Nonsense.
Leavelle called Ted Callaway and asked him to come to city hall to view a lineup. Leavelle asked Callaway to bring Guinyard and Benavides with him. Guinyard went with Callaway but Benavides did not. In 1996, Callaway told Dale Myers that the reason Benavides did not go with them to view a lineup was because Benavides felt that he did not really get a good look at the killer.
Callaway said he and Benavides were talking about it...
Callaway: "Well, you saw the son-of-a-As I was walking a' alane, I heard twa corbies makin' a mane. The tane untae the tither did say, Whaur sail we gang and dine the day, O. Whaur sail we gang and dine the day? It's in ahint yon auld fail dyke I wot there lies a new slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk and his hound, and his lady fair, O. But his hawk and his hound, and his lady fair. His hound is to the hunting gane His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady ta'en anither mate, So we may mak' our dinner swate, O. So we may mak' our dinner swate. Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pike oot his bonny blue e'en Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek oor nest when it grows bare, O. We'll theek oor nest when it grows bare. There's mony a ane for him maks mane But nane sail ken whaur he is gane O'er his white banes when they are bare The wind sail blaw for evermair, O. The wind sail blaw for evermair.', didn't you?"
Benavides: "Hell no, I didn't see him. When I heard that shooting, I fell down into the floorboard of my truck and I stayed there. It scared me to death."
Callaway went on to tell Myers, regarding the 1967 CBS special "The Warren Report" (which interviewed the Tippit witnesses on film)...
"He (Benavides) put together a pretty good story and he made the people (CBS) believe he was there and saw everything. This is a guy that used to come by my lot every day. In fact, he's been to my home. But he told me "I ain't gonna go down there and tell them my story unless they give me something".
Callaway claimed that Benavides ended up with a new Pontiac Firebird, half of which was paid for by CBS.
Nonsense!
Leavelle is a Southern racist who called JFK just another Yankee. And as I've pointed out to you on more than one occasion, using his contemporaneous reports compared to his more recent statements, he makes up stories about what happened. Whether he's lying or senile they're still untrue and mostly prejudicial against LHO and supportive of the official narrative.
In 1996, Callaway told Dale Myers. Callaway claimed. LOL
