Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. WILLIAMS. I believe he was the first one. He said "Man, I know
it came from there. It even shook the building." He said, "You got
something on your head." And then James Jarman said, "Yes, man, don't
you brush it out." By that time I just forgot about it. But after I got
downstairs I think I brushed it out anyway.
Mr. BALL. Jarman is called Junior?
Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Well, did Norman say anything about hearing the bolt of the
rifle?
Mr. WILLIAMS. I don't remember him saying anything about it.
Mr. BALL. But you heard him say he could hear the cartridges?
Mr. WILLIAMS. I heard Harold Norman--pardon me, I thought you were
saying James Jarman.
Mr. BALL. Did Norman say anything about the bolt?
Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes. He said he could hear the rifle, and it sounded like
it was right above. He said he could hear the rifle being ejected, the
shells hitting the floor.
Mr. BALL. But you could not hear this?
Mr. WILLIAMS. No; I could not hear it.
Mr. BALL. That was an old floor, wasn't it?
Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes; it was.
Mr. BALL. Could you see light through the floor from the fifth to the
sixth floor as you would look above your window?
Mr. WILLIAMS. Well, at the time, that day of November 22d, I did not
notice that. But the other day when you were questioning me, even after
the thick new floor that was put over the old floor on the sixth floor,
well, you still could see light. And the new floor extended a little
beyond the old floor. So therefore I would say that you could see light
much more when the old floor was there.
Mr. BALL. When you were there the other day, you looked up through a
crack in the ceiling of the fifth floor?
Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Could you see the new floor?
Mr. WILLIAMS. You could. You could see daylight through.
Mr. BALL. Now, where was that crack with reference to the wall of the
fifth floor?
Mr. WILLIAMS. With reference to the wall of the fifth floor, the crack
that I was speaking about was directly over my head, and also directly
over Norman's head.
Mr. BALL. And that would be where the floor would ordinarily make a
joint with the wall?
Mr. WILLIAMS. With the wall.
Mr. BALL. You say you ran down to the west window.
Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. From where you were?
Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes, sir. First of all----
Mr. BALL. I will take this same diagram----
Mr. WILLIAMS. First of all we made a stop before we got to the last
stop that we was when the policeman came up.
Mr. BALL. Yes. That is where I want you to show me now, where you made
the stop. This is the fifth floor diagram.
We will mark the fifth floor diagram as Exhibit 487.
(The document so described was marked Commission Exhibit No. 487 for
identification.)
Mr. BALL. This is Elm Street on 487, and here are the windows where you
have shown us you were standing.
Mr. WILLIAMS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Now, will you show us the direction that you ran and also
point to the window?
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