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
(Witness marking.)
Mr. SPECTER. You ran past the policeman standing at point C?
Mr. EUINS. No, sir. You see, I come from point B, and ran here, and
told the policeman I had seen the shot, because they were looking at
the railroad tracks. So he put me on the cycle and he went to here.
Mr. SPECTER. He put you on the cycle and took you where?
Mr. EUINS. Up to the front of the building.
Mr. SPECTER. The Texas School Book Depository Building?
Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir; and then he called some more cars. They got all
around the building. And then the policemen came from the tracks, and
they got around the building.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you see the policemen come from the tracks to go
around the building?
Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. About how many policemen were there, would you say, Amos?
Mr. EUINS. There was about 14 or something like that. They were coming
from the tracks here.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know what the name of that policeman was, who was
in that position where you have marked C?
Mr. EUINS. No, sir. He was kind of an old policeman. I ran down and got
him. And he ran up here.
Mr. SPECTER. You mean----
Mr. EUINS. The Book Depository Building.
Then he called some more cars. They got all the way around the
building. And then after that, well, he seen another man. Another man
told him he seen a man run out the back.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know who that man was who said somebody ran out the
back?
Mr. EUINS. No, sir. He was a construction man working back there.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you there when the man talked about somebody running
out the back?
Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir. He said the man had--he said he had kind of bald
spot on his head. And he said the man come back there.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know what the name of the man was who told the
police that someone had run out the back?
Mr. EUINS. . No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you do next, Amos?
Mr. EUINS. So then they took me over to the county jail. And that is
where I told them what happened. And then they was standing around the
Book Depository Building, and I stayed over there to the jailhouse
about 6 o'clock. And then they took me home.
Mr. SPECTER. And did they question you about what happened and what you
observed on that occasion?
Mr. EUINS. At the jailhouse?
Mr. SPECTER. At the jailhouse.
Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. All right.
Amos, would you tell us everything that you can remember about what you
saw about the gun itself?
Mr. EUINS. Well, when I first got here on the corner, the President was
coming around the bend. That is when--I was looking at the building
then.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you think it was when you first saw it?
Mr. EUINS. I thought it was a piece of pipe or something sticking out
the window.
Mr. SPECTER. Did it look like it was a piece of metal to you?
Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir; just a little round piece of pipe.
Mr. SPECTER. About an inch in diameter, would you say?
Mr. EUINS. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. And how long was the piece of pipe that you saw?
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