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J AFFIDAVIT m AMY FACT THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DALLAS BEFORE ME, ROBERT WISDOM g Notary Public in and for said County, State of Texas, on hi* day personally appeared^ Helen Louise Markham 323;2 East 9th Bus: Sat Well Cafe RI-8-2^75 Who, after being by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says: At approximately l:OS^M>ven'ber 22s 196 3—I v:as standing on the comer of •E# 10th and Patton Street waiting for traffic to go by when I saw a squad car stop in front of E, 10th about $0 feet fron where I was standing. I saw a young white man walk up to the squad car opposite the driver1s - side, lean over & put his arns on the door of the car for a few seconds, then straighten up and step back from the car two or three feet. At this point the officer got out of the squad car and started around in front of the car and just as he got even with the left front wheel this young white nan shot the officer and the officer fell to the pavement. I screamed and the nan ran west on E. 10th across Patton Street and went out of sight# SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME THIS^^f DAY OF A>D- 196 j ROBERT WISDOM / •.//, w_, • / CLC^L lL t/l' Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas CPS-GF-413 37
Affidavit In Any Fact by Helen Louise Markham, a witness to the murder of Officer J. D. Tippit. Markham describes seeing a young white man shoot the officer after he got out of his vehicle.
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