The testimony of Mrs. Charlie Virginia Davis was taken at 9 a.m., on
April 2, 1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney. 301 Post Office
Building, Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. David W. Belin,
assistant counsel of the President's Commission.
Mr. BELIN. Mrs. Davis, would you stand and raise your right hand and be
sworn, please? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you give will
be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you
God?
Mrs. DAVIS. I do.
Mr. BELIN. Would you please state your name for the court reporter?
Mrs. DAVIS. Mrs. Charlie Virginia Davis.
Mr. BELIN. You are known as Mrs. Charles Davis?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Your first name is Virginia?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Where do you live, Mrs. Davis?
Mrs. DAVIS. Athens.
Mr. BELIN. In Texas?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. How old are you?
Mrs. DAVIS. Sixteen.
Mr. BELIN. How long have you lived in Athens?
Mrs. DAVIS. Well, about 6 months. It was after the President was shot.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember when the President was shot?
Mrs. DAVIS. On November 22.
Mr. BELIN. About how long after that did you move to Athens?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was about 2 weeks after the President was shot.
Mr. BELIN. Mrs. Davis, how long have you been married?
Mrs. DAVIS. Seven months.
Mr. BELIN. Any children?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. The time you moved to Athens would have been sometime in
December of 1963?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Prior to that time, had you always lived in Dallas?
Mrs. DAVIS. Well, after I got married we moved to Dallas and we lived
there ever since.
Mr. BELIN. When you got married, you moved to Dallas. Before you got
married, where did you live?
Mrs. DAVIS. Palestine.
Mr. BELIN. Is that in Texas?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Were you raised there?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir; I was raised in Athens.
Mr. BELIN. You were raised in Athens. Did you go to school in Athens?
Mrs. DAVIS. No; I went to school in Palestine.
Mr. BELIN. How far did you get through school?
Mrs. DAVIS. The ninth grade.
Mr. BELIN. Have you ever been employed at all?
Mrs. DAVIS. No.
Mr. BELIN. Now, Mrs. Davis, where were you living when you were living
in Dallas in November of 1963?
Mrs. DAVIS. 400 East 10th Street.
Mr. BELIN. Is that 400 East 10th?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know what cross-street runs at 10th there?
Mrs. DAVIS. Patton.
Mr. BELIN. 10th and Patton?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What kind of house did you live in? Was it a brick or frame
home?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was a frame apartment house.
Mr. BELIN. Pardon?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was a frame apartment house.
Mr. BELIN. A frame apartment house. You and your husband lived in one
apartment?
Mrs. DAVIS. And my sister and her husband lived in another one.
Mr. BELIN. There were two apartments there?
Mrs. DAVIS. On the bottom floor.
Mr. BELIN. What is your sister's name?
Mrs. DAVIS. Mrs. Barbara Jeanette Davis.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know what her husband's name is?
Mrs. DAVIS. Troy Lee Davis.
Mr. BELIN. Taking you back to the afternoon of November 22, do you
remember anything out of the ordinary that happened on that date?
Mrs. DAVIS. Well, the boy that was known as Lee Harvey Oswald shot J.
D. Tippit.
Mr. BELIN. Well, now, did you see him shoot J. D. Tippit?
Mrs. DAVIS. No; we didn't see. Yes; we heard the shot. He had already
shot him.
Mr. BELIN. You say you heard a shot?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Where were you when you heard the shot?
Mrs. DAVIS. I was over at my sister-in-law's.
Mr. BELIN. Her apartment?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Where in her apartment were you?
Mrs. DAVIS. I was in the living room.
Mr. BELIN. You were in the living room?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes. We was lying down.
Mr. BELIN. You were lying down in the living room on the sofa bed, or
what?
Mrs. DAVIS. It is a bed against the wall and a sofa.
Mr. BELIN. Who was lying down?
Mrs. DAVIS. Well, Jeanette was lying on the bed. I was lying on the
couch, and Annette and James Lee were lying on the other bed.
Mr. BELIN. Are these other people children of your sister's?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. About how old are those children?
Mrs. DAVIS. James will be 6 and then Annette is 5.
Mr. BELIN. Now as you were lying down, what did you see or hear?
Mrs. DAVIS. We just heard a shot.
Mr. BELIN. How many shots did you hear?
Mrs. DAVIS. We heard the first one and then we thought maybe someone
had a blowout like a tire or something and we didn't get up to see.
Then we heard the second shot and that is when we ran to the front door.
Mr. BELIN. Well, now, does that mean that you heard two shots?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Are you sure there were not more than two, or are you sure
that you heard two?
Mrs. DAVIS. We just heard two.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you do?