Mr. TAGUE. About 12 to 15 feet right on the top of round of the curb,
was the mark that very definitely was fresh, and I would say it was a
mark of a bullet.
Mr. LIEBELER. You say it is about 15 or 20 feet east of where you were
standing?
Mr. TAGUE. No; about 12 to 15 feet.
Mr. LIEBELER. East of where you were standing?
Mr. TAGUE. Right.
Mr. LIEBELER. At point No. 6?
Mr. TAGUE. Right.
Mr. LIEBELER. So we have the point fixed there, and we can just
estimate 12 to 15 feet east on Main Street, is that right?
Mr. TAGUE. That's correct.
Mr. LIEBELER. That would have been on the south curb of Main Street, is
that right?
Mr. TAGUE. It would have been on the south curb.
Mr. LIEBELER. About 12 to 15 feet east of the point No. 6 on Commission
Exhibit No. 354.
Now you yourself, as I understand it, did not see the President hit?
Mr. TAGUE. I did not; no.
Mr. LIEBELER. How long after did you feel yourself get hit by anything?
Mr. TAGUE. I felt it at the time, but I didn't associate, didn't make
any connection, and ignored it. And after this happened, or maybe
the second or third shot, I couldn't tell you definitely--I made no
connection. I looked around wondering what was going on, and I recall
this. We got to talking, and I recall that something had stinged me,
and then the deputy sheriff looked up and said, You have blood there on
your cheek. That is when we walked back down there.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you have any idea which bullet might have made that
mark?
Mr. TAGUE. I would guess it was either the second or third. I wouldn't
say definitely on which one.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you hear any more shots after you felt yourself get
hit in the face?
Mr. TAGUE. I believe I did.
Mr. LIEBELER. You think you did?
Mr. TAGUE. I believe I did.
Mr. LIEBELER. How many?
Mr. TAGUE. I believe that it was the second shot, so I heard the third
shot afterwards.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you hear three shots?
Mr. TAGUE. I heard three shots; yes sir. And I did notice the time on
the Hertz clock. It was 12:29.
Mr. LIEBELER. That was about the time that you felt yourself struck?
Mr. TAGUE. I just glanced. I mean I just stopped, got out of my car,
and here came the motorcade. I just happened upon the scene.
Mr. LIEBELER. Now I understand that you went back there subsequently
and took some pictures of the area, isn't that right?
Mr. TAGUE. Pardon?
Mr. LIEBELER. I understand that you went back subsequently and took
some pictures of the area.
Mr. TAGUE. Yes; about a month ago.
Mr. LIEBELER. With a motion picture camera?
Mr. TAGUE. Yes; I didn't know anybody knew about that.
Mr. LIEBELER. I show you Baker Exhibit No. 1, and ask you if you took
that picture.
Mr. TAGUE. No; not to my knowledge.
Mr. LIEBELER. In point of fact, that picture was taken by another
individual; I confused the picture taken by somebody else with the
picture I thought you had taken.
You, yourself did take pictures of the area about a month ago?
Mr. TAGUE. Yes; my wife and I were going to Indianapolis. This is the
home of my parents. I was taking some pictures of the area to show to
them. This was the latter part of May.
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.)