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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 343« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Barbara Jeanette Davis)

Mrs. Davis.
400 East 10th.
Mr. Ball.
Who was living with you at that time?
Mrs. Davis.
You mean in the apartment or in the building?
Mr. Ball.
In the apartment with you.
Mrs. Davis.
Just my husband and two children.
Mr. Ball.
You had a sister, did you?
Mrs. Davis.
Sister-in-law.
Mr. Ball.
What is her name?
Mrs. Davis.
Virginia.
Mr. Ball.
Was she living there at the time, too?
Mrs. Davis.
They lived around the side of the apartment house.
Mr. Ball.
In the same building?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
That was your husband's sister?
Mrs. Davis.
No; it was my husband's brother's wife.
Mr. Ball.
Husband's brother's wife. I see.
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
I have got some pictures here so we will understand. I will show you Exhibit 525. Is the house in which you were living on November 22d shown in the picture?
Mrs. Davis.
Here.
Mr. Ball.
It is the one on the comer?The southeast corner of 10th and Patten, isn't it?
Mrs. Davis.
I don't know anything about that, but I know where it is.
Mr. Ball.
I will show you Commission Exhibit 524. Is the house shown in that picture?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes; sir.
Mr. Ball.
And I show you 534, is the house shown in that picture?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
I am showing you 528 and there is a lawn there, that is the lawn of what house?
Mrs. Davis.
Of the house I lived in.
Mr. Ball.
The house you lived in.

On that day did something unusual happen that you observed, on November 22d?
Mrs. Davis.
Those gunshots.
Mr. Ball.
Gunshots? Where were you when you heard gunshots?
Mrs. Davis.
In bed.
Mr. Dulles.
Did you say gunshot or gunshots?
Mrs. Davis.
Shots.
Mr. Dulles.
Plural? How many did you hear?
Mrs. Davis.
Just two, they were pretty close together.
Mr. Ball.
You were lying on the bed. What did you do?
Mrs. Davis.
I got up, put my shoes on to see what it was.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ever go outdoors?
Mrs. Davis.
At first, I didn't.
Mr. Ball.
When you went to the door, did you open the door?
Mrs. Davis.
I opened the door and held the screen opened.
Mr. Ball.
What did you see?
Mrs. Davis.
Mrs. Markham standing across the street over there, and she was standing over there and the man was coming across the yard.
Mr. Ball.
A man was coming across what yard?
Mrs. Davis.
My yard.
Mr. Ball.
And what did you see the man doing?
Mrs. Davis.
Well, first off she went to screaming before I had paid too much attention to him, and pointing at him, and he was, what I thought, was emptying the gun.
Mr. Ball.
He had a gun in his hand?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And he was emptying it?
Mrs. Davis.
It was open and he had his hands cocked like he was emptying it.
Mr. Dulles.
Which hand did he have it?
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