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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 282« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of James Elbert Romack)

about, that taken over. They were FBI or something standing right here at the very entrance, and just stood there.

Mr. Belin.
You are pointing again to the back stairway that leads up from the street to the dock on the north side of the building?
Mr. Romack.
Right.
Mr. Belin.
See anyone else?

Mr. ROMACK. No, sir; other than all the motorcycle officers and squad cars. They started coming in, I would say, in 4 minutes from the time that this happened. They were swarming the building, which naturally. I quit watching anything particular.
Mr. BELIN. In other words, about 4 minutes after the shots came you quit watching it? Would that be accurate, or not?
Mr. ROMACK. Well, I would say somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 minutes, 4 or 5 minutes. That would probably be true. I stayed there, but I wasn't particularly watching.
Mr. BELIN. In other words, then as I understand your testimony, you said that from about the time of the shots until about 5 minutes after the shots, you watched the back door of the building?
Mr. Romack.
Right.
Mr. BELIN. What is the fact as to whether or not you saw anyone leave the building?
Mr. Romack.
They wasn't anyone left the building.
Mr. BELIN. What is the fact as to whether or not you saw anyone enter the building other than a police officer?
Mr. Romack.
No one entered while I was standing there.
Mr. Belin.
Did you see anybody running down the street near you at all?
Mr. Romack.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Where were you standing? How far were you from this stairway going to this Houston Street dock?

Mr. ROMACK. Well, after this KBOX---you are asking prior to before he got there?
Mr. Belin.
Before KBOX got there first?
Mr. Romack.
I would say I moved between 75 yards.
Mr. Belin.
75 yards of the northeast corner of the building?
Mr. Romack.
75 yards of the northeast corner of the building.
Mr. Belin.
After KBOX got there?

Mr. ROMACK. He got to about, I would say, maybe 35 yards to the building, or 40. That is where he parked his car.
Mr. Belin.
How long did he stay, KBOX?
Mr. ROMACK. Oh, I would say 35 or 40 minutes. Then I went and called my wife and was telling her the sad news, and then I went back and stayed again. I ended up laying off work. I didn't even work that afternoon.
Mr. Belin.
Did you ever contact the FBI?
Mr. Romack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
When did you do that?
Mr. Romack.
It was on a Saturday night after I got in from work.
Mr. Belin.
What month was it?
Mr. Romack.
It was this past month.
Mr. Belin.
You mean March?
Mr. Romack.
Right.
Mr. Belin.
What caused you to contact the FBI in March?
Mr. Romack.
I was trying to pinpoint the day that I must have come in from It was on the weekend that I'd come home, and there was a paper up left-hand corner.
Mr. Belin.
You mean the newspaper?
Mr. Romack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Dallas newspaper?
Mr. Romack.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Which one, do you know, offhand?
Mr. Romack.
Herald, the paper that I take.
Mr. Belin.
What did you see in the paper?
Mr. Romack.
I saw an article that was written by a guy, which I have been
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