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[Voluntary Statement by James Earl Jarman #2]
Affidavit In Any Fact by James Earl Jarman, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. He states that he saw Lee Harvey Oswald the morning of the shooting but he was not with the other employees as they watched the President come by.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Collins, Patsy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas City Hall Building Contract]
Legal contract describing work by an architectural company (C. D. Hill and Company) to furnish plans to the city of Dallas for a municipal building, to be located on Main Street between Harwood and Commerce streets, and to serve as the Dallas City Hall.
Date:
January 22, 1913
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.)
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Billy Nolan Lovelady #1]
Handwritten affidavit by Billy Nolan Lovelady. Lovelady was working on the sixth floor on the morning of November 22nd. When the President's car passed by, he and Shelly were standing outside the building. The car was about fifty yards away when shots were heard. Lovelady went back inside the building and escorted some police officers inside. He did not see anyone in the building who was not supposed to be there.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Billy Nolan Lovelady #2]
Handwritten affidavit by Billy Nolan Lovelady. Lovelady was working on the sixth floor on the morning of November 22nd. When the President's car passed by, he and Shelly were standing outside the building. The car was about fifty yards away when shots were heard. Lovelady went back inside the building and escorted some police officers inside. He did not see anyone in the building who was not supposed to be there.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Cecil J. McWatters #1]
Handwritten affidavit by Cecil J. McWatters. McWatters states that he was driving a bus at about 12:40 PM when he picked up a man, who told him that the President had been shot, and then a woman. The woman did not believe that the President had been shot, and the man grinned. McWatters does not recall where he let the man off. He writes that the man looks like the #2 man in the lineup he saw.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Charles Douglas Givens #1]
Handwritten affidavit by Charles Douglas Givens. Givens took a lunch break at noon and went down to the street. He and a friend who worked at a parking lot watched the President's car pass by. When they returned to the parking lot, they heard three shots.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Danny Garcia Arce]
Handwritten affidavit by Danny Garcia Arce, an employee at the Texas Book Depository. Danny worked on the sixth floor on the morning of the 22nd, but went down on the street at lunchtime to watch the parade. He heard three shots and a woman screamed that the president had been shot. Earlier in the day he had seen an old man in a brown suit leave the building and drive off in a black Buick. At 8:00 AM he had seen Lee Harvey Oswald on the first floor of the building. He identified Lee Harvey Oswald as he was brought into the Homicide Bureau.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Johnny Calvin Brewer #1]
Handwritten affidavit of Johnny Calvin Brewer. Brewer stated that he heard on the radio that the president had been shot. Soon after, he saw a man who matched the description of the assailant and followed him to the Texas Theater. The man looked scared and nervous. Brewer asked that the police be called and the suspect was taken away.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Johnny Calvin Brewer #2]
Handwritten affidavit of Johnny Calvin Brewer. Brewer stated that he heard on the radio that the president had been shot. Soon after, he saw a man who matched the description of the assailant and followed him to the Texas Theater. The man looked scared and nervous. Brewer asked that the police be called and the suspect was taken away.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Johnny Calvin Brewer #3]
Photocopy of an affidavit given by Johnny Calvin Brewer. Brewer stated that he heard on the radio that the president had been shot. Soon after he saw a man who matched the description of the assailant and followed him to the Texas Theater. The man looked scared and nervous. Brewer asked that the police be called and the suspect was taken away.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by M. L. Baker]
Handwritten affidavit by M. L. Baker. Baker was a motorcycle escort for President Kennedy. He heard three shots and, realizing they were rifle shots, tried to figure out where they came from. Upon finding the building, he entered and was escorted by the building manager to the stairs.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Ruth Paine]
Handwritten affidavit by Ruth Paine. Paine states that she and her husband are separated and that Marina Oswald stays with her in her home. Lee Harvey Oswald, who found work at the Texas School Book Depository, is said to have spent some weekends with his wife. The weekend before the assassination of President Kennedy, however, Lee did not visit his wife.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Sergio Arcacha Smith]
Affidavit of Sergio Arcacha Smith, concerning a request for questioning by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison.
