ,Oregon, advised Spe a l Agent y,ern F . Davis tha t he had beenemployed by Jack Rub a t Ruby) - 3 Carousel Club and a lso a t his

Vegas Club in Dal las , exasinpr i.ncipa l ly as l igh ts opera tor

for the s tage ac t s but lsq_. occasional ly as bartender anddoc.rrrk'1n, and thi.s e m p l o y m ~ n t covered the period around November

14, 1963. ~Rela t ive to p f i c e ~ ~ J : D. T i p p i t ~ the photograph of

Tippi t was shown to ~ t a r a r d a t ~ h i s above lddress in Dal las ,Oregon. He sa id t h ~ t he does n ~ recognize the photographsof Tipp:l.t as anyone; h e had seen . e i the r of the above c lubs .

He doea reca th e/name "Tippit" a ~ d reca l l s tha t he \ -las in the

p resence of Ruby t the ·time the n ~ ~ s came over the a i r con .oe c:rning the assass.ina t ion of P r e s l d e n ~ Kennedy nnd the deatho f Off i.cer TiP.,J(,{t, .nd a t tha t t ime C r ~ f a r d reca l l s hear ingRuby r e f e r t ~ • / P: tppit' ·by name in a m a n n e ~ ind ica t ing to Crafardtha i:. Ruby knC7W Tippi t . Crafard was unab' l,e to reca l l spec i f i -ca l ly what Rtiby· said . \

'.6oncerning Bernard Weissman, C r a f ~ T d was shown thep h o t o g r a p ~ s of Weissman. He reca l led the p h d ~ g r a p h s as being

o.f a ma:r/ he recognizes as having been a t the C rousel Clubb e 1 o n ~ 4 f h g to Ruby in Dal las , 'Texas, on a number of occasions.He ha }/ heard Ruby re.fer to Weissman by the name ' ;r "Weissman 11

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To advise you -of some interest ing deta i ls n ~ l d in~ a l l a ~ ... 9 J : . ; ~ ~ ~ p a . r t m e p e r s o n n e l f i l e of off icer J . D . 1 ippit ,was Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald .on 11/22/68. · ··· · - ..... .. ._ ······

BACKGROUND:

The President 's Commission, by l e t t e r 5/12/64, requested we

conduct a l imited background investigation of Tippi t and to obtain acopy of his personnel f i l e from the Dallas Police Department. Ourbackground investigation has fai led to show any connection betweenTippit and Lee Harvey Oswald or Jack Ruby. Tippit was born 9/18/24 inTexas, served in the Paratroopers during World War II , and entered on 'J

duty with the Dallas Police Department on 7/28/52. / ;;, .

PERSONAL EVALUATION:

A psychiatric report dated 11/17/52 characterizes Tippi tas wholly devoid of imaginative f ac i l i t i e s . I t indicated his in te res tsand achievements were l imited and tha t h i s mental functioning andthinking corresponded with the community a t large. His grip onrea l i ty was below average and it was noted tha t er rors of judgmentcould be expected. Generally, Tippit was found to be a family man,friendly, dedicated to his children, profession, and his associations '

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JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY

INJURIES SUSTAINED

During Ti ip i t ' s career as a police officer he receivedseveral minor injur ies which included a dog bite in 1957 and alacerat ion from a prisoner in January, 1956. His most ser ious injurywas during April , 1956, when he was stabbed in the abdomen and kneeby a mentally deranged person. I t was la ter found that par t of theice pick was embeddedin his kneecap which required surgery to remove.Because of th is injury he had considerable dif f icu l ty with his kneefrom then on.

COMPLAINTS

While a police off icer , Tippit was charged with fa i lure torespond to three radio dispatches a l l of a mmnor nature. He wascr i t ic ized by a ci t izen for discourtesy af ter issuing a t r a f f icsummons; however investigation of th i s charge indicated the c i t izen wasdisgruntled and probably l ied. Tippit also fa i led to appear a tscheduled court appearances on three occasions which resulted in a oneday suspension without pay on his second derel ict ion.

