Mr. Barnett.

I looked across the street. In fact, I scanned the whole area to see where people would jump or move or make some action.

Mr. Liebeler.

You couldn't tell specifically where it had come from?

Mr. Barnett.

Not the first one, but I thought it was a firecracker. But none of the people moved or took any action, whereas they would have if a firecracker went off. And when the second shot was fired, it sounded high. The sound of the second one seemed to me like it was coming from up high, and I looked up at the building and I saw nothing in the windows. In fact, I couldn't even see any windows at that time.

Mr. Liebeler.

In the Texas School Book Depository?

Mr. Barnett.

No, sir; because I was standing too close, was the reason. And I looked back again at the crowd, and the third shot was fired. And I looked up again, and I decided it had to be on top of that building. To me, it is the only place the sound could be coming from.

Mr. Liebeler.

What did you do when you concluded that the shots were coming from that building?

Mr. Barnett.

I ran to the back of the building.

Mr. Liebeler.

Ran down Houston Street?

Mr. Barnett.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

There is a door in the back of the Texas School Book Depository. Does it face on Houston or around the corner?

Mr. Barnett.

It is around the corner from Houston Street.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you go in the building?

Mr. Barnett.

No, sir; I didn't get close to it, because I was watching for a fire escape. If the man was on top, he would have to come down, and I was looking for a fire escape, and I didn't pay much attention to the door.
I was still watching the top of the building, and so far as I could see, the fire escape on the east side was the only escape down .

Mr. Liebeler.

Since you surmised that the shots had come from the building, you looked up and you didn't see any windows open. You thought they had been fired from the top of the building?

Mr. Barnett.

That's right.

Mr. Liebeler.

So you ran around here on Houston Street immediately to the east of the Texas School Book Depository Building and watched the fire escape?

Mr. Barnett.

I went 20 foot past the building still on Houston, looking up. I could see the whole back of the building and also the east side of the building.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you see anybody coming off the fire escape up there, or any movement on top of the building?

Mr. Barnett.

Not a thing.

Mr. Liebeler.

What did you do after you went around behind the building?

Mr. Barnett.

I looked behind the building and I saw officers searching the railroad cars. I looked around in front towards the front of the building and I saw officers going west.

Mr. Liebeler.

Going west down that little street there in front of the School Book Depository Building?

Mr. Barnett.

Yes; but there was no sign they were going into the building or watching the building, so I decided I was the only one watching the building. So since ,this was the only fire escape and there was officers down here watching this back door, I returned back around to the front to watch the front of the building and the fire escape. Then I decided maybe I had been wrong, so I saw the officers down here searching.

Mr. Liebeler.

You mean the officers went on down toward No. 5 on our Exhibit No. 354?

Mr. Barnett.

When I got to the front, some of the officers were coming back toward me, started back toward me.

Mr. Liebeler.

You were still back near the intersection of Elm and Houston?

Mr. Barnett.

Yes, sir; I was back where No. 8 is then. That was probably 2 1/2 minutes after the last shot was fired. About that time, my sergeant came up from this way, from the north of Houston Street and asked me to get the name of that building. I broke and ran to the front and got the name of it. There were people going in and out at that time. I ran back and told him the name of it, and about that time a construction worker ran from this southwest,