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[Affidavit by Johnny Calvin Brewer #3] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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 T. F. Bowley #1] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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 General by J. W. Fritz #2] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz #2]

Affidavit General by Captain J. W. Fritz. The affidavit charges Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, Charging Jack Ruby with Murder #2] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, Charging Jack Ruby with Murder #2]

Affidavit General by Captain J. W. Fritz. The affidavit charges Jack Ruby with the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder #1] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder #1]

Affidavit General by Captain J. W. Fritz. The affidavit charges Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder #2] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder #2]

Affidavit General by Captain J. W. Fritz. The affidavit charges Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #1] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #1]

Affidavit General by Captain J. W. Fritz. The affidavit charges Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, November 22, 1963] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, November 22, 1963]

Dallas County form #141 filing of the Lee Harvey Oswald vs State of Texas Case with the District Attorney.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, November 22, 1963] (open access)

[Affidavit General by J. W. Fritz, November 22, 1963]

Affidavit form charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Fritz, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Barbara Jeanette Davis] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Barbara Jeanette Davis]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Barbara Jeanette Davis regarding being a witness to the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit. Davis states that she was inside her home when she heard gunshots so she went outside and saw a man unloading a gun in her front lawn. She states there was a woman across the street saying someone was shot and pointing towards a police car.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Billy Nolan Lovelady] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Billy Nolan Lovelady]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Billy Nolan Lovelady, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. Lovelady states that he was with Danny Arce, Jack Dougherty, Bill Shelley, and Charles Givens to watch the President in the parade when they heard gunshots. Afterwards he brought police officers up to the 6th floor of the building.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams #1] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams #1]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. Williams states that Lee Harvey Oswald had worked at the building for six weeks, and that he did not see him after 8 am the morning of the shooting. He describes watching the motorcade from the 5th floor of the building and hearing shots coming from above.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Bonnie Ray Williams #2] (open access)

[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] (open access)

[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 In Any Fact by Danny Garcia Arce] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Danny Garcia Arce]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Danny Garcia Arce, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. Arce describes the events that occurred and people that were present in and around the Depository leading up to the assassination of the President. He also states that Lee Harvey Oswald was on the first floor of the building at 8:00 am.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by George Jefferson Applin, Jr.] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by George Jefferson Applin, Jr.]

Affidavit In Any Fact by George Jefferson Applin, Jr. as a witness to the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. He states that he was watching a movie in the Texas Theater when an officer with a riot gun walked down the aisle. He witnessed the officer approach a seated man and shake him down. The man then took a swing at them and held up a pistol. Applin heard the pistol snap and then a large group of officers arrested the man.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Sorrells, Eunice
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Helen Louise Markham #1] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Helen Louise Markham #1]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Helen Louise Markham, a witness to the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit. Markham describes seeing a young white man shoot the officer after he got out of his vehicle.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Wisdom, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Helen Louise Markham #2] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Helen Louise Markham #2]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Helen Louise Markham, a witness to the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit. Markham describes seeing a young white man shoot the officer after he got out of his vehicle.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Wisdom, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History