Witness Testimony on Officer Tippit's Shooting

Mrs. Clemens, where were you on November 22nd,

1963?

I was working for Miss Sutherland on

327 East 10th.

And where-

Just down the block from where Tippit was killed.

Did you know Officer Tippit?

Yes, I saw him, met pretty many times.

And did you hear the shots?

Yes, I heard the shots.

And what did you do?

I ran out into the street, and

looked down the street, and

I ran back down the street where he was

lying, and I looked at him.

Now, when you heard the shots,

and you went out of the house, did you see a man with a gun?

Yes, I did.

What was he doing?

Oh, he was reloading.

When I say he was reloading his gun.

And

how would you describe that man?

Well, he's kind of chunky.

He's kind of heavy. Wasn't a very big man.

Was he tall or short?

Yeah, he was kind of short guy.

Short and heavy?

Yes.

And was there any other man there?

Yes, there was one on the side street. For all I know, he told him to go.

Mrs. Clemens, uh, the man who had the gun,

uh, did he make any motion at all to the other

man across the street?

No more than told him to go.

Oh, he waved his hand-

Yes.

-and said, "Go on."

To go.

And then what happened with the man with the gun?

Oh, he unloaded and reloaded.

And what did the other man do?

Man kept going straight down the street.

And then did they go in opposite directions?

Yes, they were... They, they wasn't together.

They went this way from each other.

The one done the shooting went this way.

The other one went straight down Pearl Street, that way.

What was the,

uh, the man who did not do the shooting, but the man who went in the other

direction from the man with the gun, what was he wearing, if you remember?

Well, as far as I can remember, he had on, it looked like light khakis and a white

shirt.

And was he tall or short?

He was tall.

And was he heavy or thin?

He was thin.

But the one who did the, the one who had the gun,

seconds after Tippit was shot,

he was short and he was heavy?

Yes, he was short and kind of heavy.

Now,

did you testify before the Warren Commission about this case?

I haven't said anything to anyone.

Did anyone come to see you after the murder of Officer Tippit?

Yes. He was a man came. I don't know what he was.

He came to my house and talked to me,

but I don't know what he... Looked like a policeman to me.

He did. Did he have a gun?

Yes, he wore a gun.

Mrs. Clemens, how long after

Tippit was shot did this man with a gun come to visit

you?

About two, about two days.

It was about two days. Said that I might get hurt, uh,

someone might hurt me

if I would talk.

About what you saw?

What I saw. He just told me to be best if

I didn't say anything because I might get hurt.