(Testimony of Robert Edwin Edwards)
Mr. Belin.
Would you stand and raise your right hand and 'be sworn, please. Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Mr. Edwards.
I do.
Mr. Belin.
Your name, please?
Mr. Edwards.
Robert Edwin Edwards.
Mr. Belin.
Where do you live, Mr. Edwards?
Mr. Edwards.
Tahlequah, Okla.
Mr. Belin.
What do you do up there?
Mr. Edwards.
I am going to school, college, Northeastern State College.
Mr. Belin.
What year of school are you in? Are you a freshman?
Mr. Edwards.
No; I am a senior.
Mr. Belin.
You are a senior.
Mr. Edwards.
Right.
Mr. Belin.
You have been going up to school there for several years?
Mr. Edwards.
Two years I went there. I laid out last year and worked here in Dallas.
Mr. Belin.
Are you originally from Dallas?
Mr. Edwards.
No; Graham, Tex.
Mr. Belin.
Where did you go to school?
Mr. Edwards.
Graham High School in Graham, Tex.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do when you got out of school?
Mr. Edwards.
I attended Abilene College.
Mr. Belin.
For a year?
Mr. Edwards.
One year.
Mr. Belin.
Then what?
Mr. Edwards.
Decatur Baptist College, which is a junior college.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?
Mr. Edwards.
Northeastern State College in Tahlequah, Okla.
Mr. Belin.
Laid out last year?
Mr. Edwards.
Yes; I am finishing up this semester.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do last fall?
Mr. Edwards.
I worked at the courthouse there.
Mr. Belin.
Is that the Dallas County Courthouse?
Mr. Edwards.
Right.
Mr. Belin.
Where is that located?
Mr. Edwards.
Let's' say down on Main. I guess that would be sufficient.
Mr. Belin.
Main Street?
Mr. Edwards.
Right.
Mr. Belin.
What street crosses there, do you remember?
Mr. Edwards.
Well, you mean--give me a multiple choice and I will tell .you.
Mr. Belin.
Harwood?
Mr. Edwards.
No.
Mr. Belin.
Record?
Mr. Edwards.
Right.
Mr. Belin.
What about Elm? Houston Street?
Mr. Edwards.
It runs right behind it, if I am not mistaken.
Mr. Belin.
Were you working on the day the President came to Dallas?
Mr. Edwards.
That's correct.
Mr. Belin.
That was November 22, 1963, I believe on a Friday, is that correct?
Mr. Edwards.
That's correct.
Mr. Belin.
Did you have lunch before the motorcade came by or not ?
Mr: EDWARDS. Yes; I did.
Mr. Belin.
Were you with anyone?
Mr. Edwards.
Ronald Fischer.
Mr. Belin.
Ronald Fischer. Did he Work with you in that office?
Mr. Edwards.
Yes; he did.
Mr. Belin.
What were you doing there? By the way, what was your job?
Mr. Edwards.
Just a utility clerk.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do after lunch?
Mr. EDWARDS. Came back and worked. I don't know exactly what time.
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