Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SPECTER. And were you able to observe any characteristics of his
hair?
Mr. ROWLAND. No; except that it was dark, probably black.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you able to observe whether he had a full head of
hair or any characteristic as to quantity of hair?
Mr. ROWLAND. It didn't appear as if he had a receding hairline but I
know he didn't have it hanging on his shoulders. Probably a close cut
from--you know it appeared to me it was either well-combed or close cut.
Mr. SPECTER. What, if anything, did you observe as to the clothes he
was wearing?
Mr. ROWLAND. He had on a light shirt, a very light-colored shirt, white
or a light blue or a color such as that. This was open at the collar.
I think it was unbuttoned about halfway, and then he had a regular
T-shirt, a polo shirt under this, at least this is what it appeared to
be. He had on dark slacks or blue jeans, I couldn't tell from that. I
didn't see but a small portion.
Mr. SPECTER. You say you only saw a small portion of what?
Mr. ROWLAND. Of his pants from his waist down.
Mr. SPECTER. Which half of the window was open, the bottom half or the
top half?
Mr. ROWLAND. It was the bottom half.
Mr. SPECTER. And how much, if any, of his body was obscured by the
window frame from that point down to the floor?
Mr. ROWLAND. From where I was standing I could see from his head to
about 6 inches below his waist, below his belt.
Mr. SPECTER. Could you see as far as his knees?
Mr. ROWLAND. No.
Mr. SPECTER. And what is your best recollection as to how close to the
window he was standing?
Mr. ROWLAND. He wasn't next to the window, but he wasn't very far back.
I would say 3 to 5 feet back from the window.
Mr. SPECTER. How much of the rifle was separated from your line of
vision by the window?
Mr. ROWLAND. The entire rifle was in my view.
Mr. SPECTER. In the open part of the window?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. And how much of his body, if any, was in the open view
where there was no window between your eyes and the object of his body?
Mr. ROWLAND. Approximately two-thirds of his body just below his waist.
Mr. SPECTER. Up to what point?
Mr. ROWLAND. Mid point between the waist and the knees, this is again
in my proportion to his height that I make that judgment.
Mr. SPECTER. So from the waist, some point between his knees and his
waist, you started to see him clear in the window?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. And from that point how far up his body were you able to
see without any obstruction of a window between you and him?
Mr. ROWLAND. To the top of his head. There was some space on top of
that where I could see the wall behind him.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your best estimate of the space between the top of
his head and the open window at the perspective you were observing?
Mr. ROWLAND. Two and a half, three feet, something on that--that is
something very hard to ascertain. That would just be an estimation on
my part.
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