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. All right, now, you signed an affidavit for the sheriff's
department where you stated that you saw a man at the window on the
fifth floor, and the window was wide open all the way, and there was a
stack of books around him, I could see. And you just told me you didn't
see a man on the fifth floor. Was that affidavit correct or not?
Mr. EDWARDS. That is incorrect. That has been straightened out since.
Mr. BELIN. What do you mean it has been straightened out?
Mr. EDWARDS. Well, they discussed it with me later and I took that
back. That was the FBI. It was the sixth floor, though.
Mr. BELIN. How do you know it was the sixth floor? Sixth floor rather
than the fifth floor?
Mr. EDWARDS. I went with them and I showed them the window, and I
didn't count the bottom floor.
Mr. BELIN. You mean the first time when you made the affidavit you
didn't count the bottom floor?
Mr. EDWARDS. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. When you went out with the FBI, they asked you to point out
the window?
Mr. EDWARDS. Right.
Mr. BELIN. And you pointed out the same window you saw on November 22?
Mr. EDWARDS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Then you weren't counting the bottom floor?
Mr. EDWARDS. They did.
Mr. BELIN. Did you watch them count?
Mr. EDWARDS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember how many floors from the top it was?
Mr. EDWARDS. I think seven in all, seven floors. It is next to the top.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know whether or not the hair of the man was short,
average, or long on the man that you saw in the window that day?
Mr. EDWARDS. Don't know.
Mr. BELIN. Now what conversation did you and Ronald Fischer have about
this man, if anything? Do you remember what he said?
Mr. EDWARDS. I made a statement to Ronny that I wondered who he was
hiding from since he was up there crowded in among the boxes, in a
joking manner.
Mr. BELIN. You mean you said it in a joking manner?
Mr. EDWARDS. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What did Fischer say to you?
Mr. EDWARDS. I don't recall what he said, but I know that we said a few
things. It wasn't of any importance at the time. And we looked up at
him, both of us.
Mr. BELIN. How long did you look at him?
Mr. EDWARDS. Just a few seconds.
Mr. BELIN. Then what took your attention away, if any, or did you just
start looking somewhere else?
Mr. EDWARDS. Started looking somewhere else.
Mr. BELIN. How long after that did the motorcade come by?
Mr. EDWARDS. Thirty seconds or a minute.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else that you can remember that you or Ronald
Fischer said?
Mr. EDWARDS. No.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else you can think of that might be relevant at all?
Mr. EDWARDS. No.
Mr. BELIN. How many shots did you hear, if you remember?
Mr. EDWARDS. Well, I heard one more then than was fired, I believe.
Mr. BELIN. You mean you said on the affidavit you heard four shots?
Mr. EDWARDS. I still right now don't know how many was fired. If I said
four, then I thought I heard four.
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