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THE MAROON 61 OR 62 CHEVY
By Gil Jesus October 2008
In a sheriff's department notarized statement dated November 23, 1963, Malcolm Summers of Dallas reported that he saw a car speeding from the area of the plaza immediately after the shots. Summers stated that he was located on the terrace of the small park on Elm Street when the Presidential motorcade passed in front of him. After the shots and the president's car had sped away, Summers went to the area of the railroad tracks because he "knew that they had somebody trapped up there."
After about 20 minutes, Summers returned to his truck, which was parked on Houston Street. As he began to pull away from the curb, an automobile traveling in what Summers described as a "burst of speed" passed his truck on the right, which Summers thought was dangerous..Summers said the car then slowed when it got in front of him, "as though realizing they would be conspicuous in speeding."
Summers said there were three men in the car; he described them as of slender build. He said they appeared to be "excited" and were motioning to each other. He described the car as a 1961 or 1962 Chevrolet sedan, which was maroon in color. The car went across the Houston Street viaduct, turned off on Marsalis Street, and continued in the direction of Zangs Boulevard.
Summers said he did not believe he could identify the men again, but that he would recognize the car. Summers was not called to testify before the Warren Commission. No FBI files concerning this information have been located.
Summers was contacted by the committee on October 30, 1978. At that time, he confirmed the substance of the information provided to the sheriff's department and signed a statement indicating that the information was accurate and complete.
The committee has been unable to locate any further identification of the persons or car with whom that license was reported in Dallas on November 22, 1963. (12 HSCA 13-15)
By Gil Jesus October 2008
In a sheriff's department notarized statement dated November 23, 1963, Malcolm Summers of Dallas reported that he saw a car speeding from the area of the plaza immediately after the shots. Summers stated that he was located on the terrace of the small park on Elm Street when the Presidential motorcade passed in front of him. After the shots and the president's car had sped away, Summers went to the area of the railroad tracks because he "knew that they had somebody trapped up there."
After about 20 minutes, Summers returned to his truck, which was parked on Houston Street. As he began to pull away from the curb, an automobile traveling in what Summers described as a "burst of speed" passed his truck on the right, which Summers thought was dangerous..Summers said the car then slowed when it got in front of him, "as though realizing they would be conspicuous in speeding."
Summers said there were three men in the car; he described them as of slender build. He said they appeared to be "excited" and were motioning to each other. He described the car as a 1961 or 1962 Chevrolet sedan, which was maroon in color. The car went across the Houston Street viaduct, turned off on Marsalis Street, and continued in the direction of Zangs Boulevard.
Summers said he did not believe he could identify the men again, but that he would recognize the car. Summers was not called to testify before the Warren Commission. No FBI files concerning this information have been located.
Summers was contacted by the committee on October 30, 1978. At that time, he confirmed the substance of the information provided to the sheriff's department and signed a statement indicating that the information was accurate and complete.
ANOTHER RED CHEVY
The Dallas County Sheriff's Department had also received another report of a car speeding from the direction of Dealey Plaza on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. In a report dated November 22, Deputy Sheriff Jack Watson reported that he had received information through the sheriff's office radio about the car. Watson reported that the Carrollton, Tex., Police Department called in that they had received a citizen's report that a car had been parked near the Harry Hines Circle for several days before November 22. According to the information from the Carrollton police, "very shortly after the shooting" that car was seen traveling north on Harry Hines Boulevard "at a very high rate of speed." The Carrollton police described the car as red 1963 Chevrolet Impala with Georgia license plate 52J1033. Watson's report stated that the information on that car was broadcast to all stations north.
The committee was unable to locate Jack Watson to get further details of the car report received by the Dallas County Sheriff's Department.
According to an FBI report on the car with the Georgia license plate,.the Dallas County Sheriff's Office had received the call on the radio between 1:54 and 2:11 p.m., and it reflected that the car had been spotted speeding along Harry Hines Boulevard just prior to that. The FBI was advised on March 27, 1964 by its Atlanta office that the 1963 Georgia license 52J1033 was listed to J.C. Bradley of Twin City, Ga. That license was issued for a four-door 1960 Chevrolet.
The owner of the car and license, James Cecil Bradley, was interviewed by special agents of the FBI on May 14, 1964. At that time Bradley informed the FBI that he owned a 1960 Belair Chevrolet. The color of the car was not given, but Bradley stated that he has never owned a red 1963 Chevrolet Impala. Bradley said that in August or September 1963 his 1963 license plate was stolen from his car as it was parked overnight with a flat tire on Highway 80 between Swainsboro and Twin City, Ga. Bradley said that he reported the theft to law officers in Twin City and Swainsboro.
The FBI interviewed the friend who was with Bradley when Bradley returned to his car to repair the flat and noticed that the license plate was missing. That friend confirmed that the plate was in fact missing from the car and that he had advised Bradley to report it stolen.
Official records also confirmed the report by Bradley Charles Oglesby, the chief of police in Twin City, Ga., stated to the FBI that he recalled Bradley reporting the stolen license tag some time in 1963. According to records of the Georgia State Motor Vehicle Registration Bureau, the original 1963 license, 52J1033, was issued to Bradley on March 28, 1963, for a 1960 Chevrolet with the vehicle.identification number 1619A154729. A duplicate or replacement tag was.issued to Bradley on September 10, 1963, for use on the same vehicle.
The committee has been unable to locate any further identification of the persons or car with whom that license was reported in Dallas on November 22, 1963. (12 HSCA 13-15)