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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 345« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Barbara Jeanette Davis)

Mrs. Davis.
That is what I presumed because he had it open and was shaking it.
Mr. Dulles.
I see. Just right there.
Mr. Ball.
In other words, there is a cross you make across the line that he took which marks the place where he was emptying the gun.
Mrs. Davis.
Just about halfway there.
Mr. Ball.
Mark it also on 21, 534.
Mrs. Davis.
Not quite half, not quite to the bushes there.
Representative Ford.
Mr. Ball, even though she cannot pinpoint-the point where she was standing because of the photograph, she might draw an arrow showing about where she was standing.
Mr. Ball.
Show an arrow about where you were standing.
Mrs. Davis.
About there.
Mr. Ball.
That is 21, photo 21 and Commission Exhibit 534.

After the man left, what did you do, after he went out of sight what did you do?
Mrs. Davis.
I went back in and phoned the police.
Mr. Ball.
Then what did you tell the police?
Mrs. Davis.
I just told them that a policeman had been shot.
Mr. Ball.
Then what did you do?
Mrs. Davis.
I came back outside and walked down to where the policeman's car was out.
Mr. Ball.
Did you see the policeman?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Where was he?
Mrs. Davis.
He was laying on the left-hand side of the car on the ground, by the left-hand fender.
Mr. Ball.
Was he alive or what?
Mrs. Davis.
I don't know.
Mr. Ball.
Did he talk?
Mrs. Davis.
No.
Mr. Ball.
You didn't know whether he was alive or dead?
Mrs. Davis.
No, sir; I didn't get that close.
Mr. Ball.
How long did you stay there?
Mrs. Davis.
Not 5 minutes, I would imagine, because the police cars started coming, so I went back to my yard.
Mr. Ball.
Did you see a man coming and get the policeman's gun?
Mrs. Davis.
No, I didn't.
Mr. Ball.
Did you later look in the bushes and find something?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes; in the grass beside the house.
Mr. Ball.
The grass beside the house. What did you find?
Mrs. Davis.
We found one shell.
Mr. Ball.
One shell?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And your sister-in-law, did your sister-in-law find something else?
Mrs. Davis.
She found one later in the afternoon.
Mr. Ball.
One, later?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Can you show me on one of these pictures here where you found one shell?
Mrs. Davis.
Under the window here. That would be the only one I could tell.
Mr. Ball.
The only one that shows, it is photo 3, it is Commission Exhibit 534. Draw an arrow down.
Mrs. Davis.
Right under that window there.
Mr. Ball.
Under that window.

The arrow which is marked "D-1" shows the position where you found one shell. Did you see your sister-in- law find the other shell?
Mrs. Davis.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Where was that found?
Mrs. Davis.
There is a little cement walk right here by her door, it was right there, not too far from there.
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