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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 441« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Robert Alan Surrey)

Mr. Jenner.
And you arrived 15 minutes later?
Mr. Surrey.
10 to 15 minutes later.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, would you very carefully, calling on your most accurate recollection, recite for us--you came to the door, you entered, what did you. see, who was there, and what was said to you by anyone, if anyone was there--Just the course of events as best you are able to recall them that evening. And I will try not to interrupt you.
Mr. Surrey.
When I pulled--I pulled up in front on Turtle Creek, got out of my car. A police car was there.
Mr. Jenner.
Was there anything in addition to a police car?
Mr. Surrey.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
You pulled your car up on Turtle Creek Boulevard? Mr. Surrey. Behind the police car.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you be good enough, when you refer to Turtle Creek Boulevard, to say boulevard, because we have talked about Turtle Creek, a stream.
Mr. Surrey.
Turtle Creek Boulevard.
Mr. Jenner.
There was one squad car there at that time?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes; just as I was getting out of the car, another squad car came up.
Mr. Jenner.
Turning to your plat, would you put an "X" with a circle where you drove up? The witness has now done that. All right. Now, you are on Turtle Creek Boulevard. Then what did you do? You parked?
Mr. Surrey.
I parked and got out of my automobile, and walked up the front walkway into the house.
Mr. Jenner.
I see. All right.
Mr. Surrey.
There were several policemen in the house, just arriving. Mr. Walker was sitting at his desk in this back room.
Mr. Jenner.
All right.
Now it will be helpful to the Commission--let's take this blank sheet of paper--you draw us a floor plan, will you please, of General Walker's home, and we will mark that Commission Exhibit No. 1014, so as to assist you in telling us what you did.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 1014 for identification.)
Mr. Surrey.
This is the ground floor.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Now, first let's locate the house. It is a rectangle that you have drawn. Is the rectangle facing the same as the rectangle marked "Walker" on Commission Exhibit No. 1005?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes; it is.
Mr. Jenner.
So that the lower portion is east?
Mr. Surrey.
Do we need these directions exactly, because that Turtle Creek Boulevard winds all around.
Mr. Jenner.
All I want to do is tie it up with Commission Exhibit No. 1005.
Mr. Surrey.
Yes; it is the same direction.
Mr. Jenner.
Realizing that you have that problem of obliqueness, but relating it solely to Commission Exhibit No. 1005, the foot of Commission Exhibit No. 1014 represents an easterly direction, correct?
Mr. Surrey.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And the top a westerly direction. And the right, northerly, and the left, southerly. All right. Now, we have it located. Which is the doorway into General Walker's home?
Mr. Surrey.
This is the this is the front door. [Witness draws.]
Mr. Jenner.
You have now put two oblique lines on the line facing southerly.
Mr. Surrey.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
And then as you enter, there is a long hallway.
Mr. Surrey.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And which is the rear of the house towards the alley?
Mr. Surrey.
Toward the north.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Now, in what room, if any of those rooms on the first floor, was General Walker the night of April 10, 1963, when this incident occurred, as you learned when you reached there?
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