[Statement by Jim Braden, November 22, 1963] Page: 1 of 2
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VOLUNTARY. STATEMENT. Not Ud dcr Astmc. Form No. SQ
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Before me, the undersigned suthoriry, on this the
Personally appeared <?
A^e , Phone No.—>!-?-• 5o e 1 KCC;0
day of
TTovernoer
-A. D. 19-
63
Address.
621
Bariix?,ton Drv
i.p'a. o i/QS iinrjUi.-Gs Calf.
Gffieo£l5 3, bn Cicne^a Blvd,
Doverly Hi113, California
Deposes end esys;«
I arj here on business (oil business) a ad uas uall:iri£ doun SUi dtreet
trying to cet a cab and there uasn*fc any* I heard peoplo talking saying
"lly God the Prosidonfc has boon shot#.*1 Police cars uoro passing wo coniric
doun tcuard tho triplo underpass end X uallrod up anong many other people
and this building uas surrounded by police off leers uith cuns and wo ucre
all watchins thorn. I navad on up to tho building across the street frons
tho build inn that uas suroounrled and I ask one of the girls if there uas
a telephone that I could use and she said riYosa there is one on the third
floor of tho building uhere I uorlr". 1 \;alkod through a passage to tho
elevator they uoro all rotting on (freight elevator) and 1 got off on tho
third floor with all tho other pooplo and there was a lady uslno the pay
telephone and I ash her i.1? 1 could use it uhen she hung up and she said
it uas out of order an3 I tried to use it but uith no success, I ash
her how I can got out of this building and sho said that there is an or.it
right there and th-.n she said unit a ninuto here is the elevator now. I
rot on the elevator adc! returned to the ground floor and the colored :san
uho ran tho elevator said you are v. stronger in this building and I an ua3
notsupposo to let you up and he ranioutside to an officer and said to the
officorthatho .had Just taken no up and doun in the elevator and tho office#,
said for use to identify nysolf and I presented hin uith a credit care and
he said ucll ue have to chock out everything and tool: no to his superior
and said for rno to uait and ue uili chock it out, I uas then taken to tho
Sheriffs office and interrogated,-
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this the
day of
A. D. 19
Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas
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Dallas (Tex.). Police Department. [Statement by Jim Braden, November 22, 1963], legal document, November 22, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth339840/m1/1/: accessed March 8, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.