11-09-2018, 05:48 PM
HSCA Investigators Moriarty & Day took a statement from Tippit's ambulance driver, Jasper Clayton Butler, on 9/25/77. This is what Butler said about the officers he subsequently met at Methodist Hospital:
The officers were R A Davenport & W R Bardin. In a joint Supplementary Offense Report they stated:
Davenport later on 11/22 submitted Tippit's revolver to Captain Doughty of the Crime Scene Search Section.
A tight sequence of events but there's a major glitch relative to the official story. It allows no leeway to wedge in Callaway's tall tale of grabbing the gun and commandeering the cab, which he claimed commenced after loading Tippit into the ambulance, corpse & revolver traveling simultaneously in different directions. AFAIK no one has claimed that Callaway & Scoggins were immediately intercepted by Davenport & Bardin and forced to hand over Tippit's gun.
More likely the wild ride was already over when Davenport & Bardin met the ambulance at the scene, obtained the service revolver, and followed the ambulance to the hospital, arriving in time to help with the corpse.
After several minutes, several uniformed Dallas Police Officers arrived at the hospital and took charge of all Officer Tippit's personal effects. One of the officers brought the gun I had placed on the squad car to the hospital in a plastic bag with the barrel inside his belt.
The officers were R A Davenport & W R Bardin. In a joint Supplementary Offense Report they stated:
On November 22, 1963 we answered the shooting call of Officer Tippit. In route met the ambulance carrying the wounded officer to Methodist Hospital. We assisted in getting the officer to the emergency room.
Davenport later on 11/22 submitted Tippit's revolver to Captain Doughty of the Crime Scene Search Section.
A tight sequence of events but there's a major glitch relative to the official story. It allows no leeway to wedge in Callaway's tall tale of grabbing the gun and commandeering the cab, which he claimed commenced after loading Tippit into the ambulance, corpse & revolver traveling simultaneously in different directions. AFAIK no one has claimed that Callaway & Scoggins were immediately intercepted by Davenport & Bardin and forced to hand over Tippit's gun.
More likely the wild ride was already over when Davenport & Bardin met the ambulance at the scene, obtained the service revolver, and followed the ambulance to the hospital, arriving in time to help with the corpse.