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. BELIN. Did the officer say to you why he wanted to go up to the
roof?
Mr. TRULY. No. At that time, he didn't.
Mr. BELIN. Did he ever prior to meeting you again on March 20th tell
you why he wanted to go on the roof?
Mr. TRULY. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Where did you think the shots came from?
Mr. TRULY. I thought the shots came from the vicinity of the railroad
or the WPA project, behind the WPA project west of the building.
Mr. BELIN. Did you have any conversation with the officer that you can
remember? About where you thought the shots came from?
Mr. TRULY. Yes. When--some time in the course, I believe, after we
reached the roof, the officer looked down over the boxcars and the
railroad tracks and the crowd below. Then he looked around the edge of
the roof for any evidence of anybody being there. And then looked up at
the runways and the big sign on the roof.
He saw nothing.
He came over. And some time about then I said, "Officer, I
think"--let's back up.
I believe the officer told me as we walked down into the seventh floor,
"Be careful, this man will blow your head off."
And I told the officer that I didn't feel like the shots came from the
building.
I said, "I think we are wasting our time up here," or words to that
effect, "I don't believe these shots came from the building."
Mr. BELIN. Did he say anything to that at all?
Mr. TRULY. I don't recall exactly what he said. I believe he said,
yes, or somebody said they did, or some such thing as that. I don't
remember. I have heard so many things since, you know.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Now, Mr. Truly, on March 20th, you and I visited about this particular
incident you have related about the running into the building and up
the stairs with this officer, is that correct?
Mr. TRULY. That is correct.
Mr. BELIN. And as a matter of fact you and Officer Baker and I tried to
reconstruct the incident in an effort to determine how long it took you
to do all this, is that correct?
Mr. TRULY. That is correct.
Mr. BELIN. And do you remember watching me getting over with Officer
Baker in front of the sheriff's office on Market Street--pardon
me--Houston Street, with a stopwatch?
Mr. TRULY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. And then you saw Officer Baker race his motorcycle over and
come in front of the building, and then you ran in with him, is that
correct?
Mr. TRULY. That is correct.
Mr. BELIN. And then what is the fact as to whether or not you and
Officer Baker and I recreated the incident as you have testified to
here, going into the lobby with the conversation you had with Officer
Baker, and running into that swinging door, and going back to the
elevator and pushing the elevator button, and then calling or yelling
twice for the elevator to come down, and then coming up the stairs to
the second floor. Do you remember that?
Mr. TRULY. I remember that.
Mr. BELIN. When we recreated that incident, did we walk or run?
Mr. TRULY. We walked. We trotted.
Mr. BELIN. We trotted.
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