(Testimony of Mrs. Helen Markham)
Mr. Ball.
When he looked at you.
Mrs. Markham.
After he had shot the policeman?
Mr. Ball.
Yes.
Mrs. Markham.
He was standing almost even to that curb, not very far from the curb, from the sidewalk.
Mr. Ball.
Across the street from you?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did he look at you?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
And did you look at him?
Mrs. Markham.
I sure did.
Mr. Ball.
That was before you put your hands over your eyes?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir; and he kept fooling with his gun, and I slapped my hands up to my face like this.
Mr. Ball.
And then you ran to the policeman?
Mrs. Markham.
After he ran off.
Mr. Ball.
In what hand did he have his gun, do you know, when he fired the shots?
Mrs. Markham.
Sir, I believe it was his right. I am not positive because I was scared.
Mr. Ball.
When he came down the street towards you, in what hand did he have his gun?
Mrs. Markham.
He had it in both of them.
Mr. Ball.
He had it in both of them?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
When he went towards Jefferson you say he went at sort of a trot?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did he cross Patton?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles.
Were there many other, or other people in the block at that time, or were you there with Officer Tippit almost alone?
Mrs. Markham.
I was out there, I didn't see anybody. I was there alone by myself.
Mr. Dulles.
I see. You didn't see anybody else in the immediate neighborhood?
Mrs. Markham.
No; not until everything was over--I never seen anybody until I was at Mr. Tippit's side. I tried to save his life, which was I didn't know at that time I couldn't do something for him.
Mr. Dulles.
Mr. Tippit, Officer Tippit, didn't say anything to you?
Mrs. Markham.
He tried to.
Mr. Dulles.
He tried to?
Mrs. Markham.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles.
But he didn't succeed?
Mrs. Markham.
No, I couldn't understand. I was screaming and hollering and I was trying to help him all I could, and I would have. I was with him until they put him in the ambulance.
Mr. Ball.
Did you make an estimate of how far you were from this man with the gun when he came--after the shooting, and when he came down to the corner, did you make an estimate of that?
Mrs. Markham.
No. To anyone--
Mr. Ball.
We measured it the other day. We were out there, weren't we?
Mrs. Markham.
Now I couldn't tell you how many feet or nothing because I have never had no occasions to measure that.
Mr. Dulles.
Was it further than this table, the length of this table?
Mrs. Markham.
It was across the street.
Mr. Dulles.
Across the street. It was two or three times the length of this table?
Mrs. Markham.
Across from the street. That was too close.
Mr. Ball.
We have a map coming from the FBI. We thought it would be here this morning.
Mrs. Markham, you were taken to the Police Department, weren't you?
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