Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BELIN. Could you see his hands?
Mr. FISCHER. No.
Mr. BELIN. Could you see whether or not he was holding anything?
Mr. FISCHER. No; I couldn't see.
Mr. BELIN. Could you see any other objects in the window?
Mr. FISCHER. There were boxes and cases stacked all the way from
the bottom to the top and from the left to the right behind him. It
looked--uh--it's possible that there weren't cases directly behind him
because I couldn't see because of him. But--uh--all the rest of the
window--a portion behind the window--there were boxes. It looked like
there was space for a man to walk through there between the window and
the boxes. But there were boxes in the window, or close to the window
there.
Mr. BELIN. Could you see any other people in any other windows there
that you remember?
Mr. FISCHER. I couldn't see any other people in the windows. I don't
remember seeing any others.
Mr. BELIN. By this, do you mean that you are sure there were none, or
that you just do not remember seeing any?
Mr. FISCHER. I don't remember seeing any.
Mr. BELIN. Now, after you saw the man, then the motorcade turned onto
Houston from Main--is that correct?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Did you ever see the man again in the window?
Mr. FISCHER. No.
Mr. BELIN. Did you ever look back at the window?
Mr. FISCHER. I never looked back at the window.
Mr. BELIN. Well, could you describe what happened as you watched the
motorcade turn? First, about how fast did the motorcade appear to be
going?
Mr. FISCHER. When the motorcade passed me, it was--uh--the driver was
in process of making the wide turn there from Houston to Elm, and he
was going very slow. I'd say, uh--10-15 miles an hour.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Then what happened?
Mr. FISCHER. Well, the motorcade--the limousine made the wide turn
and--uh--they went out of our view just as they began to straighten up
onto Elm Street because there were people standing along the curb all
the way around--and that's when the limousine went out of my view and I
started watching the other cars behind the Presidential limousine.
Mr. BELIN. And then what happened?
Mr. FISCHER. Well, as I looked around to watch these other
cars, I heard a shot. At first I thought it was a firecracker.
And--uh--everybody got quiet. There was no yelling or shouting or
anything. Everything seemed to get real still. And--uh--the second shot
rang out, and then everybody--from where I was standing--everybody
started to scatter. And--uh--then the third shot.
At first, I thought there were four, but as I think about it more,
there must have been just three.
Mr. BELIN. At first, you thought there were four shots?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Now, you said the first one you thought was a firecracker?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What about the second one? Did you think that was a
firecracker, too?
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