13-08-2021, 08:23 PM
Bowley's 12/2 DPD affidavit supplied detailed information relative to Tippit's service revolver absent from the 11/22 affidavits.
When the ambulance left, I took the gun and put it inside the squad car. A man took the pistol out and said, "Let's catch him." He opened the cylinder, and I saw that no rounds in it had been fired. This man then took the pistol with him and got into a cab and drove off.
Callaway's DPD & SS statements say little more than that he took the pistol, but by the time he spoke to FBI's Carter on 2/25 he began to open up.
He said while talking to the dispatcher on the police radio, someone placed TIPPIT's revolver in the police car so he, CALLAWAY took the gun, a .38 special revolver, and put it in his, CALLAWAY's, belt.
A month later before the WC he is positively expansive:
I picked the gun up and laid it on the hood of the squad car, and then someone put it in the front seat of the squad car. Then after I helped load Officer Tippit in the ambulance, I got the gun out of the car and told this cabdriver, I said, "You saw the guy didn't you?" He said, yes.
3H354
O, ‘tis most sweet when in one line two crafts directly meet! Someone put in great effort to get Callaway to sync up with Bowley. Problem is the first craft (Bowley's) was scuttled by the FBI, who wrote him out of the official scenario and replaced him with Benavides, even going so far as to attribute the first citizen's call to a voice that manifestly does not belong to Benavides.
There were several reasons to ditch Bowley, most obviously the Ruby connection which was anathema and the problem of his watch. Still, it's a bit of a letdown to see him go, impossible to escape the suspicion that Bowley's role was divvied up between Callaway & Benavides.
The suspicion gains support from a surprising source, Markham, whose statements sometimes lacked coherence. Not so when Barrett interviewed her 3/16 on the eve of her 3/26 WC appearance, when she declared in no uncertain terms what happened with Tippit's gun.
She said after she got to the officer's side he attempted to say something but was unable to get any words out. About five or ten minutes later, some man came to where the officer was lying, turned the officer over, took his gun and left. She stated she had no idea who this man was or where he went.
Ten days later at the hearing Ball wisely refrained from asking questions about Tippit's service revolver but could not resist the temptation to lead Markham into corroborating Benavides' augmented role, and he got burned.
Mr. BALL. Did some man come up immediately thereafter?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes.
Mr. BALL. What kind of a car did he have?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Not immediately.
Mr. BALL. Soon?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Soon.
Mr. BALL. In a pickup truck?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes. I very frankly remembered this truck, but I remember it the way it took off.
Mr. BALL. He stopped though, didn't he?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes.
Mr. BALL. That is the man who called over the police radio, wasn't he?
Mrs. MARKHAM. I don't recall.
Mr. BALL. What did he look like, the man in the pickup truck?
Mrs. MARKHAM. This man had a hat on. I thought he was a policeman.
Mr. BALL. A dark man, looked somewhat Spanish?
Mrs. MARKHAM. I don't recall. I was screaming and crying and trying to get help, begging for somebody to help me.
3H320
When the ambulance left, I took the gun and put it inside the squad car. A man took the pistol out and said, "Let's catch him." He opened the cylinder, and I saw that no rounds in it had been fired. This man then took the pistol with him and got into a cab and drove off.
Callaway's DPD & SS statements say little more than that he took the pistol, but by the time he spoke to FBI's Carter on 2/25 he began to open up.
He said while talking to the dispatcher on the police radio, someone placed TIPPIT's revolver in the police car so he, CALLAWAY took the gun, a .38 special revolver, and put it in his, CALLAWAY's, belt.
A month later before the WC he is positively expansive:
I picked the gun up and laid it on the hood of the squad car, and then someone put it in the front seat of the squad car. Then after I helped load Officer Tippit in the ambulance, I got the gun out of the car and told this cabdriver, I said, "You saw the guy didn't you?" He said, yes.
3H354
O, ‘tis most sweet when in one line two crafts directly meet! Someone put in great effort to get Callaway to sync up with Bowley. Problem is the first craft (Bowley's) was scuttled by the FBI, who wrote him out of the official scenario and replaced him with Benavides, even going so far as to attribute the first citizen's call to a voice that manifestly does not belong to Benavides.
There were several reasons to ditch Bowley, most obviously the Ruby connection which was anathema and the problem of his watch. Still, it's a bit of a letdown to see him go, impossible to escape the suspicion that Bowley's role was divvied up between Callaway & Benavides.
The suspicion gains support from a surprising source, Markham, whose statements sometimes lacked coherence. Not so when Barrett interviewed her 3/16 on the eve of her 3/26 WC appearance, when she declared in no uncertain terms what happened with Tippit's gun.
She said after she got to the officer's side he attempted to say something but was unable to get any words out. About five or ten minutes later, some man came to where the officer was lying, turned the officer over, took his gun and left. She stated she had no idea who this man was or where he went.
Ten days later at the hearing Ball wisely refrained from asking questions about Tippit's service revolver but could not resist the temptation to lead Markham into corroborating Benavides' augmented role, and he got burned.
Mr. BALL. Did some man come up immediately thereafter?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes.
Mr. BALL. What kind of a car did he have?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Not immediately.
Mr. BALL. Soon?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Soon.
Mr. BALL. In a pickup truck?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes. I very frankly remembered this truck, but I remember it the way it took off.
Mr. BALL. He stopped though, didn't he?
Mrs. MARKHAM. Yes.
Mr. BALL. That is the man who called over the police radio, wasn't he?
Mrs. MARKHAM. I don't recall.
Mr. BALL. What did he look like, the man in the pickup truck?
Mrs. MARKHAM. This man had a hat on. I thought he was a policeman.
Mr. BALL. A dark man, looked somewhat Spanish?
Mrs. MARKHAM. I don't recall. I was screaming and crying and trying to get help, begging for somebody to help me.
3H320