(Short recess.)
Representative FORD. I suggest, Mr. Specter, we resume the hearing.
Mr. SPECTER. Will you read the last question, Mr. Reporter, please.
(Question read.)
Mr. SPECTER. Would you like to start the question again or would you
like the question repeated?
Mr. ROWLAND. I understand the question.
Let me see, the exact time I do not remember, but the man, the colored
man, was in that window until the procession reached Commerce--I mean
Main, and Ervay. I was looking back quite often, as I stated.
Mr. SPECTER. How do you fix the time that he was there until the
procession reached the intersection of Commerce and Ervay?
Mr. ROWLAND. The police motorcycle was almost in front of me with the
speaker on very loud, giving the relative position about every 15 or 20
seconds of the motorcade, and this is how I was able to note that.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you observing the window which you marked "A" at the
time he departed?
Mr. ROWLAND. No, I didn't. I just know, I was looking at the crowd
around, and then I glanced back up again, and neither did I see the man
with the rifle nor did I see him. The colored man went away.
Mr. SPECTER. How long was that after you first noticed the colored man
in the window "A"?
Mr. ROWLAND. Fifteen minutes.
Mr. SPECTER. Had you looked back at window "A" at any time during that
15 minute interval?
Mr. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Had you seen anybody in window "A" during that time?