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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 187« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Barbara Rowland)

Mr. Belin.
Did this woman say where she was---where she saw the blond-haired man?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I believe she said in front of some sporting goods store. 1 am not certain.
Mr. Belin.
Did she say where the sporting goods store was?
Mrs. Rowland.
Some place downtown, but I don't remember exactly.
Mr. BELIN. Was it in the immediate vicinity of the School Book Depository Building?
Mrs. Rowland.
Meaning?
Mr. Belin.
Within a block of it?
Mrs. Rowland.
No.
Mr. Belin.
Did she say when she saw a blond-haired man carrying a rifle?

Mrs. ROWLAND. I am not positive exactly what time she said, but it was before, she said, she heard about' the President being shot, and she came back there to tell them she had seen a man earlier carrying a gun in a rifle case.
Mr. BELIN. She had seen some man, that had blond hair, downtown carrying a gun in a rifle case?
Mrs. Rowland.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
That is all she knew?
Mrs. Rowland.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Anything else?
Mrs. Rowland.
Well, I believe that is all she knew.
Mr. Belin.
Is there anything else that you can add?
Mrs. Rowland.
Well, there were two young men who came in too, and they said something about seeing a man carrying a rifle downtown. I believe they also said he was a blond man.
Mr. Belin.
Anything else?

Mrs. ROWLAND. That he was over 6 feet, and he was well built, from what they said, and that is all I know.
Mr. Belin.
What did your husband say about that?
Mrs. Rowland.
He didn't comment, I don't think.
Mr. BELIN. Was there anything else that took place while you and your husband were over giving your statements, that you can think of right now? Anything else that your husband said?
Mrs. Rowland.
Not that I remember.
Mr. Belin.
All right, then, where did you go?

Mrs. ROWLAND. We left and we walked in an easterly direction and we went to a coin shop and looked around for a while, and then I went home and he went to work.
Mr. Belin.
Where was he working?
Mrs. Rowland.
At the Pizza Inn on West Davis. He caught a bus and went to work, and I caught a bus and went home.
Mr. Belin.
Then what happened? When did you see him next?
Mrs. Rowland.
No, wait a minute, I didn't go home very soon. The bus--there was poor bus service, and I didn't go home until quite, until about 9:00, I think, and I saw him the next morning.
Mr. BELIN. Had he been contacted at the Pizza Inn later that night, do you know, or not?
Mrs. Rowland.
I don't think so.
Mr. BELIN. All right, now, were either you or he contacted at any time during that day by any law enforcement agency?
Mrs. Rowland.
I don't think we were contacted the next day.
Mr. Belin.
That would have been Saturday?
Mrs. Rowland.
Saturday, I know we weren't. I am not positive.
Mr. Belin.
When were you next contacted, either on that Saturday or that Sunday ?
Mrs. Rowland.
I think so. I am not positive.
Mr. Belin.
Let me ask you how many times after November 22 were you

contacted by some law enforcement agency?
Mrs. Rowland.
Me personally?
Mr. Belin.
You personally.
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