Representative FORD. Now, after the man who was standing at "P" said
the President was shot, what did the lady do who was sitting in "L"?
Mr. McWATTERS. Well, the lady, she had a suitcase sitting right there
beside me and she left. When the lady got up and said she would like to
get off the bus, and that she was going to walk to the Union Station
and asked me if I would give her a transfer in case that I caught up
with her, and asked me if I would pick her up.
Representative FORD. You gave her a transfer?
Mr. McWATTERS. Yes, sir.
Representative FORD. What happened?
Mr. McWATTERS. She got off and by the time when she was talking to me
that is when he got up, this gentleman here in the seat got up, at seat
"M" got off. In other words, the door was never closed of the bus from
the time the gentleman stepped up in the door of that there, in other
words, when he said what he did, and got on back in his car, in other
words, the lady got off, and the man got off, too, both at the same
stop.
In other words, the bus hadn't moved at that stop.
Mr. BALL. I would like to mark this as the next exhibit, Commission's
exhibit, which will be the diagram of the bus with the initials "M,"
"O," "L," "P," will be marked as Commission's Exhibit 373.
Representative FORD. It will be so admitted.
(The diagram referred to was marked Commission's Exhibit No. 373 for
identification and received in evidence.)
Mr. BALL. And a photograph of the interior of the bus, I would like to
have marked as 374.
And a diagram of the bus itself showing front and side as 375.
(The photograph and diagram referred to were marked Commission Exhibits
Nos. 374 and 375, respectively, and received in evidence.)
Mr. BALL. I will hand you a photograph of the exterior of the bus.
Mr. McWATTERS. Yes, sir; in other words, that is the same bus number.
Mr. BALL. That is right.
Mr. McWATTERS. That is the bus it was.