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. Was that your conclusion at this moment that you are
unable to identify, with precision and certainty, the man whom you saw
holding the rifle in the window of the Texas School Book Depository
Building?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes; that is true.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you believe that you could identify the Negro gentleman
in window "A" whom you testified you saw?
Mr. ROWLAND. I would have to say perhaps. I can't say for sure.
Mr. SPECTER. A moment ago you testified that you gave statements
to seven different pairs of FBI agents. Have you already testified
about three of those occasions, or, stated differently, start at the
beginning and tell us, as best you can recollect, what were those
occasions, when they occurred, where you were when you had those
meetings with the seven different pairs of agents.
Mr. ROWLAND. The first statement I gave was in the sheriff's office on
that date.
Mr. SPECTER. Were there two FBI agents present?
Mr. ROWLAND. I think there were.
Mr. SPECTER. And do you recollect their names?
Mr. ROWLAND. No, I do not.
Mr. SPECTER. When was the second occasion?
Mr. ROWLAND. The Saturday morning.
Mr. SPECTER. Where was that statement given?
Mr. ROWLAND. That was in the agent's car in front of my mother-in-law's
house.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recollect the identities of those FBI agents?
Mr. ROWLAND. No, I do not.
Mr. SPECTER. That is the statement you have identified as being
reproduced in Commission Exhibit 358?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, when was the third statement obtained?
Mr. ROWLAND. It was Sunday morning, the following day, November 25.
Mr. SPECTER. Where was that statement obtained?
Mr. ROWLAND. This was at my place of employment at the Pizza Inn.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, Sunday after the assassination would have been the
24th.
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes; that is right, I am sorry, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Are you certain of the day of the week, however?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes; I am certain of that because I went to work at noon
on Sunday and they were there when I got to work, they were waiting on
me.
Mr. SPECTER. That is the statement which you described as having been
taken on a stenopad?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you sign that statement?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes; I did. This was in the presence of my wife because
she was there.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recollect the identity of those FBI agents?
Mr. ROWLAND. No; I do not, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. When was the fourth statement taken?
Mr. ROWLAND. The fourth was Tuesday night of that week.
Mr. SPECTER. Of the following week?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Where was that statement taken?
Mr. ROWLAND. This was at my mother-in-law's house, and----
Mr. SPECTER. Was that reduced to writing?
Mr. ROWLAND. That was merely one paragraph. They were concerned with
identification of the man that I saw.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you tell them essentially at that time?
Mr. ROWLAND. The description and that I could not positively identify
him.
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