Mr. BELIN. Did you look up at that building from time to time?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Well, I didn't pay any special attention to the building,
but I am sure I glanced at the building more than once afterwards,
because I can't just stand and stare in one direction.
Mr. BELIN. Do you mean you were just glancing at that building as you
were glancing at other places?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. When you were glancing at that building, do you remember
whether you glanced at it, say, within 10 minutes prior to the
motorcade?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't remember. But most of the windows on that floor
were closed, and the people who were looking out usually were looking
out at an open window.
Mr. BELIN. Did you see any people look out of any open windows?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. About how many did you see all told, if you can remember?
Mrs. ROLAND. Two or three, I think.
Mr. BELIN. Any more than two or three looking out of windows?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Not that I remember.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember whether or not any of those that you saw
looking out of windows were looking out of the sixth floor?
Mrs. ROWLAND. They weren't.
Mr. BELIN. They were not? Were they on any floor higher than the sixth
floor?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No.
Mr. BELIN. Were they all on floors lower than the sixth floor?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Did your husband state in the presence of you at any
time while he was giving any of these statements on the afternoon
of November 22, whether or not he saw any people looking out of the
building?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Where did he say he saw them?
Mrs. ROWLAND. He didn't say exactly where he saw them, but the windows
on the floor above the sixth floor were all closed, and I think they
were never open.
Mr. BELIN. All right. So they wouldn't have been on the seventh floor?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say whether or not he saw any people looking out of
any other windows on the sixth floor?
Mrs. ROWLAND. He didn't say, I don't believe.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say what floor? He didn't say whether he did or did
not, is that your testimony, or did he say that he did not?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't believe he said whether or not he saw any other
people on the sixth floor.
Mr. BELIN. What did he say about what he saw? Do you remember about how
many people he said he saw looking out of the windows?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't believe he said any certain number of people.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember anything that he said about that?
Mrs. ROWLAND. He just said that there were some other people looking
out of some windows in the same building.
Mr. BELIN. Did he specifically locate them in any way?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No.
Mr. BELIN. All right, is there any other thing that your husband
said in your presence that afternoon pertaining to this School Book
Depository Building?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No; I don't believe so.
Mr. BELIN. How long did you stay over there?
Mrs. ROWLAND. We were there until about 2:00 or 3:00, I think.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you do?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Then we left and walked around town and tried to get a
newspaper, and before we left, we knew that the President was dead.
From that--for a while, we were in a room alone with a lady who came in
to testify, and said that she had seen a blond man carrying a rifle in
a rifle bag, and he said that probably it couldn't have been the man he
saw because the man he saw was dark-haired.
Mr. BELIN. Did this woman say where she was--where she saw the
blond-haired man?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I believe she said in front of some sporting goods store.
I am not certain.
Mr. BELIN. Did she say where the sporting goods store was?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Some place downtown, but I don't remember exactly.
Mr. BELIN. Was it in the immediate vicinity of the School Book
Depository Building?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Meaning?
Mr. BELIN. Within a block of it?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No.
Mr. BELIN. Did she say when she saw a blond-haired man carrying a rifle?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I am not positive exactly what time she said, but it was
before, she said, she heard about the President being shot, and she
came back there to tell them she had seen a man earlier carrying a gun
in a rifle case.
Mr. BELIN. She had seen some man, that had blond hair, downtown
carrying a gun in a rifle case?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. That is all she knew?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Well, I believe that is all she knew.
Mr. BELIN. Is there anything else that you can add?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Well, there were two young men who came in too, and they
said something about seeing a man carrying a rifle downtown. I believe
they also said he was a blond man.
Mr. BELIN. Anything else?
Mrs. ROWLAND. That he was over 6 feet, and he was well built, from what
they said, and that is all I know.
Mr. BELIN. What did your husband say about that?
Mrs. ROWLAND. He didn't comment, I don't think.
