Mr. BELIN. Did you ever go down to the police station or identify him?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir; we had to identify him in the lineup.
Mr. BELIN. What day was that? This same day or another day?
Mrs. DAVIS. Same day.
Mr. BELIN. About what time of the day was it?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was probably about 5:30.
Mr. BELIN. Who went down with you?
Mrs. DAVIS. Well, let's see, my sister-in-law.
Mr. BELIN. That would be Barbara Jeanette Davis?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir; and her husband Troy Lee and myself.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do when you got to the police station?
Mrs. DAVIS. We stayed there until this detective, some man walked up to
us and led us to this dark room.
Mr. BELIN. Before they led you to the dark room, did he show you any
pictures of anyone?
Mrs. DAVIS. No.
Mr. BELIN. Had you seen any pictures on television of anyone that might
be the man you saw walking with the gun?
Mrs. DAVIS. No.
Mr. BELIN. Had you watched television at all?
Mrs. DAVIS. No; we didn't watch television.
Mr. BELIN. Had you seen any newspapers that afternoon?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir; we didn't get the newspapers until that following
morning.
Mr. BELIN. All right, you went with the detective to a dark room?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do when you got to the dark room?
Mrs. DAVIS. He told us to sit down.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Mrs. DAVIS. And then these five boys, or men walked up on this
platform, and he was No. 2.
Mr. BELIN. You say he was No. 2. Who was No. 2?
Mrs. DAVIS. The boy that shot Tippit.
Mr. BELIN. You mean the man--did you see him shoot Tippit? Or you mean
the man you saw with the gun?
Mrs. DAVIS. The man I saw carrying the gun.
Mr. BELIN. Was he white or a Negro man?
Mrs. DAVIS. He was white.
Mr. BELIN. Were all the men in the lineup white men or some Negroes?
Mrs. DAVIS. All of them were white.
Mr. BELIN. Could you describe any other people in the lineup as to
whether they might be fat or thin or short or tall?
Mrs. DAVIS. Well, one of them was sort, well, he was tall and slim.
And then the other one there, he was sort of chubby and he was short.
Then this other one, he was about the same height as the other one,
the last one I told you about, short and chubby. And the other one was
about--medium tall.
Mr. BELIN. Now you identified someone in that lineup?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Did you hear your sister-in-law identify him first, or not?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir; I identified him first.
Mr. BELIN. Where was your sister when you identified him?
Mrs. DAVIS. She was sitting right next to me.
Mr. BELIN. How did you identify him? Did you yell that this is the man
I saw?
Mrs. DAVIS. No; I just leaned over and told the detective it was No. 2.
Mr. BELIN. Where was the detective? Was he to your right or to your
left?
Mrs. DAVIS. Let's see, to my right.
Mr. BELIN. Where was your sister, to your right or to your left?
Mrs. DAVIS. Right.
Mr. BELIN. As she was to your right, so you leaned over to the
detective and told the detective it was No. 2?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else that you can think of that happened that day?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Later did you ever see a picture of Lee Harvey Oswald on
television?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. When did you first see it on television?
Mrs. DAVIS. When they was bringing him out of the jail out here.
Mr. BELIN. When?
Mrs. DAVIS. When they were bringing him out of the jail.
Mr. BELIN. You mean Sunday when he got shot?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Did this look, could you tell whether this was the same man
you saw running with the gun?
Mrs. DAVIS. I wouldn't say for sure.
Mr. BELIN. You mean from seeing his picture on television?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. What about the man you identified as No. 2? Would you say
for sure that he was the man you saw running with the gun?
Mrs. DAVIS. I would say that was him for sure.
Mr. BELIN. What you are saying is that you couldn't necessarily tell
from the television picture?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir. Our television was blurred anyway, so we couldn't
hardly tell.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember that you signed a statement when you were
down at the Dallas Police Department at all, or not?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. I'm going to hand you what has been marked as Virginia Davis
Deposition, Exhibit 2, and ask you to state if this is your signature
on here?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, Sir.
Mr. BELIN. Would you read the contents of your deposition Exhibit 2,
and I will ask you if there is anything there that is inaccurate.
(Reads statement.)
Mr. BELIN. You have read Exhibit 2?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Is there anything in that statement that is inaccurate in
any way?
Mrs. DAVIS. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Is that what you told the police of Dallas on November 22,
1963?
Mrs. DAVIS. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. Now on this statement it says that you heard a shot and then
another shot and ran to the side door at Patton Street. Was that the
side door or front door?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was the front door.
Mr. BELIN. Then it says, "I saw the boy cutting across our yard and he
was unloading his gun." Is that correct?
Mrs. DAVIS. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. Then it says, "We walked outside and a woman was hollering,
'He's dead, he's dead, he's shot.'" Is that right?
Mrs. DAVIS. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. Then it says, "This woman told Jeanette to call the police
and she did." Is that what happened?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. It says, "I saw the officer that had been shot lying on 10th
Street after Jeanette had called the police." Is that right?
Mrs. DAVIS. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. Now it says, "Jeanette found a empty shell that the man had
unloaded and gave it to the police." Did you see Jeanette find that
shell?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes. I was right along behind her.
Mr. BELIN. Where did she find it?
Mrs. DAVIS. She found it beside, well, the apartment was facing this
way.
Mr. BELIN. Facing Patton Street?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir. And we was already outside. We thought maybe we
could find some evidence for the police. So we went through the hedge,
and by my front door of the apartment where we live, right there in the
grass where he dropped them.
Mr. BELIN. Had the police started to search around your house yet when
they found it?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes; they already started to search.
Mr. BELIN. Would this have been to the side of the house or the corner
of the house that you found, that Jeanette found that shell?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was by the side.
Mr. BELIN. This would have been by the side of the house that is next
to Patton Street?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. About how far from the front of the house would it be?
Mrs. DAVIS. It was about 5 feet.
Mr. BELIN. About 5 feet. You saw Jeanette find the shell? You saw her
pick it up from the ground?
Mrs. DAVIS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What color was it, do you remember?