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Tippit was commended for aiding an accident victim,recovering stolen property, and was the recipient of three l e t te r s ofcommendation for courtesy as the resu l t of l e t te r s sent to the DallasPolice Department by individuals to whom Tippit had issued t ra f f i c t ickets .He was the recipient of a superior award11 based primarily on an incidentwhich happened on 9/2 /56 . Tippit and his partner received a ca l l fora routine investigation a t a bar where a white intoxicated male waspresent. When asked to leave th is man attempted to shoot Tippit in thehead; however, the gun did not f i re . Tippi t and his partner drew the i rservice revolvers and kil led the individual who was la ter ident i f iedas leonard Garland who was wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigatd.onfor an offense he committed in another s ta te .

Bufile 26-221633 does not completely substant ia te the aboveobservation, however, t i s pointed out that one Leonard Garland was

being sought as a suspect in an Inters ta te Transportation of Stolen MotorVehicle case in which Los Angeles was off ice of origin in 1957. Aclosing report submitted in th i s matter s ta tes our Dallas off ice advisedtha t ~ l n d was shot and ki l led in Dallas on 9/2/56, and that Tippitwas on of the off icers involved.

ACTION

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pass eatherston s mental rangement,

the being advis ed no further action is being taken. Data relatingto Featherston s activities in British Honduras, Guatemala and 8peeches made

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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENTJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY,NOVEMBER 22, 9 6DALLAS, TEXAS

San Antonio me.moi andum datedand captioned as above

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Honorable J . Lee Rankin

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200 Maryland Avenue, NortheastWashington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Rankin:

WASUI.N GTON 25, D . C.

March 27, 1964

By Courier Service

The remaining three bullets from Officer o D. Tippit ls body wererecently received from the Dallas Police Department and have been designated

as C251, C252 and C253 in the Laboratory for identification purposes. These

three bullets have been examined in the Laboratory and the results of the

examinations are set forth belowo

The C251 bullet is a caliber • 38 Special copper-coated lead bulletof Winchester-Western manufacture. This bullet weighs 154.1 grains and was

fired from a barrel rifled with five lands and grooves, right twist.

The C252 bullet is a caliber • 38 Special lead bullet of Remington

Peters manufacture. This bullet weighs 154. 8 grains. It was fired from a

barrel rifled with five lands and grooves, right twist.

The C253 bullet is a copper-coated lead bullet of Winchester-Western

manufacture. This bullet weighs 155.7 grains and was fired from a barrel

rliled with five lands and grooves, right twist.

A portion of the surface of each bullet, C251, C252 and C253, is

· mutilated; however, microscopic marks remain on these bullets for

comparison purposes. The C251, C252 and C253 bullets were compared with

each other and with test bullets obtained from Oswald s revolver, Cl5, the •38

. Special Smith and Wesson revolver, Serial No. V510210, Assembly No. 6524.8.

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No conclusion could be reached as to whether or not C251 through C253 were

fired from the same weapon or whether or not they were fired from Cl5. naddition, it was found that even consecutive • 38 Special bullets test fired from

the Cl5 revolver could not be identified with each other. n this connection, itshould be noted that the barrel of Cl5 was designed for • 3 8 S W bullets and,

therefore, it is slightly larger in diameter than barrels designed for • 3 8

Special bullets. Firing of undersized bullets could cause erratic passage of

the bullets down the barrel, resulting in individual microscopic characteristicswhich are not consistent. The barrel of the weapon could also be changing due

to the accumulation of lead in the barrel or to wear That one or both of theabove conditions existed is apparent from the fact that consecutive o 38 Special

test bullets obtained from the Cl5 revolver could not be identified with each

other

Smith and Wesson revolvers such as Cl5 are among the weapons

producing general rifling characteristics of the type found on C251, C252 andC253. .

The lead alloy of the C251, C253 and Cl3 (the first bullet submitted

by the Dallas Police Department n the .Tippit case) Winchester-Western copper

coated bullets was spectrographically examined. This lead alloy was found to

be qualitatively similar in composition to the lead alloy of the Western copper

coated bullets n the C5l, C52, C55, C56, C57, C58, C59 and Cl37 cartridges.

It is noted that these cartridges were among those obtained from the Cl5 ·

re.:volver, Lee Harvey Oswald s pocket and the U. S. Secret Service.

The lead alloy comprising the C252 Remington-Peters bullet was

spectrographically examined and found to be qualitatively similar in composition

to the lead alloy comprising the Remington-Peters bullets in the C53, C54 and

Cl38 cartridges, the remaining cartridges from the above sources.

There are attached photographs of the three bullets.

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