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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 512« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Donald Baker)

Mr. Liebeler.
It didn't sound like it was coming, however, directly from the railroad tracks that go over Elm, Main, and Commerce; is that right?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
The FBI report also indicates that after the second shot you began to smell gunsmoke; is that correct?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Could you tell where it was coming from?
Mrs. Baker.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Looking at Commission Exhibit No. 354, could you pick out the place on Elm Street as the approximate place where you saw this object hit the ground for us, and we will mark it with a pen or pencil. Let's first of all mark the place where you were standing, Mrs. Baker, if we can.
Mrs. Baker.
Okay, after he had gone by, I got out into the street, I guess, along in here in the middle of the lanes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Is that in the middle of the right-hand lane?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes; the right-hand lane.
Mr. Liebeler.
So, we will mark that as No. 1 and we will put a circle around it and its right in front of the Texas School Book Depository Building.
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
On Elm Street in the right-hand lane.
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And I guess that this tree was along in here somewhere?
Mrs. Baker.
I couldn't be sure.
Mr. Liebeler.
There appear to be two trees, one on this side of Elm Street-this looks like a tree right here on the opposite side of Elm Street toward the Dealey Plaza.
Mrs. Baker.
That's correct.
Mr. Liebeler.
And across the street--across Elm Street there appears to be another tree just down from the wall.
Mrs. Baker.
There's not a tree there.
Mr. Liebeler.
There's not a tree there?
Mrs. Baker.
No, there's a sign there, I think.
Mr. Liebeler.
That's a sign.
Mrs. Baker.
I think so.
Mr. Liebeler.
Can you tell us by judging from the tree that's in the corner of Dealey Plaza closest towards the School Book Depository Building, judging from that, where the thing hit the street?
Mrs. Baker.
Approximately right here---between the sign and the tree.
Mr. Liebeler.
Right here, would you say?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
We have indicated the approximate area where you think it hit and we will indicate it by the No. 2, is that correct?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
I have marked this photograph, Baker Exhibit No. 1, and I have placed my initials on it and would you put your initials on it just below mine so that we can identify the picture for the purposes of our record?
Mrs. Baker.
[Complied with request of Mr. Liebeler.]
Mr. Liebeler.
Will you look at that picture and see if you can tell from it where you were standing and if that helped you to place the spot where the bullet hit?
Mrs. Baker.
It would be back in here behind this car.
Mr. Liebeler.
That would have been where you were standing or where the bullet hit?
Mrs. Baker.
I really can't tell for the tree there and everything--but it was right in here.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, as we look at this picture this is Baker Exhibit No. 1, starting from the left front, there are---there is a car down there and there is a Volkswagen panel truck in the picture and then there are two cars immediately behind the Volkswagen and then there is a convertible out--approximately in the middle of the street, isn't that right?
Mrs. Baker.
Yes.
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