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. What do your notes say you talked to Rowland about? What did
Rowland say, according to your notes?
Mr. TURNER. Said he was standing. I don't know whether he was with
his wife or his girl friend, I don't know what connection, they were
standing on Houston between Main and Elm, approximately 15 minutes
before the President arrived. They saw a man standing back in the
background of an open window two floors from the top.
Mr. BELIN. Two floors from the top?
Mr. TURNER. That is what he said. The man appeared to have a rifle with
scope on it in his hand and he noticed another thing that he said about
this, he said the man was standing on the west side of the building.
Mr. BELIN. The west side of the south side of the building?
Mr. TURNER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What else did he say?
Mr. TURNER. He thought it was a security man, is the reason that he
made no issue of it. I am unable to give a description except a white
man, and that he heard three shots.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say how much of the man he saw, or not; do you
remember?
Mr. TURNER. No, sir; I don't remember any further. There was a court
reporter there and so forth, and they took an affidavit of him at the
time.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say anything about seeing any other man in the window
in any other windows there?
Mr. TURNER. Not that I recall.
Mr. BELIN. All right, did you interview any Ronald Fischer or a Robert
Edwards?
Mr. TURNER. I got a Ronald Fischer and Bob Edwards.
Mr. BELIN. What do you have about them?
Mr. TURNER. They said they saw a white man in his twenties standing
on the fifth floor of the Book Building in the east window. Had on an
open-necked sports shirt and had sandy-colored hair. And said the hair
was longer than a crewcut.
Mr. BELIN. What else did they say?
Mr. TURNER. That is all the notes I have. Like I said, there was an
affidavit taken from them at the time, too.
Mr. BELIN. Now this is with regards to the--do you have this under
Fischer or under Edwards, or both?
Mr. TURNER. Under both. They were more or less together at the time.
Mr. BELIN. Did they think they could identify the man?
Mr. TURNER. Thought they said they could identify him.
Mr. BELIN. Did you ever take pictures out for either one of them?
Mr. TURNER. Yes; I have.
Mr. BELIN. Which one?
Mr. TURNER. The one that lives in Mesquite, whichever one that is.
Mr. BELIN. That is Ronald Fischer?
Mr. TURNER. Whatever that is.
Mr. BELIN. What did Fischer say about the pictures?
Mr. TURNER. He said it could be the man he saw, but he couldn't
remember positive.
Mr. BELIN. Did he give you any more identification of the man?
Mr. TURNER. None other than that.
Mr. BELIN. You were at the sheriff's office then and took part in the
taking of various affidavits there?
Mr. TURNER. I questioned witnesses. I didn't take any of the
affidavits, but they did send court reporters and secretaries up and
affidavits was taken from them.
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