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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 169« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Bonnie Williams Ray)

Mr. Ball.
Like you get in the grocery store?
Mr. Williams.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
What did you have in your lunch?
Mr. Williams.
I had a chicken sandwich.
Mr. Ball.
Describe the sandwich. What did it have in it besides chicken?
Mr. Williams.
Well, it just had chicken in it. Chicken on the bone.
Mr. Ball.
Chicken on the bone?
Mr. Williams.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
The chicken was not boned?
Mr. Williams.
It was just chicken on the bone. Just plain old chicken.
Mr. Ball.
Did it have bread around it?
Mr. Williams.
Yes, it did.
Mr. Ball.
Before you went upstairs, did you get anything to drink?
Mr. Williams.
I got a small bottle of Dr. Pepper from the Dr. Pepper machine.
Mr. Ball.
Did you have anything else in your lunch besides chicken?
Mr. Williams.
I had a bag of Fritos, I believe it was.
Mr. Ball.
Anything else?
Mr. Williams.
No; I believe that was all.
Mr. Ball.
You say you went back upstairs. Where did you go?
Mr. Williams.
I went back up to the sixth floor.
Mr. Ball.
Why did you go to the sixth floor?
Mr. Williams.
Well, at the time everybody was talking like they was going to watch from the sixth floor. I think Billy Lovelady said he wanted to watch from up there. And also my friend; this Spanish boy, by the name of Danny Arce, we had agreed at first to come back up to the sixth floor. So I thought everybody was going to be on the sixth floor.
Mr. Ball.
Did anybody go back?
Mr. Williams.
Nobody came back up. So I just left.
Mr. Ball.
Where did you eat your lunch?
Mr. Williams.
I ate my lunch--I am not sure about this, but the third or the fourth set of windows, I believe.
Mr. Ball.
Facing on what street?
Mr. Williams.
Facing Elm Street.
Mr. Mccloy.
What floor?
Mr. Williams.
Sixth floor.
Mr. Dulles.
You ate your lunch on the sixth floor?
Mr. Williams.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles.
And you were all alone?
Mr. Williams.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
What did you sit on while you ate your lunch?
Mr. Williams.
First of all, I remember there was some boxes behind me. I just kind of leaned back on the boxes first. Then I began to get a little impatient, because there wasn't anyone coming up. So I decided to move to a two-wheeler.
Mr. Ball.
A two-wheeler truck, you mean?
Mr. Williams.
Yes, sir. I remember sitting on this two-wheeler.
By that time, I was through, and I got up and I just left then.
Mr. Dulles.
How much of the room could you see as you finished your lunch there? Was your view obstructed by boxes of books, or could you see a good bit of the sixth floor?
Mr. Williams.
Well, at the time I couldn't see too much of the sixth floor,
because the books at the time were stacked so high. I could see only in the path that I was standing--as I remember, I could not possibly see anything to the east side of the building.
But just one aisle, the aisle I was standing in I could see just about to the west side of the building. So far as seeing to the east and behind me, I could only see down the aisle behind me and the aisle to the west of me.
Representative Ford.
Have you ever had any trouble with the law at all?
Mr. Williams.
No, sir.
Representative Ford.
No difficulty as far as the law is concerned?
Mr. Williams.
I have never been inside of a courthouse before.
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