Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BELIN. To go to the Texas Book Depository?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. About what time did you get there?
Mr. JOHNSON. Around 1 o'clock.
Mr. BELIN. Where did you go when you got there?
Mr. JOHNSON. To the sixth floor.
Mr. BELIN. Any particular reason why you went to the sixth floor?
Mr. JOHNSON. When we first arrived, we asked--we walked into the
building and there was a uniform officer on duty there at the door, and
we asked him if Captain Fritz was there, and he said yes.
And we asked him where, and he said he went on up to the sixth floor.
So at that time we were interested really in contacting Captain Fritz
for any particular assignment he might want to give us, so we went on
up to the sixth floor, and he was there, and that is when he assigned
L. D. Montgomery, my partner and myself to the scene where the shooting
occurred.
Mr. BELIN. When he assigned it to you, did he say anything that this
was the scene where the shooting occurred, or did he just assign an
area at that time which you later found out to be the scene from which
the shooting occurred?
Mr. JOHNSON. We had already been there a few minutes when he told us
to stay there and preserve the scene. Actually at the time he told us
that, we knew that that was where the shooting had occurred, because
that is, the hulls were on the floor. We knew all that already.
Mr. BELIN. In other words, when you got there, or when you talked to
Captain Fritz, the hulls, the three hulls had already been found in a
particular portion of the sixth floor, is that correct?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes, sir; I had heard somebody already say. I had already
seen them.
Mr. BELIN. You mentioned the No. 3, is that how many there were?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know or remember what portion of the sixth floor this
was?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, yes; they were underneath a window right near a
window.
Mr. BELIN. On what side of the building was the window on, north, east,
south, or west?
Mr. JOHNSON. That is east. The window is actually on the south side of
the building, and the window is the farthest east.
Mr. BELIN. The window would be the furtherest east window on the south
side of the building, is that correct?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Would you call that the southeast corner of that floor?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. How soon after the hulls were found did you go over to see
them?
Mr. JOHNSON. I couldn't say.
Mr. BELIN. Were you there when they actually found it?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, Captain Fritz was already there. There is a
possibility--I am pretty sure they already found that when we got up
there.
Mr. BELIN. What did Captain Fritz instruct you to do?
Mr. JOHNSON. To remain there and protect the scene.
Mr. BELIN. All right. Handing you what has already been marked "RLS
Deposition Exhibit G"--the RLS stands for R. L. Studebaker--I would ask
you to state if you know, whether or not these shell cases appear to be
in the same position as they were when you saw them there?
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