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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 334« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of William W. Scoggins)

Representative Ford.
What do you mean by dinner time? In various parts of the country dinner and supper get confused a little bit. Was it the noon meal or the evening meal?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes.
Representative Ford.
Yes what? It was the noon meal?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
They took you down about the time of the noon meal, is that correct; they took you to the police station?
Mr. Scoggins.
I would think that would be about the time.
Mr. Belin.
Sometime after you got there after the noon meal you saw the lineup, is that correct?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
How many people were in the lineup, if you can remember?
Mr. Scoggins.
Four.
Mr. Belin.
Four? Did any one of the people look anything like strike that. Did you identify anyone in the lineup?
Mr. Scoggins.
I identified the one we are talking about, Oswald. I identified him.
Mr. Belin.
You didn't know his name as Oswald at that time, did you, or did you not?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes, the next day I did. But, of course I didn't know what his name was the day that I picked him out.
Mr. Belin.
You saw a man in the lineup?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Did anyone tell you any particular man was Oswald in the lineup?
Mr. Scoggins.
No.
Mr. Belin.
Well, describe what happened in the police station with regard to the lineup, what they did to you, what they said to you, and what you said to them, and so on.
Mr. Scoggins.
Well, they had the four men up there in the lineup, and before they brought them in they told us what they wanted us to do, to look them over and be sure we was, in our estimation, we was right on the man, and which one it was, the one that we saw, the one that I saw.
Mr. Belin.
Did they tell you one of the men was the man you saw or not, or did they tell you "See if you can"--just what did they say? Did they say "Here is a lineup, see if you-can identify anyone," or did they say, "One of the men in the lineup"--
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes, I believe those are the words they used. I am not--
Mr. Belin.
Did all of these men look different to you? Were most of them fat, or were most of them thin, or some fat, some thin, some tall, some short?
Mr. Scoggins.
There were two of them--the one that I identified as the one I saw over at Oak Cliff, and there was one I saw similar to him, and the other two was a little bit shorter.
Mr. Dulles.
Had you been looking at television or seeing television prior to your appearance here at the lineup?
Mr. Scoggins.
No.
Mr. Dulles.
You had not?
Mr. Scoggins.
No, sir.
Representative Ford.
Had you been working this Saturday morning with your cab?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes, sir.
Representative Ford.
In other words, you went to work Saturday morning at the regular time?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes.
Representative Ford.
And were working when they asked you to come down to the cab stand to go over to the police station?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes, sir.
Representative Ford.
All right.
Mr. Belin.
Had you seen any pictures of Lee Harvey Oswald in the newspapers prior to the time you went to the police station lineup?
Mr. Scoggins.
I think I saw one in the morning paper.
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