Representative FORD. Spoke to Mr. Sorrels?
Mr. BRENNAN. Spoke to Mr. Sorrels, and told him that those were the
two colored boys that was on the fifth floor, or on the next floor
underneath the man that fired the gun.
Representative FORD. You positively identified them?
Mr. BRENNAN. I did, at that time.
Mr. BELIN. Is there anything else now up to the time you got down to
the Dallas Police Station?
Mr. BRENNAN. Well, nothing except that up until that time, through
my entire life, I could never remember what a colored person looked
like if he got out of my sight. And I always thought that if I had to
identify a colored person I could not. But by coincidence that one time
I did recognize those two boys.
Representative FORD. Did those two Negro men say in your presence that
they had been in the fifth floor window?
Mr. BRENNAN. I don't recall. I don't recall.
Mr. BELIN. Is there anything else, sir, now up to the time you got down
to the Dallas Police Station?
Mr. BRENNAN. On Friday evening, you are speaking of?
Mr. BELIN. Yes.
Mr. BRENNAN. No.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
What happened when you got down to the Dallas Police Station?
Mr. BRENNAN. Mr. Patterson, if I am correct in the Secret Service that
picked me up, directed me to go to the fourth floor, a certain room on
that floor.
(At this point, Mr. Warren and Representative Ford withdrew from the
hearing room.)
Mr. BRENNAN. I later was introduced to several men--Captain Fritz in
Mr. Sorrels' office, and several more men. I do not remember their
names.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Before I go any further, do you remember the name of the officer you
talked to in front of the School Book Depository Building?
Mr. BRENNAN. I don't believe I ever heard it. I do not remember his
name.
Mr. BELIN. Are you sure of the names of the Secret Service men you
talked to? I believe you mentioned the name Sorrels.
Mr. BRENNAN. I do not know the other man's name.
Mr. BELIN. You believe one of them was Sorrels?
Mr. BRENNAN. I believe one of them was Sorrels.