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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 320« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Helen Markham)

Mr. Ball.
Red complexion?
Mrs. Markham.
No, not red complexioned.
Mr. Ball.
You didn't say that?
Mr. Dulles.
Mrs. Markham, did you say you talked to two persons, one person whom you are now describing from a foreign newspaper, and one other?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes.
Mr. Dulles.
Who was the other one with whom you talked?
Mrs. Markham.
I don't recall. He was a newspaper reporter by Life magazine.
Mr. Dulles.
Life magazine?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes. I remember, which they did print the picture in Life magazine.
Mr. Dulles.
And Life magazine printed what you told them?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes.
Mr. Dulles.
And printed it accurately as far as you recall?
Mrs. Markham.
Very little of what I told him did he put in.
Mr. Dulles.
What they put in was accurate more or less?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes.
Representative Ford.
It coincided with what you told him?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, just a little old paragraph or two.
Mr. Dulles.
Except for those two persons, you don't recall talking with anyone about your testimony or your appearance in the lineup?
Mrs. Markham.
No, sir.
Mr. Dulles.
Just those two?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Just a few more questions, Mrs. Markham. You ran immediately over to where the police officer was lying in the street?
Mrs. Markham.
I did.
Mr. Ball.
Was he alive?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did he say anything?
Mrs. Markham.
He was trying to, but he just couldn't. I just couldn't make out what he was trying to say.
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.
Mr. Ball.
When did you start screaming?
Mrs. Markham.
I started screaming by the time I left where I was standing and screamed plumb across the street.
Mr. Ball.
Do you remember what you said?
Mrs. Markham.
"The man has killed a policeman," I remember, "Somebody help. He has killed him, he has killed him," I was saying that, I was pulling my hair almost. It is a wonder he did not turn and kill me, really it was.
Mr. Ball.
Did you see Mr. Scoggins?
Mrs. Markham.
I don't remember--
Mr. Ball.
The taxicab driver.
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