Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. HUBERT. Can you give us some idea of the number of people, either
police or news media, standing to your right as you stood there?
Mr. HUFFAKER. To my right?
Mr. HUBERT. You were facing the corridor with your back to the parking
area and your back to the railing, isn’t that correct?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Well, actually, my back was more facing the Main Street
ramp than it was to the parking area. My left side was facing the
railing.
Mr. HUBERT. You were almost looking up the ramp that goes to Commerce
Street?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Could you tell us who was on your right or what was the
condition of the crowd of people there, how many there were?
Mr. HUFFAKER. There was a large number of people and there were, I
would say, at least 12 to 15 people lined up across the ramp and at the
wall, which is just outside the jail office there.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, would you take my pen and draw the front line of those
people, marking the beginning point as number (6) and the end of that
line as (7)?
Mr. HUFFAKER [marking the document as requested]. Now, this line
went--sometimes it went up into here [indicating] and I could not say
for certain whether it was existent at that time, but there were people
all the way up into here, but I would make a rough guess it would be
this.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you indicate (6) and (7)--in other words, there were
people lined up along the line that you have drawn as (6) and (7) at a
single point on one end of that line, too, from what I gather from that?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Not exactly--that is, I’m not certain--there could have
been some more between me and the rail.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, in the area back of that line and in the direction of
Main Street, you say there were approximately 12 to 15 to 18 people?
Mr. HUFFAKER. No, not behind the line, but actually lined up somewhat
in a line like that [indicating].
Mr. HUBERT. What about the number of people on the Main Street side of
the line which you have designated as (6) to (7)?
Mr. HUFFAKER. I just don’t know how many people were back there,
but I know there was a line of people from this point to this point
[indicating].
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see any officers on the opposite side from where
you were standing?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you mark another line, curving it if need be, and
starting with (8) and going to (9) and showing us roughly the line of
people who were standing where you indicated?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Now, this will be to the best of my recollection [drew
the line as requested].
Mr. HUBERT. You have drawn a line, one end of which is (8) in a circle
and the other end of which is (9) in a circle--there were people
standing along there, you say?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know who they were?
Mr. HUFFAKER. Most of them were police officers. I don’t know any of
them by name, but I was aware that they were police officers. That is,
I do not believe that I knew any of them by name.
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