Mr. McWATTERS. Yes, sir.
Senator COOPER. Which has been referred to in the testimony.
Mr. McWATTERS. Yes.
Senator COOPER. It stated in this affidavit that, "I picked up a man on
the lower end of town on Elm around Houston."
Now, you picked up a man at that time it would have been after you
passed Lamar Street?
Mr. McWATTERS. It would have been after I passed Lamar.
Senator COOPER. The remainder of the affidavit, which has been made a
part of the testimony----
Mr. McWATTERS. Yes.
Senator COOPER. Refers to that you picked up a woman and you asked her
if she knew the President had been shot, and then the man--you asked
her then to speak to the man behind her.
Mr. McWATTERS. Yes.
Senator COOPER. "Who said the President was shot in the temple." Now,
then, this incident that you testified to in this affidavit, was after
you had passed Elm Street?
Mr. McWATTERS. Yes, sir; that is right.
Senator COOPER. Was the man that you were talking about in this
affidavit the teenager?
Mr. McWATTERS. Yes, sir.
Senator COOPER. At the time this affidavit was made, were you asked
about any other man who may have been on the run that day at that time?
Mr. McWATTERS. I don't remember whether I was or not.
Senator COOPER. What was it then that caused you at some time later to
remember that another man had got on the bus near Murphy and had left
the bus, as you have stated in 2 or 3 blocks in the vicinity of Elm
Street?
Mr. McWATTERS. Well, just like I say, the best I can remember is the
man, I believe in fact beside the boy, I believe he was the only man on
board the bus. After I got to recall, in other words----
Senator COOPER. But what I am asking you is what it was that caused you
to remember the teenager at the time you made this affidavit on the
22d, and what it was that, why it was that, you didn't at that time
speak of the other man who had got on the bus?
Mr. McWATTERS. That is what I say, it just didn't--it just doesn't
register, I don't know.
Senator COOPER. Were you asked whether or not any other man was on the
bus?
Mr. McWATTERS. I don't remember whether I was or not.
Senator COOPER. When was it that you remembered about the second man
being on the bus, the man that you now state got on around Murphy
Street and got off at Elm?
Mr. McWATTERS. Well. I just studied and tried to remember everything
that I could. In other words, I still, you know, just try to see if I
could remember any incidents or anything that was said or done that I
hadn't thought of and everything.
Senator COOPER. I think you stated you did not give the teenager any
transfer?
Mr. McWATTERS. No, I don't--no.
Senator COOPER. Was the fact then that you were shown a transfer by the
police that called your attention to that?