Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. HUBERT. All right, would you draw a little square roughly the
size of the automobile driven by Dhority, and then place a circle to
indicate your own position of that time?
Mr. STEVENSON. That is a long automobile, but as I recall, this post,
I was standing right here, and the car had gotten back to right along
here.
Mr. HUBERT. You were on the south side of that post, standing?
Mr. STEVENSON. I believe I was standing right here at the edge.
Mr. HUBERT. Is that the very front of the automobile on the right side?
Mr. STEVENSON. No; I was just about at the right door hinge. The right
front door hinge, that is where I was standing. That is a very poor
drawing of the car, Mr. Hubert.
Mr. HUBERT. That is all right. Just put in there, "police car," in that
square.
Now you have also drawn a circle to the south of that post, and I wish
you would draw a little arrow and put your initials indicating that
that was your position.
Now let me get this. Did your position change from the way you have
marked it here at all up until Ruby shot Oswald?
Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir; it did not. If I may explain this a little bit,
from where I have drawn this circle, this post that extends out here is
built onto the wall, and where I was standing, I could see plumb back
into here. I was not behind the post as it looks like here.
Mr. HUBERT. How much space was there between the post and the right
side of the automobile?
Mr. STEVENSON. I would say there was 3 feet.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, would you describe for us the position of the news
media in the basement area there, giving us as much as possible the
number of people, say, on the Main Street ramp, and the number of
people in the basement area proper?
Mr. STEVENSON. I would say from the corner of the building here,
straight across.
Mr. HUBERT. When you say, "here," just mark a point. Let's call that
"number 1" to point number 2.
Mr. STEVENSON. I can make that up this way, I believe.
I would say in this area, from here to here, and over here.
Mr. HUBERT. Let's say you are talking about the southwest wall of
the----
Mr. STEVENSON. From the west wall--we term that the west side of the
driveway of the ramp to the east side, and back up to here.
Mr. HUBERT. And back up to approximately where the ramp begins to go
up, is it?
Mr. STEVENSON. Let me look at my small map.
I may have that marked wrong. I may not be saying what I want to say.
If I have those maps with me, I hope I have as much as I worked on that
thing. I ought to tell you with my eyes closed.
I evidently left them.
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Let's get at it this way.
Mr. STEVENSON. The driveway end out from right here.
Mr. HUBERT. Don't say from right here. Let me put it to you this way.
On the Main Street ramp, it is from the----
Mr. STEVENSON. That would be the entrance into the----
(Discussion off the record to orient positions.)
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