(Testimony of Mrs. Robert A. Reid)
Mr. Belin.
Where were you on that day commencing with, say, around noon or so?
Mrs. Reid.
Well, at 12 I went to lunch, and I had my lunch rather hurriedly so that I might go downstairs and watch the parade.
Mr. Belin.
Mrs. Reid, you say you ate your lunch?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes; I did.
Mr. Belin.
Where did you eat your lunch?
Mrs. Reid.
In our lunchroom, in the lunchroom.
Mr. Belin.
Where is that?
Mrs. Reid.
Well
Mr. Belin.
On what floor?
Mrs. Reid.
On two, the same floor as our office.
Mr. Belin.
That is on the second floor?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Did you buy your lunch or bring your lunch?
Mrs. Reid.
No; I brought my lunch.
Mr. Belin.
Was there anyone in the lunchroom when you were eating lunch?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Do you remember who was there?
Mrs. Reid.
Well, the girls that work under me, the young ladies, goodness, it is all hard, for me to remember how many there were, but the general ones that usually eat there with me every day.
Mr. Belin.
On Commission Exhibit 497, is this room, this lunchroom, the one that is marked "lunchroom" here with the numbers 25 and 26 in it?
Mrs. Reid.
That is right.
Mr. Belin.
And that is where you ate?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
And on Commission Exhibit 497 do you work on the second floor also?
Mrs. Reid.
I do.
Mr. Belin.
In the area marked with the room "office space," somewhere in that room?
Mrs. Reid.
Over here.
Mr. Belin.
You say you work over near the dumbwaiter which is marked?
Mrs. Reid.
My desk--
Mr. Belin.
Your desk is near the dumbwaiter on Exhibit 497.
Mr. Dulles.
That is the desk there, is it?
Mr. Belin.
That is the dumbwaiter.
Mr. Dulles.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Belin.
Now, Mrs. Reid, you left lunch about what time?
Mrs. Reid.
Well, I left, I ate my lunch hurriedly, I wasn't watching the time but I wanted to be sure of getting out on the streets in time for the parade before he got there, and I called my husband, who works at the records building, and they had a radio in their office and they were listening as the parade progressed and he told me they were running about 10 minutes late.
But I went down rather soon and stood on the steps.
Mr. Dulles.
Where was your husband working?
Mrs. Reid.
He works for the records building.
Mr. Belin.
Where is that located?
Mrs. Reid.
Well, it is off the left-hand side, kind of cater-cornered across from our building.
Mr. Belin.
The records building has one side of it on Elm Street running from Houston to Record Street?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
And I believe it is on, it would run on, the south side of Elm?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Is that correct?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Do you know about what time it was that you left the lunchroom, was it 12, 12:15?
Mrs. Reid.
I think around 12:30 somewhere along in there.
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