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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 511« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Donald Baker)

Mr. Liebeler.
But you didn't see anybody you thought might have been the assassin?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, you have subsequently heard, I'm sure, and from reading in the newspapers and one thing and another, that it appears that the shots actually came from the Texas School Book Depository Building; is that right?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Does that seem possible to you in view of what you heard at the time?
Mrs. Baker.
Well, I guess it might have been the wind, but to me it didn't.
Mr. Liebeler.
The sounds you heard at the time did not appear to come from the Texas School Book Depository Building?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you look up at the Texas School Book Depository Building at all while you were standing there?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
So, you had no occasion to see anybody in any of the windows in that building?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
According to the FBI report of the interview that you gave them on November 24, you said that just after the shooting some man who had been sitting on a wall directly across the street from you came up and said he saw everything; is that so?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever find out what that man's name was?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir; I did not. I didn't see him after that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he tell you what he had seen?
Mrs. Baker.
No; I don't remember--he came over--I don't know when he came over now, but he told us he had seen everything--it might have been later that afternoon. I think it was--I think it was later that afternoon.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he tell you where he had been, where he could see all this?
Mrs. Baker.
He said he was sitting on that wall.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, when you say "that wall" I show you again Commission Exhibit No. 354.
Mrs. Baker.
This wall here [indicating].
Mr. Liebeler.
Are you referring to a wall that is on the triangular spot formed by Elm Street and Main Street and across Elm Street from the Texas School Book Depository Building? And on Commission Exhibit No. 354; that area has some ink marks on it around part of it?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did this man tell you exactly where on the wall he had been sitting?
Mrs. Baker.
No; I presume it was on this high wall here--it sticks up real high--I presume he was up there on top.
Mr. Liebeler.
You have indicated the part of the wall that faces toward the triple underpass down toward where Elm Street and Main Street and Commerce all come together?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, there has been some speculation that perhaps the shots might have come from right off the triple overpass, from the railroad tracks that go up over the top, were you able to see these railroad tracks at the time from where you were standing down here--when I say, "Down here," I mean the railroad tracks that actually go over Elm Street and Main Street and Commerce.
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
You could not see that?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did the shots sound like they had come from that area, or did they sound like they had come from the area more around toward the Texas School Book Depository Building and behind Dealey Plaza?
Mrs. Baker.
It sounded like it was coming from along in here--it didn't sound like it was too far off.
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