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(Testimony of Robert S. , Jr. Huffaker)
Mr. Huffaker.
assumed a station directly in front of the doors leading from the interior basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters into the basement parking area, rather than leading from the elevator onto the ramp. And, I had been attempting to keep persons out of the line of the KRLD camera, but this was not in order that Oswald could be photographed, but it was in order that the live camera-- the--because this was not a film camera such as that that George Phenix was using, but a live camera--so that it would enable our live cameras to pick him up as he left he door leading from the jail office into the basement, rather than leading from the elevator.
Mr. Hubert.
All right, sir; other than the wording of that, and other than the corrections you have previously made as to Exhibit 5331, do you think it is a fair statement of the interview of you on November 28?
Mr. Huffaker.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, I have marked for the purpose of identification a chart of the basement which, as you can see on this FBI mockup before you is a chart of the same object except that the map covers some area not covered by the mockup, and for the purpose of identification, I have marked it as "Dallas, Tex., April 16, 1964, Exhibit No. 5333, Deposition of R. S. Huffaker, Jr."
And I have signed my name below it. Now, I ,think your statements previously given and identified as 331 and 5332 indicate that you had taken up a position approximately one-half an hour before the shooting actually occurred; is that correct?
Mr. Huffaker.
Approximately; yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, I would like you to fix that position by pointing to it on the mockup, and then I will mark it on the chart, and if you agree that it is correctly marked, you may say so, and thus we will have a permanent record of exactly what position you were in?
Mr. Huffaker.
All right, sir; approximately this position [indicating on the mockup].
Mr. Hubert.
Now, you are fixing a position almost in the middle of the middle segment of the railing, which is divided into three segments, by two horizontal poles, which railing runs from one post on the Commerce Street side of the basement to another post on the Main Street side of the basement; is that correct, sir?
Mr. Huffaker.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, you will note that the chart does not show the vertical poles, but will you agree with me that the black part that I am marking (1) and the black part that I am marking (2), represent on the mockup itself the two main poles?
Mr. Huffaker.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Will you agree with me, too, that looking at the mockup, there is a railing which runs between those two posts marked (1) and (2) and that that railing is divided by horizontal poles, approximately equidistant from one another and from the two main posts?
Mr. Huffaker.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
So that I'm going to mark, at a point which may not be mathematically correct, but is intended to be as a number (3), the position of one of the vertical rails of the railing and the other number (4) as the other vertical rail. Now, as you pointed out the matter to me on the mockup, am I correct in saying that you were at this point?
Mr. Huffaker.
Let me see yes, sir; that's correct.
Mr. Hubert.
I am marking the point with a number (5) in a circle, and I ask you if that is not approximately where you were standing at the time of the shooting and for a period of perhaps 15 to 20 minutes prior thereto?
Mr. Huffaker.
Well, now, you have the (5) in contact with the railing almost, and I was farther away from the railing, however, its position relation to its distance between point (1) and (2) and point (3) and (4) is correct. However, it was a little farther from the railing.
Mr. Hubert.
How many inches or feet from the railing toward the jail office or jail corridor were you standing, in fact?
Mr. Huffaker.
Well, to the best of my knowledge, I was probably about--approximately 4 feet from the rail.
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