(Testimony of Eddie Piper)
Mr. Ball.
Did you know him personally?
Mr. Piper.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ever talk to him?
Mr. Piper.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did he ever speak to you, say "Hello" or anything of that sort?
Mr. Piper.
No, sir; if he did, you hardly ever heard him.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ever speak to him
Mr. Piper.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Did he ever reply to you that you can remember?
Mr. Piper.
If he did, I didn't ever hear him. He mumbled something and he would just keep walking.
Mr. Ball.
On the 22d of November 1963, you remember that day, don't you?
Mr. Piper.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
What time did you go to work that day?
Mr. Piper.
10 o'clock.
Mr. Ball.
That was your usual time to go to work?
Mr. Piper.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And, did you see Oswald that morning?
Mr. Piper.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Where?
Mr. Piper.
Down on the first floor filling orders.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ever see him again that day?
Mr. Piper.
You mean all day---the rest of the day?
Mr. Ball.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Piper.
No.
Mr. Ball.
Was that the last time you saw him?
Mr. Piper.
Just at 12 o'clock.
Mr. Ball.
Where were you at 12 o'clock?
Mr. Piper.
Down on the first floor.
Mr. Ball.
What was he doing?
Mr. PIPER. Well, I said to him---"It's about lunch time. I believe I'll go have lunch." So, he says, "Yeah"---he mumbled something---I don't know whether he said he was going up or going out, so I got my sandwich off of the radiator and went on back to the first window of the first floor.
Mr. Ball.
The first window on the first floor?
Mr. PIPER. No, not the first window---but on the first floor about the second window on the first floor. I was intending to sit there so I could see the parade because the street was so crowded with people---I didn't see anything.
Mr. BALL. You said you sat at the second window---that would be what window from the corner?
Mr. Piper.
Well, from the front door, you know where the front door is---
going back right down Elm, it's the second window from the corner.
Mr. Ball.
You say you sat down there?
Mr. Piper.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
What did you sit on?
Mr. Piper.
On a box.
Mr. Ball.
Could you see out the window?
Mr. PIPER. Yes, I could see out the window but I couldn't see anything---too many people.
Mr. Ball.
Did you eat your lunch there?
Mr. Piper.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Where were you when the President's motorcade went by?
Mr. Piper.
Now, I don't know-I was sitting there, I'm sure.
Mr. Ball.
When the President went by, where were you sitting?
Mr. Piper.
Probably sitting there in the same place.
Mr. BALL. Did you move from there from the time you had your lunch until the President went by?
Mr. Piper.
Yes, I moved---when there was a shot, I moved.
Mr. Ball.
When there was a shot you moved?
Mr. Piper.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
From the time you had your lunch until the shot, did you move?
Mr. Piper.
No, sir.
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