And at that time he appeared to be, as far as I was concerned, truthful
about the matter.
Mr. STERN. You didn't have any reason to doubt him?
Mr. SORRELS. No.
Mr. STERN. And would the same be true of what Mr. Brennan told you, and
Euins?
Mr. SORRELS. Yes, sir.
Mr. STERN. Did you look towards the window that Roland had pointed out
from the spot at which he said he was standing, to see whether it was
possible to observe from there someone standing several feet back from
the window? Did you have occasion to check that?
Mr. SORRELS. Well, no, not specifically.
Later on I heard that he had--I believe in his statement that he wrote
up down there at the sheriff's office, something about 15 feet back.
And I thought to myself, well, I don't think you could see anybody that
far back.
Mr. STERN. But he didn't tell you that?
Mr. SORRELS. No, he just said he was standing back of the window there,
just kind of looking around there. He said after he saw him there, he
didn't pay any more attention, because he just thought it was a Secret
Service man.
Mr. STERN. What happened next?
Mr. SORRELS. There was another witness there that I started talking
to--I don't recall the name now, because I told him to go in--somebody
that saw a truck down there--this is before the parade ever got
there--that apparently had stalled down there on Elm Street. And I
later checked on that, and found out that the car had gone dead,
apparently belonged to some construction company, and that a police
officer had come down there, and they had gone to the construction
company and gotten somebody to come down and get the car out of the way.
Apparently it was just a car stalled down there.
But this lady said she thought she saw somebody that looked like they
had a guncase. But then I didn't pursue that any further--because then
I had gotten the information that the rifle had been found in the
building and shells and so forth.
At that time Mr. Harry McCormack, who is a reporter for the Dallas
Morning News, and whom I have known for many years, came to me and
says, "Forrest, I have something over here you ought to know about."