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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 221« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of F. M. Turner)

Mr. Turner.
Thought they said they could identify him.
Mr. Belin.
Did you ever take pictures out for either one of them?
Mr. Turner.
Yes; I have.
Mr. Belin.
Which one?
Mr. Turner.
The one that lives in Mesquite, whichever one that is.
Mr. Belin.
That is Ronald Fischer?
Mr. Turner.
Whatever that is.
Mr. Belin.
What did Fischer say about the pictures?
Mr. Turner.
He said it could be the man he saw, but he couldn't remember positive.
Mr. Belin.
Did he give you any more identification of the man?
Mr. Turner.
None other than that.
Mr. Belin.
You were at the sheriff's office then and took part in the taking of various affidavits there?
Mr. Turner.
I questioned witnesses. I didn't take any of the affidavits, but they did send court reporters and secretaries up and affidavits was taken from them.
Mr. Belin.
Do you remember, you yourself, questioning a Howard Leslie Brennan or anyone questioning a Brennan?
Mr. Turner.
Brennan, let me check. I've got a Charles F. Brehan [spelling]
B-r-e-h-a-n, that I talked to.
Mr. Belin.
No; that is not the one.
Mr. Turner.
Probably I didn't. That was probably the name I was thinking of when you said Brennan.
Mr. Belin.
All right, while you were there, did you learn that an officer had been shot?
Mr. Turner.
Well, I stayed down there for quite some time talking to these witnesses, and then I went back over to the School Book Depository Building to check and see if my partner was there.
Mr. Senkel hadn't seen him in quite a while and didn't locate him. There was several officers over there, Special Service, still had the building secured, and you want this mentioned that coat business in there?
Mr. Belin.
Yes.
Mr. Turner.
The coat has no bearing on the case.
Mr. Belin.
You mean in your statement I have with reference to a coat being found on Industrial Street?
Mr. Turner.
Yes, sir; as far as I know, that still has no bearing in the case, but it was placed in the property room.
Mr. Belin.
You just found a coat somewhere?
Mr. Turner.
Well, a Mr. Kaminski from the police department handed me a coat when I went back over to the building, with a note of who had turned it into him, where it was found, and he had no idea whether it had any bearing on the case or not.
Mr. Belin.
Have you investigated?
Mr. Turner.
As far as I know, the coat does not have any bearing on the case.
Mr. Belin.
All right, go ahead.
Mr. Turner.
After I left there, I went back to the sheriff's office and I talked to the one lieutenant in our office then and found out that Mr. Senkel had gone back to our office, so he in turn, he told me I might as well come on up there, looked like things, about all I could down there.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?
Mr. Turner.
I went to the city hall.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do there?
Mr. Turner.
Well, when I walked in there, one of the lieutenants was talking about finding a justice of the peace to obtain a search warrant, and I told him that I just left the sheriff's office and one of the J.P.'s was down there when I left, David Johnston, and so he said, "Well, see if you can get ahold of him and get a warrant for this address on North Beckley and carry the warrant over there."
Mr. Belin.
Would that have been 1026 North Beckley?
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