(Testimony of Amos Lee Euins)
Mr. Specter.
Why don't you just put an "X" with this pencil on the Book Depository Building, as you identify it there, Amos--on the building itself.
(Witness marking.)
Mr. Specter.
Now, were you somewhere in that area when the President's motorcade went by?
Mr. Euins.
I was right here.
Mr. Specter.
Why don't you take this black pencil and put an "A" right where you were, Amos.
(Witness marking.)
Mr. Specter.
Now, what time did you get to the place where you have marked With an "A"?
Mr. Euins.
Oh, I would say around about 15 minutes or something like that to 12, because my mother brought me down there.
Mr. Specter.
She drove you down, did she?
Mr. Euins.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
Now, were you with anybody when you came to that spot, or did your mother leave you off there by yourself?
Mr. Euins.
She left me. She had to go on to work.
Mr. Specter.
Now, about how long was it after you got there that the motorcade came by?
Mr. Euins.
Oh, I would say about--I had been there about 15, maybe 20 minutes. It come around-the comer, come on around.
Mr. Specter.
All right.
Amos, I want to show you another picture here that I have marked as Commission Exhibit No. 366.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 366 for identification.)
Mr. Specter.
I ask you if you can recognize what that building is.
Mr. Euins.
This here is the Book Depository Building.
Mr. Specter.
All right.
Now, look back over here at 365. Can you tell us which direction the President's motorcade came from on this picture?
Mr. Euins.
It come from right in here.
Mr. Specter.
First of all, do you know what the name of this street is? Would that be Main Street, in Dallas?
Mr. Euins.
Yes, sir; I think so.
Mr. Specter.
Coming down Main Street, indicating in a general westerly direction. Turning which way?
Mr. Euins.
This way.
Mr. Specter.
Turned right.
Do you know if that is Houston Street?
Mr. Euins.
No, sir; I don't.
Mr. Specter.
Let the record show the witness is identifying a street heretofore identified as Houston.
Then which way did the motorcade go after proceeding in a general northerly direction on Houston?
Mr. Euins.
It come this way, turn.
Mr. Specter.
Which way--right or left?
Mr. Euins.
It turned to the left, coming down, going on.
Mr. Specter.
Do you know the name of the street it turned onto when it made the left turn?
Mr. Euins.
I was just trying to keep an eye on the President.
Mr. Specter.
The witness has identified a street heretofore identified as Elm Street.
Tell us what you saw as the motorcade went by.
Mr. Euins.
I was standing here on the comer. And then the President come around the corner right here. And I was standing here. And I was waving, because there wasn't hardly no one on the corner right there but me. I was waving. He looked that way and he waved back at me. And then I had seen a pipe, you know, up there in the window, I thought it was a pipe, some kind of pipe.
Mr. Specter.
When had you first seen that thing you just described as a pipe?
Mr. Euins.
Right as he turned the corner here.
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