(Testimony of James Richard , Jr. Worrell)
Mr. Worrell.
to pick that place at the Depository, and I stood at the corner of Elm and Houston.
Mr. Specter.
Did you leave Love Field before the President did?
Mr. Worrell.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Specter.
Why did you happen to leave Love Field before he left?
Mr. Worrell.
Well, so I could see him better.
Mr. Specter.
Couldn't you get a good view of him at Love Field?
Mr. Worrell.
No, I just saw him off the plane and I figured that I wasn't going to see him good so I was going to get a better place to see him.
Mr. Specter.
How did you travel from Love Field down to Elm and Houston?
Mr. Worrell.
Bus. No, no; I just traveled so far on the bus. I went down to Elm, and took a bus from there. I went down as far as, I don't know where that bus stops, anyway I got close to there and I walked the rest of the way.
Mr. Specter.
What time, to the best of your recollection, did you arrive at the intersection of Elm and Houston?
Mr. Worrell.
Well, about 10, 10:30, 10:45, something around there. There weren't many people standing around there then.
Mr. Specter.
Well, about how long before the Presidential motorcade came to Elm and Houston did you get there?
Mr. Worrell.
An hour; an hour and a half.
Mr. Specter.
Are you sure you were at Love Field when the President arrived there?
Mr. Worrell.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Specter.
All right. Now I am going to show you a photograph which I have marked as Commission Exhibit No. 359. Take a look at that, if you would, please, and tell us whether or not you can identify what scene that is?
Mr. Worrell.
Yes, this is Elm, Pacific, and Commerce. This is the Depository right here, and this is Stamens, and this is the way the President come down.
Mr. Specter.
So is that the assassination scene itself?
Mr. Worrell.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
Now take a look at that picture and tell us where you were standing--and I will give you a pencil so you can mark it on that picture itself--at the time the Presidential motorcade came by. Mark it with an "X," if you would, just exactly where you were standing, as best as you can recollect it, at this moment, at the time the President went by.
Mr. Worrell.
Right underneath that window right there.
Mr. Specter.
Now, how close were you standing to this building which I will ask you to identify; first of all, what building is that?
Mr. Worrell.
That is the Texas Depository.
Mr. Specter.
All right.
Now how close to that building were you standing?
Mr. Worrell.
I was, I don't know, 4 or 5 feet out from it.
Mr. Specter.
Were you standing with your face to the building, with your back to the building, or how?
Mr. Worrell.
My back was to the building.
Mr. Specter.
I show you a photograph which has been identified as Commission Exhibit 360 and I will ask you if you can identify what that building is?
Mr. Worrell.
That is the Depository.
Mr. Specter.
All right.
Now on this picture will you again, with an "X," mark where you were standing as closely as you can recollect it.
Mr. Worrell.
That car is in the way.
Mr. Specter.
All right. Put the mark then right above where the car is, indicating where you were standing on the sidewalk near that building.
(Witness marking.)
Mr. Specter.
Now, did you observe the President's motorcade come by?
Mr. Worrell.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Specter.
Describe to us what you saw, heard, and observed at that time, as the motorcade came by.
Mr. Worrell.
Well, I saw him---I was standing looking--I don't know my directions very well; anyway, I was looking down towards Elm Street watching him come, and they filed by me----
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