Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t know. If I did, I don’t know them by name.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you know the people who lived across the hall from you?
Mr. SENATOR. When you say across the hall, it was a =U=. That was just
by the U shape.
Mr. GRIFFIN. A balcony sort of a situation?
Mr. SENATOR. A balcony, but it was a =U=. In other words, when I walked
out of my door, if I kept walking and went over the bannister I would
hit the ground. There was nobody facing me.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about on either side?
Mr. SENATOR. Jack was on one side. Then there were some girls on the
other side. The next apartment over there were three girls, something
like that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That =U= that you are talking about, is it sort of a
stairwell, is that it? The =U= is on one floor of the stairwell?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And there were three suites on the landing that you people
were on? There was the old suite that you occupied, Jack’s suite which
you were living in on the 24th, and the suite occupied by some girls?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, no; then it went down further. That wasn’t the end of
the strip.
Mr. GRIFFIN. There was a hallway, wasn’t there?
Mr. SENATOR. No; there was a balcony.
Mr. GRIFFIN. A balcony?
Mr. SENATOR. A railing—I mean you are outdoors. There is nothing
concealed. It was just a railing and you are looking outdoors.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And you opened out onto this balcony?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Along this balcony, how many other suites were there along
that balcony?
Mr. SENATOR. Running our way, you have got to transplant in your
mind—in other words, say that I am facing my door right now.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. SENATOR. And the balcony goes =U=-shaped like this. Do you follow
me? In other words, this is all space out here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Everything in front of you is space?
Mr. SENATOR. Space. Now right past mine, if you turn to the right of
mine, then you walk down another balcony. See, there are balconies on
this side plus balconies this way.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, now along this same level that you were on, and
following the whole set of balconies around on the same level, how many
different——
Mr. SENATOR. The entire level.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes. How many different?
Mr. SENATOR. This is another guesswork. I would say, I would sort of
estimate around a dozen places, a dozen apartments.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now these dozen different apartments, was there a single
stairway that led up to that level, or was there more than one stairway?
Mr. SENATOR. No; there was two stairways. There was one from the front,
there was one level that come up South Ewing. In other words, you drive
around through the back where you park your cars and come up this way.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Another stairway?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now on this level how many of those dozen suites there
perhaps—how many of those people did you know?
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