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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 391« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of William H. Shelley)

Mr. Ball.
Did you tell anybody to go home?
Mr. Shelley.
No.
Mr. Ball.
You didn't tell anybody to leave the building at all?
Mr. Shelley.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Now, you recall going up to the sixth floor after the shooting, do you?
Mr. Shelley.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Did you go over to the southeast corner of the building where there was a window open?
Mr. Shelley.
Not all the way; they had it blocked off.
Mr. Ball.
Did you at a later time go over there?
Mr. Shelley.
No, sir; not for several days afterwards.
Mr. Ball.
Did you several days afterward go over there?
Mr. Shelley.
After they released us to go back to work in the corner. We kept out for several days.
Mr. Ball.
When you went back there, were there two Rolling Readers on top of a larger box?
Mr. Shelley.
No, sir; those were carried in by the local authorities. The boxes---the Rolling Readers were there.
Mr. Ball.
They were?
Mr. Shelley.
But the boxes that they were originally packed in were gone--- they had been carried up to the police station.
Mr. Ball.
You have seen pictures of the window, haven't you?
Mr. Shelley.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Ball.
With the larger box on the floor and two Rolling Readers on the top?
Mr. Shelley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
One Rolling Reader resting in the sill of the window?
Mr. Shelley.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Now, the Rolling Readers were stacked three aisles away, I believe you testified, haven't you, before?
Mr. Shelley.
I'm not sure how many aisles we moved all that stock now, but it was at least three aisles.
Mr. Ball.
Away from the southeast corner?
Mr. Shelley.
Yes; they were at least half way across the building from this corner.
Mr. Ball.
Had you ever instructed anybody to take two Rolling Readers over there?
Mr. Shelley.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Would it have been unusual for two Rolling Readers to be out of the stack and over there?
Mr. Shelley.
Very unusual, because they are different size cartons from everything else.
Mr. Ball.
You mean from everything else in the southeast corner?
Mr. Shelley.
Well, from any box on that floor.
Mr. Ball.
They were?
Mr. Shelley.
Yes; they were little boxes. The rest of them are pretty good sized.
Mr. Ball.
You had had a special place for the Rolling Readers?
Mr. Shelley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Then, the two Rolling Readers that were over in the southeast corner were out of place, were they?
Mr. Shelley.
They sure were.
Mr. Ball.
Had you ever seen them out of place before?
Mr. Shelley.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Had you ever seen those Rolling Readers in that corner before?
Mr. Shelley.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Now, we have seen pictures of a large box on the floor.
Mr. Shelley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Do you recognize that?
Mr. Shelley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
What is that?
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