(Testimony of Marvin Johnson)
Mr. Belin.
You said it would be in the second pair of windows counting from the east wall?
Mr. Johnson.
To the west.
Mr. Belin.
Is where you found it, was it between the second and the third set of windows or between the first and the second, or right by the second?
Mr. Johnson.
Right by the second pair of windows.
Mr. Belin.
Now you stayed over there?
Mr. Johnson.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
And your partner, Detective Montgomery, stayed over by the first pair of windows?
Mr. Johnson.
By the corner.
Mr. Belin.
By the corner window, southwest corner of the sixth floor?
Were you there when Lieutenant Day and Studebaker came in to take pictures?
Mr. Johnson.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Do you know of your own personal knowledge whether anything prior to the time that they took the first set of pictures up had been moved there?
Mr. Johnson.
No, sir; as far as I know, they hadn't been moved. They weren't supposed to have been, and that was our job to keep them out of there, and nobody came in there, I am pretty sure.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Now, a rifle was found on the sixth floor, was it not?
Mr. Johnson.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
When the rifle was found, did you leave your post?
Mr. Johnson.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
What about Detective Montgomery?
Mr. Johnson.
No, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Did you find anything else up in the southeast corner of the sixth floor? We have talked about the rifle, we have talked about the shells, we have talked about the chicken bones and the lunch sack and the pop bottle by that second pair of windows. Anything else?
Mr. Johnson.
Yes, sir. We found this brown paper sack or case. It was made out of heavy wrapping paper. Actually, it looked similar to the paper that those books was wrapped in. It was just a long narrow paper bag.
Mr. Belin.
Where was this found?
Mr. Johnson.
Right in the corner of the building.
Mr. Belin.
On what floor?
Mr. Johnson.
Sixth floor.
Mr. Belin.
Which corner?
Mr. Johnson.
Southeast corner.
Mr. Belin.
Do you know who found it?
Mr. Johnson.
I know that the first I saw of it, L. D. Montgomery, my partner, picked it up off the floor, and it was folded up, and he unfolded it.
Mr. Belin.
When it was folded up, was it folded once or refolded?
Mr. Johnson.
It was folded and then refolded. It was a fairly small package.
Mr. Belin.
Now do you know where this sack was with relation to the first window, counting from the east portion of the south side of the building?
Mr. Johnson.
It still would be over toward the east from the windows.
Mr. Belin.
It would be east of the windows?
Mr. Johnson.
Yes; right at the corner. Of course, those windows are not too far from the east wall, but that sack was right in the corner.
Mr. Belin.
Handing you what has been marked "RLS Deposition Exhibit"-that appears to be G--it is picture No. 26, there are some pipes that appear to be in that picture, is that correct? Some vertical pipes?
Mr. Johnson.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Where would the sack have been found with reference to those vertical pipes? These vertical pipes, I believe, on the south side of the sixth floor near the east corner?
Mr. Johnson.
That sack would be over near the corner of the building here [pointing].
Mr. Belin.
Would all the sack be east of the pipes, or would part of the sack be sticking out west of the pipes?
Mr. Johnson.
The way it was folded, it would all have to be over here.
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