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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 268« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Roger D. Craig)

Mr. Craig.
of things laying over there. So, you know, not to bother the area, I just went back across.
Mr. Belin.
Now, you say there was a sack laying there?
Mr. Craig.
Yes; I believe it was laying on top of a box, if I'm not mistaken.
Mr. Belin.
How big a sack was that?
Mr. Craig.
It was a paper bag (indicating with hands)--a small paper bag.
Mr. Belin.
Well, the kind-of paper bag that you carry your lunch in?
Mr. Craig.
Yeah,--uh-huh.
Mr. Belin.
Was it more than a foot long?
Mr. Craig.
I don't know. I think it was rolled up kind of.
Mr. Belin.
You think it was rolled up?
Mr. Craig.
Yeah; you know, kind of crushed up.
Mr. Belin.
Was there any long sack laying in the floor there that you remember seeing, or not?

Mr. CRAIG. No; I don't remember seeing any.
Mr. Belin.
Do you remember seeing anything there other than the shells?
Mr. Craig.
No; not---uh---anything that caught my eye.
Mr. BELIN. Where do you remember seeing the shells?
Mr. Craig.
They were laying on the--uh--well, as you're facing the window----
Mr. Belin.
As you are facing the window and you're looking south?
Mr. Craig.
The southeast corner window and you're looking south, the shells would be on your right and back away from the window, as I recall, about a foot.
Mr. BELIN. Do you recall any of the shells right up against the wall at all---- or, don't you recall?
Mr. CRAIG. No; I don't; I didn't look that close.
Mr. BELIN. How many shells did you see there?
Mr. CRAIG. I saw three.
Mr. BELIN. Did anyone move any boxes in order to get in there----do you know?
Mr. Craig.
Now, that, I don't know?
Mr. BELIN. Do you know if anyone moved any boxes in the window?
Mr. BELIN. That I don't know either.
Mr. CRAIG. Did you look very closely at the area where the shells were found.
Mr. CRAIG. Uh--no, because the identification men hadn't arrived, and we want to stir up anything.
Mr. BELIN. Who was there that you remember?
Mr. CRAIG. Oh, Officer Mooney with our department--Luke Mooney; Officer Boone---Eugene Boone, with our department; myself; and some city officers that I didn't know. Those are the only that I remember. You know, there were several other people around but I didn't know them.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Then what did you do after that?
Mr. Craig.
They wanted to search the building for the weapon, so I went to the---I went to the northeast corner of the building and began to search west.
Mr. Belin.
Uh-huh.
Mr. Craig.
Uh---everybody else took a different spot. And as I got nearly to the west end of the building, Officer Boone---Eugene Boone with the sheriff's office---hollered that here was the rifle.
Mr. Belin.
How far were you from Officer Boone when he hollered?
Mr. Craig.
About 8-foot.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do then?
Mr. Craig.
I went over to the--uh--luster of boxes where he was standing and looked down between the boxes and saw the rifle lying on the floor.
Mr. BELIN. When you say "between the cluster of boxes," could you describe which way the boxes were?
Mr. CRAIG. There was a row going east to west on the north side of the weapon, and a box going east to west on the south side of the weapon, and--uh--if I remember, uh--as you'd look down, you had to look kinda back under
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