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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 204« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Amos Lee Euins)

Mr. Specter.
Now, exactly where did you see that thing you have described as a pipe come from. And take a good look now before you tell us where it was.
Mr. Euins.
Right here.
Mr. Specter.
Now, will you mark an "X" on Exhibit No. 366 where you saw the pipe? Mark the exact window, if you can, Amos.
(Witness marking.)
Mr. Specter.
All right.
Proceed to tell us what happened, Amos.
Mr. Euins.
Then I was standing here, and as the motorcade turned the corner, I was facing, looking dead at the building. And so I seen this pipe thing sticking out the window. I wasn't paying too much attention to it. Then when the first shot was fired, I started looking around, thinking it was a backfire. Everybody else started looking around. Then I looked up at the window, and he shot again. So--you know this fountain bench here, right around here. Well, anyway, there is a little fountain right here. I got behind this little fountain, and then he shot again.
So after he shot again, he just started looking down this, you know.
Mr. Specter.
Who started looking down that way?
Mr. Euins.
The man in the window. I could see his hand, and I could see his other hand on the trigger, and one hand was on the barrel thing.
Mr. Specter.
All right.
Now, at the time the second shot was fired, where were you looking then?
Mr. Euins.
I was still looking at the building, you know, behind this--I was looking at the building.
Mr. Specter.
Looking at anything special in the building?
Mr. Euins.
Yes, sir. I was looking where the barrel was sticking out.
Mr. Specter.
How many shots did you hear altogether?
Mr. Euins.
I believe there was four, to be exact.
Mr. Specter.
Now, where were you looking at the time of the third shot, if you remember?
Mr. Euins.
After he shot the first two times, I was just standing back here. And then after he shot again, he pulled the gun back in the window. And then all the police ran back over here in the track vicinity.
Mr. Specter.
Slow down just a little bit in what you are telling us.
When the second shot occurred, were you still standing at the point where you marked with an "A" on 365?
Mr. Euins.
Yes, sir. But I was right behind this little--
Mr. Specter.
Were you a little bit behind of where that "A" is?
Mr. Euins.
Yes, sir; right back here.
Mr. Specter.
Let's mark that with a "B," where you were at the time the second shot occurred.
(Witness marking.)
Mr. Specter.
All right.
Now, when the third shot occurred, Amos, let me ask you again, where were you looking then?
Mr. Euins.
I was still down here, looking up at the building.
Mr. Specter.
What did you see in the building?
Mr. Euins.
I seen a bald spot on this man's head, trying to look out the window. He had a bald spot on his head. I was looking at the bald spot. I could see his hand, you know the rifle laying across in his hand. And I could see his hand sticking out on the trigger part. And after he got through, he just pulled it back in the window.
Mr. Specter.
Did you see him pull it back in the window?
Mr. Euins.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
And were you still standing at point B?
Mr. Euins.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
When he pulled it back in the window?
Mr. Euins.
I was still behind here, yes.
Mr. Specter.
Where were you when you heard what you described as the fourth shot?
Mr. Euins.
The first shot I was standing here.
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