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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VII - Page 556« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of James Thomas Tague)

Mr. Liebeler.
Did you look at the curb at that time to see if the mark was still there?
Mr. Tague.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was it still there?
Mr. Tague.
Not that I could tell.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you meet a newspaper photographer that day and talk to him at all about the assassination?
Mr. Tague.
The day of the assassination?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes.
Mr. Tague.
Not that I can recall. I left the area down there at about a quarter to one, and the officer there told me to go to the police headquarters and report to somebody down there and tell them what I had seen.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you do that?
Mr. Tague.
I did that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Referring now to Baker Exhibit No. 1, does that look like it might have been taken from approximately the place where you were standing at the time you got hit, from the same general area?
Mr. Tague.
I believe I was back further to the left, back down this way further.
Mr. Liebeler.
That is further toward the west?
Mr. Tague.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Further down toward the triple underpass?
Mr. Tague.
That's right.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did it appear to you that the lamppost that is showing right here on the right-hand side of Baker Exhibit No. 1 is the very end of the grassy area described by Commerce Street and Main Street, and right down toward the concrete embankment?
Mr. Tague.
It might possibly be.
Mr. Liebeler.
Are you able to tell for sure by looking at Baker Exhibit No. 1?
Mr. Tague.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
I have another picture here that purports to be a picture of a curb with a bullet mark on it. I ask you if that looks like what you saw that day.
Mr. Tague.
It looks similar, but I can't say whether this is the actual one or not, because you can see it appears to be a bullet mark.
Mr. Liebeler.
I have initialed this picture, having marked it Tague Exhibit No. 1, and I would like to have you initial it for the purpose of identification.
(Mr. Tague initials.)
Mr. Liebeler.
You indicate that the mark on the curb----
Mr. Tague.
I can't tell too much which angle of the curb this is or what here.
Mr. Liebeler.
That is not a very clear picture either. Actually, I can't figure which way to look at it.
Mr. Tague.
I can't either.
Mr. Liebeler.
It looks like there is a man standing there with a hand along the side of the curb.
Mr. Tague.
Yes; this looks like the curb here at the back and the sun shining down. The bullet mark was right at the circle of the curb as this here.
Mr. Liebeler.
In other words, where the curb turned?
Mr. Tague.
Right. At the very round, right in the middle of the round.
Mr. Liebeler.
That is where the street curb turns; when it turns there? I don't understand that. [ Looking at Commission Exhibit No. 354.]
Mr. Tague.
This right here, this picture was taken this way. It would be looking this way.
Mr. Liebeler.
I am still at a loss. You indicated there is a turn in the curb at some point along here. Does the curb end and the road go together?
Mr. Tague.
Here is the curb here I am talking about on the very round.
Mr. Liebeler.
On the round top of the curb? The curb itself continues on, but the bullet struck sort of the top edge of the curb?
Mr. Tague.
That's right.
Mr. Liebeler.
I understand. Did you have any idea where these shots came from when you heard them ringing out?
Mr. Tague.
Yes; I thought they were coming from my left.
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