Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) — John Shaqi
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. Did he say that he had seen him? Did he tell you what he had
seen him do, or not?
Mr. WALKER. He said he seen him duck into the store where he worked,
kind of looked back, and looked like he was running, and just run into
the theatre.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say why he seemed to duck in the store at all?
Mr. WALKER. No; he didn't. He said he looked like he was scared.
Mr. BELIN. Then do you remember this man's name that you talked to?
Mr. WALKER. No; it was just for a second, and I went on past him.
Mr. BELIN. All right, this was at the back of the theatre?
Mr. WALKER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Did anyone have a gun drawn when this man came?
Mr. WALKER. I had my gun out. I had my gun out when I walked in the
back of the theatre.
Mr. BELIN. Did you have your gun as you continued walking through the
back of the theatre?
Mr. WALKER. I walked--McDonald and I walked across the stage, and he
walked across the farthest away. It would be the south aisle. And I
jumped off there where the north aisle runs east and west, and we
started up. Hutson went down the steps in front of both of us, and he
was slightly in front of me.
Mr. BELIN. You are speaking about Officer T. A. Hutson and Officer M.
N. McDonald and yourself?
Mr. WALKER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. The three of you came in from the back?
Mr. WALKER. Yes; and there were probably a couple more, but I just
don't remember.
Mr. BELIN. Those are the three you remember?
Mr. WALKER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Now as you faced the screen, were you going up the right
center or the left center aisle?
Mr. WALKER. As I faced the screen, I would be going up the left.
Mr. BELIN. Was it the left center aisle or was it the far left aisle
that you were going up?
Mr. WALKER. Be the far left aisle, I believe.
Mr. BELIN. Next to the wall?
Mr. WALKER. No; there is no aisle exactly against the wall. There is a
row of seats, and then an aisle, and the middle aisle, and then another
row of seats.
Mr. BELIN. So you would be in the aisle, as you faced the screen, which
would be to the left of the center row of seats?
Mr. WALKER. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. Okay; just tell what happened.
Mr. WALKER. There were two white males sitting approximately in the
center of the show. The lights had come on, and I don't know at what
point they come on.
Mr. BELIN. About how many people was seated down on the first floor?
Mr. WALKER. There were two in the middle, and then there was Oswald,
who turned out to be Oswald--I didn't know at that time it was him--and
two behind him, I believe. I think there was one in the aisle, in the
seats to the right of the right aisle. I don't know how you describe
it, south of the south aisle, what I call it.
Mr. BELIN. You were coming up the north aisle?
Mr. WALKER. And this other person was sitting over on the other side of
the show.
Mr. BELIN. Do you recall then a total of six people?
Mr. WALKER. That is all I recall seeing.
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