Mr. Belin.

Was he average weight, slender, or heavy?

Mr. Benavides.

I would say he was average weight.

Mr. Belin.

What color hair did he have?

Mr. Benavides.

Oh, dark. I mean not dark.

Mr. Belin.

Black hair?

Mr. Benavides.

No. Not black or brown, just kind of a----

Mr. Belin.

My color hair?
Mr, BENAVIDES, Yes.

Mr. Belin.

You say he is my size, my weight, and my color hair?

Mr. Benavides.

He kind of looks like---well, his hair was a little bit curlier.

Mr. Belin.

Anything else about him that looked like me.

Mr. Benavides.

No. that is all.

Mr. Belin.

What about his skin? Was he fair complexioned or dark complexioned?

Mr. Benavides.

He wasn't dark.

Mr. Belin.

Average complexion?

Mr. Benavides.

No; a little bit darker than average.

Mr. Belin.

My complexion?

Mr. Benavides.

I wouldn't say that any more. I would say he is about your complexion, sir. Of course he looked, his skin looked a little bit ruddier than mine.

Mr. Belin.

His skin looked ruddier than mine? I might say for the record, that I was not in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

Mr. Benavides.

No, just your size.

Mr. Belin.

Did he look like me?

Mr. Benavides.

No; your face, not your face, but just your size.

Mr. Belin.

Okay, well, I thank you. I was flying from St. Louis to Des Moines, Iowa. at about this time. Is there anything else?

Mr. BENAVIDES. I remember the back of his head seemed like his hairline was sort of--looked like his hairline sort of went square instead of tapered off. and he looked like he needed a haircut for about 2 weeks, but his hair didn't taper off, it kind of went down and squared off and made his head look fiat in back.
Mr. BELIN. When you put these two shells that you found in this cigarette package, what did you do with them?

Mr. Benavides.

I gave them to an officer.

Mr. Belin.

That came out to the scene shortly after?

Mr. Benavides.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

Do you remember the name of the officer?

Mr. BENAVIDES. No, sir; I didn't even ask him. I just told him that this was the shells that he had fired, and I handed them to him. Seemed like he was a young guy, maybe 24.

Mr. Belin.

How old would you say the man that you saw with gun was?

Mr. Benavides.

I figured he was around 25.
Mr. BELIN. When the officers came out there, did you tell them what you had seen?

Mr. Benavides.

No, sir.

Mr. Belin.

What did you do?

Mr. BENAVIDES. I left right after. I give the shells to the officer. I turned around and went back and we returned to work.

Mr. Belin.

Then what happened? Did the officers ever get in touch with you ?
Mr. BENAVIDES. Later on that evening, about 4 o'clock, there was two officers came by and asked for me, Mr. Callaway asked me---I had told them that I had seen the officer, and the reporters were there and I was trying to hide from the reporters because they will just bother you all the time.
Then I found out that they thought this was the guy that killed the President. At the time I didn't know the President was dead or he had been shot.
I was just trying to hide from the reporters and everything, and these two officers came around and asked me if I'd seen him, and I told him yes, and told