Earl C. Williman / Sandra Serrano / J. W. Gallivan / Michael D. Marcus / Roosevelt Grier / Freddy Plimpton / Melvin S. Hall, June 5, 1968

Item — Box: 13, Recording: 6a

Identifier: CSA-K6 Part 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

Many of these tapes were made from reel-to-reel copies duplicated by for Umass Dartmouth directly from the originals, before the collection’s permanent deposit in the CSA in 1987. Others are duplicate copies supplied by CSA after 1987. We do not have copies of every tape in the CSA collection.

Dates

June 5, 1968

Conditions Governing Access

no known restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 64.7 Linear Feet (155 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

Universal Studion employee; witness interview. Describes shooting, hearing 4-5 shots, and seeing a girl wearing a polka-dot dress next to the suspect prior to shooting. / RFK campaign worker. Describes being on stairs outside the Ambassador Hote, and seeing a girl in a polka do dress with two men. Details appearances of the three individuals. / RFK advance man; witness interview. Describes hearing 5 shots, and of helping to apprehend suspect. / Deputy D.A. of L.A. County; witness interview. Describes being in kitchen area about four feet from RFK, and hearing 6 shots. / Unofficial RFK bodyguard; witness interview. Describes being on stage, disarming gunman, and giving gun to Rafer Jackson. / Friend of RFK; witness interview. Describes coming off stage ahead of RFK, then being behind RFK, and seeing gunman. / Cab driver. Describes picking up a man and two women at 12:33 a.m. outside of the Ambassador Hotel.