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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 508« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Donald Baker)

Mr. Liebeler.
Other than that, did you form any impression of him at all?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Tell me what happened on the 22d of November in connection with the motorcade, would you please, what you saw and what you did?
Mrs. Baker.
Well, we came out of the building across the street at approximately 12 or 12:15 and we stood out in front, directly in front of the Depository Building and as the motorcade came by the President waved and he got down ----
Mr. Liebeler.
Where were you standing at this point, at the time the motorcade came along?
Mrs. Baker.
Well, there is a divisional line--I don't know exactly what you would call it--the little part of the street that runs in front of the Depository and then there is--I don't know what you would call it--the grassy stuff that comes out to form the plaza along the front.
Mr. Liebeler.
You say there is a little street that runs immediately in front of the School Book Depository Building; is that right?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know if that street has a name or not?
Mrs. Baker.
I'm sure it doesn't----I have never seen one.
Mr. Liebeler.
And then after that little street that runs right in front of the Depository Building, there is a little strip of grass with some trees on it; is that correct?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And then comes Elm Street; is that right?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And on the other side of Elm Street there is a sort of a triangular plot of grass.
Mrs. Baker.
I guess you could say we were standing just at the edge of Elm Street at the side of the Depository because we were out almost in the street--Elm Street.
Mr. Liebeler.
Elm Street is separated from another street that runs down through the triple underpass. Do you know the name of that street that runs right down here--I am showing you Commission Exhibit No. 354, an aerial view of the street that runs by and three streets converge and go under the railroad tracks and that's the triple underpass.
Mrs. Baker.
I think that goes out to Stemmons Expressway or leads into Stemmons Expressway.
Mr. Liebeler.
The street that runs right down through here, the middle, is that Main Street?
Mrs. Baker.
That would be Main Street and this one would be Commerce.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, can you point to me approximately where you were standing?
Mrs. Baker.
Let me find the building here--it would be right here--we were standing right at the edge, approximately directly in front of the building or at the edge of the building; we were standing right here.
Mr. Liebeler.
So, you were standing directly in front of the Texas School Book Depository Building and on the same side of Elm Street that the Texas School Book Depository is located?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Tell me what you saw?
Mrs. Baker.
Well, after he passed us, then we heard a noise and I thought it was firecrackers, because I saw a shot or something hit the pavement.
Mr. Liebeler.
And you heard that immediately after the first noise; is that right?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Could you tell or did you have any idea where the noise came from when you first heard it?
Mrs. Baker.
No; I thought there were some boys standing down there where he was--where the President's car was.
Mr. Liebeler.
Down farther on the street, you mean?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes; close to the underpass.
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