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. TRULY. I could be wrong, but I am almost positive that is the place.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Now--and this is inside the glass or plastic set of doors shown on
Exhibit 495, is that correct?
Mr. TRULY. That is correct.
Mr. BELIN. Now, he said to you what?
Mr. TRULY. Where is the stairway.
Mr. BELIN. And what did you say to him?
Mr. TRULY. I said "This way."
Mr. BELIN. Now, I wonder if you would take this pen and show the route
that you took with the policeman, or take your own pen, if you would,
sir--starting from point "T" on Exhibit 362.
Mr. TRULY. I ran in front of him.
Mr. BELIN. You better mark on the exhibit, sir.
Mr. TRULY. Took this route. There is a swinging door and a counter,
what we call our will call counter right here.
Mr. BELIN. Is it here, or here?
Mr. TRULY. No, wait a minute.
There--right here. We came in this way.
Mr. BELIN. Do you still want to put point "T" up here?
Mr. TRULY. No. This was on the steps, wasn't it? This is where I am
sure he asked me.
Mr. BELIN. You better cross out the other one, then.
Mr. TRULY. I saw this thing here, and I thought it was that little
swinging door.
Mr. BELIN. That would be the main door?
Now, you have point "T."
Now, will you trace the route from point "T"?
Mr. TRULY. We came through this door here. The policeman right behind
me.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Mr. TRULY. This is a counter and this is a counter built in that cut
inside--this is where our customers come that pick up books.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
When you are pointing to the counter on Exhibit 362, you are pointing
to a rectangle that appears to be located immediately to the west of
the glass--looks like a glass partition to your office, is that correct?
Mr. TRULY. That is right.
Mr. BELIN. You call that the will call counter?
Mr. TRULY. That is right.
Mr. BELIN. What happened when you got there?
Mr. TRULY. There is a little swinging door that swings in and out that
we have there. We never keep it locked. But on the bottom is a little
bolt that you can lock it to keep people from pulling it out or pushing
it in. And this bolt had slid out. It has done that on occasions. I
started to run through this little opening, and I ran into the door,
and the bolt hung against the side of the counter, and the policeman
ran into my back. And so I just pulled it back and continued on through.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Now, the door didn't swing through. The bolt stuck. So you were stuck
by the door. The policeman ran into you. And then you had to stop and
pull the door back and go through it.
Mr. TRULY. That is right.
Mr. BELIN. Then where did you go? You might continue with your pen on
Exhibit 362, showing the route.
All right.
Now, you have cut sort of diagonally across towards the rear, and you
have come to the west elevator in the rear.
Mr. TRULY. That is right.
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