(Testimony of )
Mr. Mcwatters.
Yes, I turned after they finally let--they weren't letting any cars through at that time but they just run a bunch of those buses through there.
Mr. Ball.
Is there a bus stop in front of the Texas School Book Depository Building?
Mr. Mcwatters.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Where do you stop for that intersection?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Well, you stop, in other words, on this side of the street.
Mr. Ball.
You stop on the south side of, the southeast corner of the intersection?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Yes, sir.
In other words, like you would be going, direct south towards the Building, the bus stop is on this corner over here on this side.
Mr. Ball.
You mean the corner of Houston and Elm?
Mr. Mcwatters.
That is right.
Mr. Ball.
Which corner, north, south, east, west?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Well, it would be on the north.
Mr. Ball.
North.
Mr. Mcwatters.
On the north.
Mr. Ball.
Here is a map and maybe you can show us where the bus stop is. This is Exhibit No. 371.
Mr. Mcwatters.
In other words, this is south, in other words.
Mr. Ball.
This is west. You are going west on Elm.
Mr. Mcwatters.
In other words, I am going--right here is where the police had all traffic, they wasn't allowing anything to go any further than Market Street here.
In other words, all the traffic there they were moving was turning either to the right or left, on Market Street. But after they held us up there so long, of course, they run these buses in this right lane here and they did open up and let a bunch of these buses go right on down here to Houston, of course, a lot of them go straight on and a lot of them turn left to Houston Street, a lot of them go under the underpass here.
Mr. Ball.
Wait a minute, you turned to the left?
Mr. Mcwatters.
I turned to the left.
Mr. Ball.
On Houston?
Mr. Mcwatters.
In other words, my last stop, in other words at this comer right here on Record Street, all buses turning to the left have to stop at this corner right here.
Mr. Ball.
At Record and Elm?
Mr. Mcwatters.
At Record and Elm.
Mr. Ball.
Do you have a bus stop at Houston and Elm?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Yes, sir; there is a bus stop there for the buses that go on under the underpass.
Mr. Ball.
Is there a bus stop for the buses that go south on Houston?
Mr. Mcwatters.
No, sir; all the buses, we have to get in, this is a one-way street and you have to get over in this lane here.
Mr. Ball.
By the lane you mean the extreme left lane?
Mr. Mcwatters.
The extreme left lane to make--
Mr. Ball.
To make the left turn south on Houston Street?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And your last bus stop, as you go west on Elm and before you turn is the northeast corner of Record and Elm?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Yes, sir; that is correct.
Mr. Ball.
You went on over to Houston Viaduct into the Oak Cliff section, didn't you?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Yes, sir; to the Oak Cliff section.
Mr. Ball.
And there was some conversation occurred on that bus that you told the FBI officers about?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Tell us what that was?
Mr. Mcwatters.
Well, there was a teenage boy, I would say 17 or 18 years of age who was sitting to my right on the first cross seat and me and him had, we had conversationed a little while we was tied up in the traffic, you know, of
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