Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
History
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. I am now handing you a document which I have marked as
Commission Exhibit No. 358, which purports to be a reproduction of a
statement which was purportedly given by you to the FBI, two agents of
that Bureau.
Will you take a look at that and tell us if that is the statement which
you gave to the FBI to which you just referred?
Mr. ROWLAND. Again, I have a variance of time and a variance of
distance that he was from the window.
Mr. SPECTER. Before you direct your attention to those factors, Mr.
Rowland, are you able to tell us whether or not this is the statement
which you gave to the FBI?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes. My wife was with me when I gave the statement.
Mr. SPECTER. And without looking at the statement which, may the record
show, you are not now doing, do you recollect the names of the FBI,
don't look there, just tell me if you can recollect without seeing
their names on the statement?
Mr. ROWLAND. No, sir; I talked to seven different pairs of FBI agents
and I don't remember their names.
Mr. SPECTER. Seven different pairs?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes, sir; I had--this is only one of the statements. They
came to my home or where I worked and took three more besides this one.
There were four handwritten statements that I signed.
Mr. SPECTER. Before getting the details on those, tell me in what
respect, if any, the statement which we have identified as Commission
Exhibit No. 358 differs from what you told the FBI agents at that time?
Mr. ROWLAND. I do not think it differs.
Mr. SPECTER. Then that statement accurately reflects what you said at
that time?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes; I am sure it does.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, in what respects, if any, does that statement vary
from your current recollection about the facts which are contained
therein?
Mr. ROWLAND. The time factor, the time that we arrived in town. Here
again it states 12:10. Now this is the time that we arrived at the
position that we stayed at, not the time we arrived in town, and the
distance the man was back from the window. Here it states 12 to 15
feet. I do not remember saying that although I very well could have.
Everything was confusing.
Mr. SPECTER. But what is your current recollection on the distance that
the man was back from the window?
Mr. ROWLAND. Three to four, five feet, somewhere in that neighborhood.
He wasn't very far. Far enough for the sunlight to hit him and at the
angle the sun was that wouldn't be very far.
Mr. SPECTER. Now noticing that the date on that statement is November
24, 1963, does that appear to you to be the date when that statement
was taken, or was it taken on the 23d, the day after the assassination?
Mr. ROWLAND. It was Saturday morning, the 24th.
Mr. SPECTER. On what day was the assassination?
Mr. ROWLAND. It was Thursday, wasn't it?
Mr. SPECTER. No; the assassination occurred on Friday.
Mr. ROWLAND. I am sorry, that is right. It is so confused in this.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account