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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 438« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Warren Reynolds Allen)

Mr. Reynolds.
minutes, and the ambulance got there and carried me to the hospital, and by some miracle, I survived, very much a miracle. The police got the call at 9:19 p.m. in the evening of January 23.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now were you able to identify the individual who ran up out of the basement?
Mr. Reynolds.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you have any idea who it was?
Mr. Reynolds.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
What kind of fellow did he look like? Did you get a Physical description of him?
Mr. Reynolds.
No; it was just a blur to me. It was just a blur, but the People that saw him said he was around 5 foot 4, weight around 130 or 140 pounds, and was either Spanish or Cuban or Indian or something like that; not Negro.
Mr. Liebeler.
He was not a Negro, but he was of a foreign extraction or foreign appearing, or dark colored?
Mr. Reynolds.
Yes; dark colored, the way .they described him. He had a rifle.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you have any idea as to why somebody might have wanted to take a shot at you, why did they?
Mr. Reynolds.
I have no proof. I would say it would be fair to think that somebody shot me on account of they thought I knew something or had some connection with Lee Oswald. It was definitely not people that I would know of, and it hadn't been business. I am sure it wasn't in business form.
Mr. Liebeler.
What did you do in the car lot? Are you engaged actually in selling and trading automobiles?
Mr. Reynolds.
Yes; generally everything.
Mr. Liebeler.
You can't think of any reason why one of your customers wanted to take a shot at you?
Mr. Reynolds.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Is there anybody else around the company that might have been having trouble with anybody else that maybe you got shot by mistake, or something like that? Is that possible?
Mr. Reynolds.
We ruled that out.
Mr. Liebeler.
You considered that possibility?
Mr. Reynolds.
I have considered everything.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did the police conduct an investigation of this?
Mr. Reynolds.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Of this shooting?
Mr. Reynolds.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
In fact, they came out with a suspect, didn't they?
Mr. Reynolds.
They came out with one, yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you know that individual before he was picked up in connection with this investigation?
Mr. Reynolds.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
How long had you know him?
Mr. Reynolds.
I had known him for about 6 or 7 years.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was he a friend of yours?
Mr. Reynolds.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
How did you come to know him?
Mr. Reynolds.
Just in business. Our business with him was bad business.
Mr. Liebeler.
In what sense?
Mr. Reynolds.
Well, he was a troublemaker. But at no time did I think he was the one that shot me.
Mr. Liebeler.
How did you form an opinion on the question of whether this was the man who shot you? In fact, we are talking about a man by the name of Darrell Wayne Garner.
Mr. Reynolds.
That was just my personal opinion.
Mr. Liebeler.
You weren't able to see the man who shot you to say whether it was Garner or whether it wasn't?
Mr. Reynolds.
No; that's right.
Mr. Liebeler.
Isn't it a fact that Garner had been in the car lot on January
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