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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 188« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Richard S. Stovall)

Mr. Ball.
That's [spelling] H-i-d-e-l-1, isn't it?.
Mr. Stovall.
I'm not positive on that--I believe it was [spelling] H-i-d-e-l-1, I'm not sure.
And he also had identification of Lee Harvey Oswald, and I believe that was on a Social Security card and at that time Captain Fritz opened the door to the office there and sent Rose and I to go out to this address in Irving at 2515 West Fifth Street in Irving.
That was--I don't know where the Captain got the address, but it was an address where he was supposed to be staying part of the time.
Mr. Ball.
The captain had you get another man to go with you?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes; we got J. P. Adamcik to go with us.
Mr. Ball.
Is he a detective?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes; he is.
Mr. Ball.
And you did that, did you, you drove out there to Irving?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
The three of you?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes; the three of us---we went out to the location and parked, oh, a block or half block from the house. We were supposed to meet some county officers out there.
Mr. Ball.
Why were you to meet the county officers out there?
Mr. Stovall.
Well, Irving is out of our jurisdiction, actually, we had to either have the Irving police or the county officers with us.
Mr. Ball.
Would that be within the jurisdiction of the sheriff's office?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
And did you meet some county officers there?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes, sir; they arrived about 30 to 45 minutes after we did--after we got out there; yes.
Mr. Ball.
Did you wait for them?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Where did you wait for them?
Mr. Stovall.
This was about one-half a block or a block from the house address.
Mr. Ball.
Had you arranged to meet the county officers at this spot?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes, yes, no, sir; we hadn't. We told them we were down the street about half a block. Of course when they came out there they could see us parked in the car down the street.
Mr. Ball.
And what county officers did you meet out there?
Mr. Stovall.
Well, there was Harry Weatherford and the other two--one name was Oxford, and I don't recall the other one's name.
Mr. Ball.
How about Walthers--does Buddy Walthers sound like it?
Mr. Stovall.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
He was the third one.
Mr. Stovall.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
And then after you met them, what did you do?
Mr. Stovall.
We went on down to them and drove up in front of the house and parked and got out and walked up to the front door and Adamcik and two of the officers went to the back and Rose and I went, and the other officers went to the front door and we knocked on the door, we could see some people inside the house and we could see through the front door, the door was open and the television was playing and Ruth Paine came to the door and identified herself to us. She said, "Yes; you are here about this mess that's on television."
Mr. Ball.
What did you tell her about that?
Mr. Stovall.
At that time we told her that we wanted to search the house. We explained to her that we did not have a search warrant but if she wanted us to get one we would, and she said, "That won't be necessary"--for us to come right on in, so we went on in the house and started to search out the house, and the part of the house that I searched was the front bedroom where Marina Oswald was staying. There are quite a few items on the list of property I have--I believe you have a copy of it. There are two that were taken out of that bedroom there---a bunch of camera equipment, for one thing.
Mr. Ball.
Now, I want to go backward at the moment--have you identified that property from your list, and can you tell me what was the division of labor
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