(Testimony of Robert Alan Surrey)
Mr. Jenner.
Is it heavily or lightly wooded?
Mr. Surrey.
Lightly.
Mr. Jenner.
There is a fence?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
A wooden fence?
Mr. Surrey.
A wooden fence about 5-foot tall.
Mr. Jenner.
I see. Is that a lattice fence or a solid fence?
Mr. Surrey.
Along this side here it is a solid fence.
Mr. Jenner.
When you say this side, you are pointing to the driveway leading to Turtle Creek Boulevard?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes; the fence actually is here. [Witness draws.]
Mr. Jenner.
You have now put--he is indicating the fence. And that is a lattice or slat fence?
Mr. Surrey.
That is a solid fence there. And then it is latticed along the alley.
Mr. Jenner.
Which way does the front of General Walker's house face on Turtle Creek Boulevard?
Mr. Surrey.
On Turtle Creek.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. That will be helpful to us. We will just set that exhibit aside for the moment.
Some of these photographs I am now about to show you--I now show you a photograph, Commission Exhibit No. 5, Item No. 369. Do you recognize that?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes, I do. It is a photo of the back of General Walker's home.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Now, returning to your plat, Commission Exhibit No. 1005, is that the side of General Walker's house that faces the church?
Mr. Surrey.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
It is the side--is it the side that faces Dr. Jackson's home?
Mr. Surrey.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Is it the side that faces onto or toward Turtle Creek Boulevard?
Mr. Surrey.
No; it is not.
Mr. Jenner.
Is it the side that faces toward the alley which you have drawn on Commission Exhibit No. 1005?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes; it is.
Mr. Jenner.
Fine. Now, you will notice in that photograph an automobile, but no license plate, and there appears to be obliterated an area in which a license plate might have appeared on that car.
Now, first, you do see the automobile?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes; I have seen this photo before. Mr. Barrett of the FBI in Dallas brought this to my attention.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you recognize the automobile?
Mr. Surrey.
Not positively, but I think it belongs to Mr. Charles Klihr.
Mr. Jenner.
And who is Mr. Charles Klihr?
Mr. Surrey.
He is a volunteer worker of Mr. Walker's, also.
Mr. Jenner.
Are you sufficiently familiar with Mr. Charles Klihr's automobile you already identified it----
Mr. Surrey.
No; I did not identify it. I cannot do that, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
To the best of your ability is all I am suggesting, sir.
Mr. Surrey.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you have a recollection as to whether there was a license plate or license plate fixture in or about the area in which the black spot on the automobile appears?
Mr. Surrey.
I have seen Mr. Klihr's automobile many times. I have not seen it without a license plate, which I think I would note if it were not there.
Mr. Jenner.
Yes; but located at or about in the vicinity of that black spot?
Mr. Surrey.
I would say to the best of my knowledge; yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Thank you, sir. Were you at General Walker's home the evening of the attempted assassination, or attempt on his life?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes, I was. After the shot. I was not there at the time.
Mr. Jenner.
How soon after the shot were you there?
Mr. Surrey.
About 15 minutes.
Mr. Jenner.
How did you become aware that there had been an attempt on his life?
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