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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 344« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Barbara Jeanette Davis)

Mrs. Davis.
Right hand.
Mr. Ball.
To his left palm?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Did you see him throw anything away?
Mrs. Davis.
No.
Mr. Ball.
You didn't?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
What did you do next?
Mrs. Davis.
He looked at her first and looked at me and then smiled and went around the corner.
Mr. Ball.
Was he running or walking?
Mrs. Davis.
He was walking at his normal pace.
Mr. Ball.
And he went around the corner? Did he go on the sidewalk?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes. He was on the sidewalk right beside the house.
Mr. Ball.
Did he go, did he cut across your lawn at all?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Where?
Mrs. Davis.
He cut across the middle of the yard.
Mr. Ball.
Here is a diagram, 523, this is 400--that is your home.
Mrs. Davis.
He came right across like this.
Mr. Ball.
Came across like this?
Mrs. Davis.
Ran beside the sidewalk.
Mr. Ball.
There is already a mark on there.
Mrs. Davis.
He left the sidewalk about here, just on the other side of this.
Mr. Ball.
Well, mark on the picture now, photo 21 which is Commission Exhibit 534, and you just take this and mark with it and show where he left the sidewalk and what course he took.
Mrs. Davis.
He was just parallel to the side of this and right around this little bush and around the corner.
Mr. Ball.
Around the corner?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
The black mark from the sidewalk on 534 marks the course that the man took?
Representative Ford.
Could you tell us where you were standing when you saw him?
Mrs. Davis.
I was standing on the porch.
Mr. Ball.
Put an "X" there.
Mrs. Davis.
I can't see the porch. The door is right between these two things here.
Mr. Ball.
These two things--what do you mean?
Mrs. Davis.
Between the two posts.
Mr. Ball.
Two posts?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Let's get a better view.
Mr. Dulles.
It seems to be the best.
Mr. Ball.
You are right.
That is 525.
Now mark where he cut across on that with a line.
Mrs. Davis.
Right across like this, only it would be on the other side of the bushes here.
Mr. Ball.
Yes.
And where were you?
Mrs. Davis.
Standing right--here is the door right here.
Mr. Ball.
Put an "X" there. That "X" is a mark to locate your position and we will give a symbol to it. "D." Now, the line you have drawn from the sidewalk through the bushes is the course the man took. Where was he when you saw him emptying his gun?
Mrs. Davis.
He was right here on the other side of this bush.
Mr. Ball.
Draw a line through the course there.
Mrs. Davis.
Just about along in here.
Mr. Dulles.
Did you know at the time he was emptying his gun?
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