[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by George Jefferson Applin, Jr., November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by George Jefferson Applin, Jr., November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by George Jefferson Applin, Jr., in which he describes witnessing the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theater.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
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
[Warrant of Arrest Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #6] (open access)

[Warrant of Arrest Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit #6]

Photocopy of a warrant of arrest charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit. The warrant was signed by David Johnson. Lee Harvey Oswald is described as a "white male 24 (DOB 10-18-1939)." "NO BOND" is handwritten at the bottom of the first page.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Warrant of Arrest Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder of John F. Kennedy #1] (open access)

[Warrant of Arrest Charging Lee Harvey Oswald with Murder of John F. Kennedy #1]

Photocopy of a warrant of arrest charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of John. F. Kennedy. The warrant was signed by David Johnson. Lee Harvey Oswald is described as a "white male 24 (DOB 10-18-1939)." "NO BOND" is handwritten at the bottom of the first page.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by William H. Shelley, November 22, 1963 #2] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by William H. Shelley, November 22, 1963 #2]

Transcription of a statement by William H. Shelley, Lee Harvey Oswald's supervisor, in which he describes the last time he saw Oswald before President Kennedy's assassination.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Criminal Intelligence Report regarding Ernest Romagosa] (open access)

[Criminal Intelligence Report regarding Ernest Romagosa]

Criminal Intelligence Report by R. W. Westphal to Captain W. P. Gannaway regarding Ernest Romagosa's activities at the Trade Mart, prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Westphal states that Romagosa was loitering in the area near the Trade Mart and carrying a small Cuban flag.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Westphal, R. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Charles Douglas Givens, November 22, 1963 #2] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Charles Douglas Givens, November 22, 1963 #2]

Transcription of a statement by Charles Douglas Givens, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository building, describing his version of the events the day of the Kennedy assassination.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson #1] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson #1]

Voluntary statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson as a witness in Dealey Plaza. He states that as the President went by him in the parade he heard multiple gunshots that came from above as well as behind him.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Sam Guinyard #1] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Sam Guinyard #1]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Sam Guinyard who witnessed a person running with a pistol in hand. Guinyard states that he saw the man near Patton Street and 10th Street, and then saw a policeman lying in the street. He later identified the man in a police lineup.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
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
[Supplementary Offense Report by L. D. Montgomery #2] (open access)

[Supplementary Offense Report by L. D. Montgomery #2]

Supplementary Offense Report by L. D. Montgomery concerning threats against Wilma Tice, a witness regarding Jack Ruby at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963, the day that the President was killed. Tice reported threatening phone calls advising her to keep quiet about seeing Ruby and mysterious activity at her home.
Date: July 22, 1964
Creator: Montgomery, Leslie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by William H. Shelley, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by William H. Shelley, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by William H. Shelley in which he describes his actions after President Kennedy was shot.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Rattan, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Robert E. Edwards #1] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Robert E. Edwards #1]

Voluntary statement by Robert E. Edwards as a witness in Dealey Plaza. Edwards describes seeing a man on the fifth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building hiding behind boxes. He states that the gunshots he heard seemed to come from the building.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Muleady, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by Marvin Faye Chism, November 22, 1963] (open access)

[Statement by Marvin Faye Chism, November 22, 1963]

Voluntary statement made by Marvin Faye Chism at the Dallas Police Department on November 22nd, 1963. Chism states that she heard a shot as President Kennedy fell to his left. Mrs. Kennedy laid him down on the seat and there was another shot.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
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
[Voluntary Statement by John Stevens R. Lawrence #1] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by John Stevens R. Lawrence #1]

Voluntary statement by John Stevens Rutter Lawrence, regarding seeing a man in a suit carrying a rifle. Lawrence states that he left the Texaco Building where he worked with Phil Hathaway and other coworkers to see the President in the parade. He describes seeing a large man, estimated to be around 6'5" and 250 pounds or more, wearing a business suit and carrying a rifle.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Allen, Rosemary
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
[Autopsy Report for John F. Kennedy, by J. C. Humes] (open access)

[Autopsy Report for John F. Kennedy, by J. C. Humes]

Autopsy Report by J. C. Humes, including autopsy protocol and authorization form for postmortem examination of President John F. Kennedy. A Clinical Summary and Pathological Examination form describe the autopsy findings in medical detail.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Humes, J. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine #1] (open access)

[Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine #1]

Affidavit In Any Fact by Ruth Hyde Paine. She describes her relationship with Marina Oswald and how they came to live together.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Ted Callaway, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Ted Callaway, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by Ted Callaway, in which he describes running after Lee Harvey Oswald as he was fleeing from the J. D. Tippit crime scene, and then chasing after him in a cab.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson #2] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson #2]

Voluntary statement by Emmett Joseph Hudson as a witness in Dealey Plaza. He states that as the President went by him in the parade he heard multiple gunshots that came from above as well as behind him.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voluntary Statement by Julia Ann Mercer #1] (open access)

[Voluntary Statement by Julia Ann Mercer #1]

Voluntary statement by Julia Ann Mercer regarding men in a Ford truck with what appeared to be a gun case, prior to the assassination. Mercer states that she saw a truck on the side of the entrance road to the overpass. There was a man pulling out a gun case from the back of the truck who proceeded to walk away.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Allen, Rosemary
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 - Statement by Lee E. Bowers, November 22, 1963 #1] (open access)

[Affidavit in Any Fact - Statement by Lee E. Bowers, November 22, 1963 #1]

Transcription of a statement by Lee E. Bowers in which he describes suspicious activity involving several cars and men in a railroad yard prior to when President Kennedy was shot.
Date: November 22, 1963
Creator: Collins, Patsy
System: The Portal to Texas History