Mr. Liebeler.

That's the county building there you are talking about?

Mr. Smith.

Yes; a little bit farther down. Anyhow, I couldn't see down there without running over here, and I run down here at the time to see the Presidential car go under the triple underpass at a high rate of speed, and I pulled my pistol out and there was people laying down there and run down the street and that was about all. I thought when it came to my mind that there were shots, and I was pretty sure there were when I saw his car because they were leaving in such a hurry, I thought they were coming from this area here, and I ran over there and checked back of it and, of course, there wasn't anything there.

Mr. Liebeler.

You thought the shot came from this little concrete structure up behind No. 7?

Mr. Smith.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

On Commission Exhibit No. 354?

Mr. Liebeler.

Toward the railroad tracks there?

Mr. Smith.

That's true.

Mr. Liebeler.

And to the north of No. 7?

Mr. Smith.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

So, you ran down in there and what did you do when you got down there?

Mr. Smith.

I ran down here.

Mr. Liebeler.

Down on Elm Street?

Mr. Smith.

And I ran up to here and I couldn't get over so I went back around then.

Mr. Liebeler.

You went farther down Elm Street and right behind this concrete structure here; is that correct?

Mr. Smith.

And on back into there.

Mr. Liebeler.

And into the parking area behind the concrete structure there at No. 7?

Mr. Smith.

Yes, and there's where I stayed for an hour or so and after I got around there, they started checking everybody that was going in and out of the well, I don't know who they was checking because there was so much milling around, because there was a bunch of county officers back there plus the policemen.

Mr. Liebeler.

That area was fairly searched by the officers that came down there?

Mr. Smith.

It was.

Mr. Liebeler.

And you didn't find anything down there that seemed to have any thing to do with the shot that you heard?

Mr. Smith.

No.

Mr. Liebeler.

Are you sure you heard three shots?

Mr. Smith.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did you have any idea where they came from?

Mr. Smith.

No, sir---like I said---the first two were just---I mulled it over in my mind and I thought it was firecrackers and I thought to myself that was awful---not very nice---throwing them out there, and then it dawned on me that it wasn't and that these were shots, especially after I ran to the corner, and this was after the third shot was fired that I got to the corner, and all I saw was the Presidential car going under the underpass, but there were definitely three of those shots.

Mr. Liebeler.

What did you do after you left the general area marked "C" here, on Exhibit No. 354?

Mr. Smith.

Well, of course, you see we checked all these cars--this extends for some distance over to the north and I went all the way down the railroad tracks a long ways and turned around and came back and took a position right down here where No. 1 is now--this was about an hour or an hour and a after the thing happened, and I don't guess it was that long, because they had just got the word--I had already gotten back around here when Officer Tippit was shot and we got the word over the police radio,. and they took off and I stayed in this area for quite some time around the front, working traffic, and I don't remember when I really left.