excerpt from Commission Exhibit 705 (pages 75-76): (note: there is no response concerning current witness can't remember that, nor is there anything about a white male)
Unknown: The type of weapon locked like a 30-30 rifle or some type
of Winchester .
Disp: 9 ; it was a rifle?
9: A rifle, yes .
Disp: 9, any clothing description?
9: Abut 30, 5 1 101", 165 lbs .
Disp: Attention all squads, the suspect in the shooting at
Elm and Houston is supposed to be an unknown white
male, approximately 30, 165 lbs ., slender build, armed
with what is thought to be a 30-30 rifle . - repeat,
unknown white male, approximately 30, 165 lbs ., slender
build . No further description at this time or information, 12:45 p .m.
15: Could 9 determine whether man was supposed to have been
still in the building or was he supposed to have left?
Disp: I didn't know for sure and the witnesses didn't have
the description, but we have got that building secured
by now and we should know something before long .
9: On this building, its unknown Whether he is still in
the building or not or known if he was there in the first
place .
531: Well, all the information we have received, 9, indicates that it did come from about the 5th or 4th floor
of that building.
It is difficult to decide which of the three transcripts included in the Warren Commission Documents to believe. But I think that the Sawyer Exhibits A and B are probably the most accurate. I base that opinion on Henslee reportedly being the radio dispatcher manning channel 2 at that time, and reportedly creating the Sawyer exhibit A&B transcripts from the original recordings. I think Henslee (as someone who regularly dispatched on this radio system) would be more likely to be able to understand the lingo and recognize voices and words and identify the people making the calls than someone who was less familiar with all those items.
