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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. X - Page 364« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Virginia Louise Davis)

Mrs. Davis.
I do.
Mr. Liebeler.
My name is Wesley J. Liebeler. I am a member of the leg staff of the President's Commission that is investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. I have been authorized to take testimony from you and from other witnesses pursuant to authority granted to the Commission by Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, and Joint Resolution of Congress No. 137.
As I told your husband, whose testimony which I just took, Mr. Rankin sent you both a letter last week which was returned to Washington because it could not be delivered at the gun range. It was addressed to the Sports Drome Rifle Range and it could not be delivered there.
Mr. Rankin in the letter advised you that we would be in touch with you to arrange for the taking of your testimony. He enclosed copies of the Executive order and the congressional resolution, as well as a copy of the Commission's rules governing the taking of testimony from witnesses.
I gave your husband a copy of those documents and he has them and will make them available to you if you want to look at them. You have been provided with copies this morning.
As I told Mr. Davis, you are technically entitled to 3-days' notice before appearing before us, but since you are here, I presume that you would be willing to waive that notice and will go ahead?
Mrs. Davis.
Sure.
Mr. Liebeler.
We want to question you about the possibility that Lee Harvey Oswald engaged in rifle practice at the rifle range which is operated by you and your husband.
Before I get into the details of that testimony, however, would you state your full name for the record?
Mrs. Davis.
Virginia Louise Davis.
Mr. Liebeler.
You are married to Floyd Guy Davis, is that correct?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Your address is 2825 Byway, Dallas?
Mrs. Davis.
Dallas; yes, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
You and your husband have been operating the Sports Drome Rifle Range since. some time in October 1963; is that correct?
Mrs. Davis.
That's right.
Mr. Liebeler.
Are you a native of Dallas, Mrs. Davis?
Mrs. Davis.
No; Kentucky.
Mr. Liebeler.
Where in Kentucky?
Mrs. Davis.
Louisville.
Mr. Liebeler.
When did you move to Dallas?
Mrs. Davis.
Oh, let's see, it has been 7 years ago, I think. I think we have been here 7 years.
Mr. Liebeler.
You and your husband moved to Dallas from Louisville together; is that correct?
Mrs. Davis.
He came down about 6 months before I did.
Mr. Liebeler.
Were you married at that time?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
The Commission has had reports that various people observed a gentleman whom they believed to be Lee Harvey Oswald at the Sports Drome Rifle Range at 8000 West Davis on various occasions. I would like to have you tell us now just what you know about those reports, and whether or not you have ever seen anybody there that resembled Oswald?
Mrs. Davis.
No; I did not.
Mr. Liebeler.
You have not?
Mrs. Davis.
No. There is only three things that stand out in my mind at the time it happened that I can verify what they say, and that is the one night that I was there by myself and Mr. Howard Price got the last customer that came in and took him down there, and he said that he thought it was Lee Harvey Oswald because of the rifle, it being an Italian rifle with this scope on it, and he remembered the gun.
Mr. Liebeler.
Mr. Price told you that?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes. And then the other time I was there was, this gentleman
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