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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 304« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of E. D. Brewer)

Mr. Brewer.
I was to the north of where the railroad track goes over. Let's see, the railroad track, where the railroad tracks go over Stemmons Expressway. I was to the north of that.
Mr. BELIN. Let me try and get a sketch. Officer, I just stepped out of the room to come back in and bring a map of Dallas, which I believe is similar to Commission's Exhibit 371, which I am going to mark here Deposition Exhibit A, which we will call it E. D. Brewer deposition Exhibit A. I have it marked in red pencil here, and on this map of Dallas, on one side of it in one corner of it is a section called, Downtown Dallas, and this is towards the top of the reverse side of the map.
I am going to ask you to look at this map. You see the place here, it looks like Dedley Plaza, Main Street runs into that, which is Houston, then you turned north on Houston and Elm, and then you take Elm?
Mr. Brewer.
Left on Elm.
Mr. Belin.
Left on Elm. You went under the railroad underpass there, which appears to be in green on the map, is that correct?
Mr. Brewer.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Then I am going to ask you to take a pencil or a ball point pen, and you might just follow the route that you took. Just mark it parallel to whatever street you took to where you ended up.
Mr. Brewer.
(Marks on map.)

Down Elm under the railroad tracks to Stemmons, under Stemmons to the right, headed north parallel to Stemmons on that entranceway, under that T & P Railroad, and onto Stemmons Expressway, and just north of the T & P Railroad.
Mr. Belin.
Now is that where you stopped your motorcycle?
Mr. Brewer.
Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. I am going to put an arrow pointing to the spot that you stopped, is that correct?
Mr. Brewer.
Yes, that is the spot right there.
Mr. Belin.
You have it marked kind of with an "X"?
Mr. Brewer.
To the best of my knowledge, that is right where we was at.
Mr. Belin.
Was another officer there at the time when you got there?
Mr. Brewer.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
What were they doing?
Mr. Brewer.
We all proceeded to stop the traffic northbound on Stemmons.
Mr. Belin.
Why were you going to do that?

Mr. BREWER. So that the motorcade which was headed in that direction at that time could get onto Stemmons and wouldn't be interfered with by the rest of the traffic.
Mr. BELIN. All right, where were you when you first learned of the shooting or that something was wrong?
Mr.. BREWER. At that location.
Mr. Belin.
How did you learn about it?
Mr. Brewer.
I believe it was on the radio, we heard it.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do?
Mr. Brewer.
On the police radio. Well, when it was determined that---- right after we heard that on the radio, something about it on the radio, we heard that they were enroute to Parkland Hospital, and immediately after that they came by us and came onto Stemmons Expressway and went by us in the direction of Parkland Hospital, the motorcade, part of it.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?

Mr. BREWER. We heard that the shots had came from the Texas School Book Depository Building, and at that time I got on my motorcycle and proceeded back up to the Texas School Book Depository Building.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?
Mr. Brewer.
I went in the building.
Mr. Belin.
You went inside the building?

Mr. BREWER. Yes, sir; there was officers all around the building at the time I got there.
Mr. Belin.
What did you do when you got in the building?
Mr. BREWER. Well, with some other officers, we was part of the officers that was searching the building floor by floor.
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