Date:
May 22, 1967
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by T. F. Bowley #1]
Handwritten affidavit by T. F. Bowley. Bowley states that a police officer had been shot as he drove to pick up his wife from work. He got out of his car and tried to help the officer, who seemed to be beyond help. Bowley used the squad car's radio to report the incident.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by T. F. Bowley #2]
Photocopy of an affidavit by T. F. Bowley. Bowley states that a police officer had been shot as he drove to pick up his wife from work. He got out of his car and tried to help the officer, who seemed to be beyond help. Bowley used the squad car's radio to report the incident.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Virginia Davis #1]
Handwritten affidavit by Mrs. Virginia Davis. Davis states that she and her sister-in-law, Jeanette Davis, were lying down in their apartments when they heard shots. A woman yelled: "He's dead, he's dead, he's shot!" They saw an officer on the ground outside. Jeanette Davis called the police. A boy was seen running across their lawn, where they later found shells. Davis identified him as the #2 man in a lineup.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by Virginia Davis #2]
Photocopy of an affidavit given by Mrs. Virginia Davis. Davis states that her sister-in-law, Jeanette Davis, and herself were lying down in their apartments when they heard shots. A woman yelled: "He's dead, he's dead, he's shot!" They saw an officer on the ground outside. Jeanette Davis called the police. A boy was seen running across their lawn, where they later found shells. Davis identified him as the #2 man in a lineup.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit by William H. Shelly]
Handwritten affidavits by William H. Shelly. Shelly states that he was watching the president in the parade when he heard three shots. He encountered a woman who also works in the Texas School Book Depository who was crying and said that the president had been killed. He went back to the building, called his wife to tell her the news, and watched the elevator to make certain that no one exited. Shelly had supervised Lee Harvey Oswald closely since he started working at the Texas School Book Depository. Oswald kept to himself and took walks at noon.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams #2]
Handwritten affidavit by Bonnie Ray Williams, an employee at the Texas School Book Depository, who worked on the sixth floor on November 22nd. At lunchtime Williams went to the fifth floor with a man named Hank where they saw the President pass and heard two shots, which sounded as though they came from just above them. Williams saw Lee Harvey Oswald when he arrived at the building at 8 AM and recognized him when he was brought into the Homicide Bureau.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams #3]
Handwritten affidavit by Bonnie Ray Williams, an employee at the Texas School Book Depository, who worked on the sixth floor on November 22nd. At lunchtime Bonnie went to the fifth floor with a man named Hank where they saw the President pass and heard two shots, which sounded as though they came from just above them. Bonnie saw Lee Harvey Oswald when he arrived at the building at 8 AM and recognized him when he was brought into the Homicide Bureau.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Barbara Jeanette Davis, November 22, 1963]
Affidavit made by Barbara Jeanette Davis at the Dallas Police Department on November 22nd, 1963. Davis states that she and her sister were lying in bed with their children when she heard a shot. She went to the door and saw a man unloading a gun as he passed by. They later found a shell in her yard.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Danny Garcia Arce, November 22, 1963]
Affidavit given by Danny Garcia Arce on November 22nd, 1963. In the affidavit, Garcia states that he was working on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository on the morning of November 22nd. At lunchtime he went down to the street to see the parade and heard three shots.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of George Jefferson Applin, Jr., November 22, 1963]
Affidavit given by George Jefferson Applin, Jr. on November 22nd, 1963. In the affidavit, Applin states that he was watching a movie at the Texas Theater when he saw a male individual lash out at a police officer while holding a pistol. The individual was then arrested.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Lee E. Bowers, Jr., November 22, 1963]
Affidavit given by Lee E. Bowers, Jr. at the Dallas Police Department. In the affidavit, Bowers states that he saw two cars idle near the North Tower Union Terminal Co. on November 22, 1963.
Date:
November 22, 1963
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System:
The Portal to Texas History