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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 246« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of S. M. Holland)

Mr. Holland.
period. I guess if you could count them about a hundred foottracks in that little spot, and also mud upon the bumper of that station wagon.
Mr. Stern.
This was a car back--parked behind the picket fence? Well, why don't you put the Number "5" approximately where that car would have been.
Mr. Holland.
If we could call this the arcade [indicating]---
Mr. Stern.
All right.
Mr. HOLLAND. And one, two, three, I think it would have been just about here [indicating].
Mr. Stern.
All right.
Mr. Morrison.
That is Elm Street. It would be behind the fence, wouldn't it?
Mr. Holland.
Well, I have got the fence running up here, and this car would be back in there [indicating]. This is the trees out here, which would--and that is approximately the same location as---the car and the trees that I saw the smoke would probably be the same location.
Mr. Stern.
All right. And this was a station wagon?
Mr. Holland.
Now, the reason I didn't think so much about that at the time, was because there was so many people out there, and there was law enforcement officers and I thought, well, if there is anything to that they would pick that up, or notice it, but it looks like someone had been standing there for a long time, because it was muddy.
Mr. Stern.
Tracks you saw in the mud?

Mr. HOLLAND. It was muddy, and you could have if you could have counted them, I imagine it would have been a hundred tracks just in that one location. It was just----
Mr. Stern.
And then you saw some mud on the bumper?
Mr. Holland.
Mud on the bumper in two spots.
Mr. Stern.
As if someone had cleaned his foot, or---
Mr. Holland.
Well, as if someone had cleaned their foot, or stood up on the bumper to see over the fence.
Mr. Stern.
I see.

Mr. HOLLAND. Because, you couldn't very well see over it standing down in the mud, or standing on the ground, and to get a better view you could----
Mr. Stern.
Was there anything else you noticed about this station wagon?
Mr. Holland.
No.
Mr. Stern.
Do you recall the----
Mr. Holland.
They searched all the cars in that location.
Mr. Stern.
Did this occur to you----
Mr. Holland.
It occurred to me immediately when I saw it there; yes.
Mr. Stern.
And you thought about it later in the day?
Mr. Holland.
I thought about it that night.
Mr. Stern.
I see.

Mr. HOLLAND. In fact, I went to bed---it was about a week there I couldn't sleep, much, brother, and I thought about it that night, and I have thought about it a lot of times since then.
Mr. STERN. Did you ever go back to look at that site or look at the station wagon?
Mr. HOLLAND. No; I didn't go back that afternoon, because I spent the rest of the day in the county jail office over there, but a number of your Federal Agents went out there then and Secret Service men. It was just a beehive.
Mr. Stern.
Yes.
Mr. Holland.
In a matter of a few minutes.

Mr. STERN. Did you tell any of the Federal officers, or any of the Dallas Police officers about it?
Mr. Holland.
I don't think I did.
Mr. Stern.
So, this is really the first time---

Mr. HOLLAND. This is the first time that I have discussed it, that I remember. Now, I might have told in our conversation. I don't remember that, but I don't think I did.
Mr. Stern.
I am not aware of any other occasion in which you did.
Mr. Morrison.
You thought the officers there would take care of that?
Mr. Holland.
I thought that the officers would take care of it because there
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