Is This Our Man?

[Alan Ford]

David Belin: Could you describe the man that you saw running down toward the station wagon?
Roger Craig: Oh, he was a white male in his twenties, five nine, five eight, something like that; about 140 to 150; had kind of medium brown sandy hair... you know, it was like it'd been blown... you know, he'd been in the wind or something-- it was all wild-looking; had on blue trousers...
David Belin: What shade of blue? Dark blue, medium or light?
Roger Craig: No; medium, probably; I'd say medium. And, a light tan shirt, as I remember it.

[Alan Ford]

William Ball: Did he have a jacket or a shirt? The man that you saw shoot Officer Tippit and run away, did you notice if he had a jacket on?
Helen Markham: He had a jacket on when he done it.
William Ball: What kind of a jacket, what general color of jacket?
Helen Markham: It was a short jacket open in the front, kind of a grayish tan.

[Alan Ford]

Mr. BENAVIDES. I would say he was about your size, and he had a light-beige jacket, and was lightweight.
Mr. BELIN. Did it have buttons or a zipper, or do you remember?
Mr. BENAVIDES. It seemed like it was a zipper-type jacket.
Mr. BELIN. What color was the trousers?
Mr. BENAVIDES. They were dark.



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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 flat in back.

[Alan Ford]

Mr. CALLAWAY. I told them he had some dark trousers and a light tannish gray windbreaker jacket, and I told him that he was fair complexion, dark hair.
Mr. BALL. Tell them the size?
Mr. CALLAWAY. Yes; I told them--I think I told them about 5'10"--
Mr. DULLES. Did you see his front face at any time, or did you only have a side view of him?
Mr. CALLAWAY. He looked right at me, sir. When I called to him, he looked right at me.
Mr. DULLES. You saw front face?
Mr. CALLAWAY. Yes.
Mr. BALL. I have a jacket here Commission's Exhibit No. 162. Does this look anything like the jacket that the man had on that you saw across the street with a gun?
Mr. CALLAWAY. Yes; it sure does. Yes, that is the same type jacket. Actually, I thought it had a little more tan to it.
Mr. BALL. Same type?
Mr. CALLAWAY. Yes.
Mr. BALL. I show you a shirt, 150. Does it look anything like the shirt he had on under the jacket?
Mr. CALLAWAY. Sir, when I saw him he didn't have--I couldn't see this shirt. I saw--he had it open. That shirt was open, and I could see his white T-shirt underneath.



 

[Alan Ford]

Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what he had on?
Mrs. DAVIS. He had on a light-brown-tan jacket.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what color his trousers were?
Mrs. DAVIS. I think they were black. Brown jacket and trousers.
Mr. BELIN. The trousers were black?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what kind of shirt he had on?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir; I don't recall that.
Mr. BELIN. Was the jacket open or closed up?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was open.