Dale Myers book. He interviewed Hamby.
From
With Malice:
"Hamby’s choice of clothing that day — a gray sweater and gray slacks — was about to propel the young student into a near fatal encounter."And there we have it. Mr. Hamby's clothing being close enough to the suspect description was what gave Patrolman Walker due cause to think he was the man.
And boy were they sure:
Dispatcher: 221.
221 [Summers]: Might can give you some additional information, I got an eyeball witness to the getaway man that — ah — suspect in this shooting. He’s a
white male, 27, 5 feet 11, 165, black wavy hair, fair complected, wearing a light gray Eisenhower-type jacket, dark trousers and a
white shirt. And — ah — about — last seen — ah — running on the north side of the street from — ah —
Patton, on Jefferson, on East Jefferson. And he was apparently armed with a 32 dark finish automatic — ah — pistol, which he had in his right
hand.
Dispatcher: 10-4. For your information, 221,
they have the the suspect cornered in the library at Marsalis and Jefferson.
221: 10-4. This man can positively identify him if — they need him.
Dispatcher:
Well, they do have the suspect under arrest now.Which brings us back to the problem with Mr. Brewer's story. A man in a brown shirt was way off the suspect description ("white shirt"). And yet we're supposed to believe there was due cause for the police to conclude that "the suspect" was in the Texas Theatre.
Doesn't wash.