Mr. BELIN. Was there anything else that took place while you and your
husband were over giving your statements, that you can think of right
now? Anything else that your husband said?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Not that I remember.
Mr. BELIN. All right, then, where did you go?
Mrs. ROWLAND. We left and we walked in an easterly direction and we
went to a coin shop and looked around for a while, and then I went home
and he went to work.
Mr. BELIN. Where was he working?
Mrs. ROWLAND. At the Pizza Inn on West Davis. He caught a bus and went
to work, and I caught a bus and went home.
Mr. BELIN. Then what happened? When did you see him next?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No, wait a minute, I didn't go home very soon. The
bus--there was poor bus service, and I didn't go home until quite,
until about 9:00, I think, and I saw him the next morning.
Mr. BELIN. Had he been contacted at the Pizza Inn later that night, do
you know, or not?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't think so.
Mr. BELIN. All right, now, were either you or he contacted at any time
during that day by any law enforcement agency?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't think we were contacted the next day.
Mr. BELIN. That would have been Saturday?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Saturday, I know we weren't. I am not positive.
Mr. BELIN. When were you next contacted, either on that Saturday or
that Sunday?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I think so. I am not positive.
Mr. BELIN. Let me ask you how many times after November 22 were you
contacted by some law enforcement agency?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Me personally?
Mr. BELIN. You personally.
Mrs. ROWLAND. I spoke to law enforcement officers about three or four
times, I think.
Mr. BELIN. About how many times in November? Once on the 22d?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes. And we were contacted once Sunday morning at the
Pizza Inn during November. I think it was the next Sunday.
Mr. BELIN. The 24th?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes. And we were contacted one morning, I am not
positive, I think it might have been that Saturday, the following
Saturday, the 23d--the Saturday following the assassination, at my
mother's home, and I am not positive how many times.
Mr. BELIN. Were you present at any of these times that your husband was
contacted?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Were you present, for instance, on the Sunday morning,
November 24th?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember what your husband said at that time?
Mrs. ROWLAND. He repeated the statement he had made in the--well, the
police officers brought a written statement and asked him if that was
in general what he had to say, and he said, "Yes," and they asked him
specific questions about it and he answered them.
Mr. BELIN. Was there anything else that was said?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't believe so.
Mr. BELIN. Was there anything that your husband said that was not on
that written statement?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I am not positive.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember him saying anything--do you remember him
telling the police officer that the statement was correct, or do you
remember him telling them anything?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes; he signed. There might have been a change or two in
the statement and then he signed it and said that he verified that it
was correct, to the best of his knowledge.
Mr. BELIN. Did he tell the police officer anything that was not on that
statement that should be?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't believe so.
Mr. BELIN. Was he asked whether or not he saw any other people in any
other windows?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I don't believe he was specifically asked that question.
Mr. BELIN. Did he tell any of the police officers that he saw any
people in any other windows?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I am not certain.
Mr. BELIN. Do you know whether or not he told them, the police
officers, that there was any other person on the sixth floor that he
saw?
Mrs. ROWLAND. He never said that there was another person on the sixth
floor, in my presence, that I can remember.
Mr. BELIN. Were you present when he was with the police officers?
Mrs. ROWLAND. At times.
Mr. BELIN. On Sunday morning, November 24th?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Were you personally with him throughout the time that he was
with the police officers?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And he, in your presence, never said that he saw anyone on
the sixth floor other than the man with the rifle?
Mrs. ROWLAND. No. He never said in my presence that there was another
man other than the man with the rifle on the sixth floor.
Mr. BELIN. It is a little bit like there has been asked a negative
question and you don't know whether to answer yes or no to the
question, is that right, Mrs. Rowland?
Mrs. ROWLAND. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Now were you present at any subsequent interviews that your
husband had with any law enforcement agency?
Mrs. ROWLAND. I was present when Mr. Howlett came to ask, to tell him
that he should go to Washington, that he wanted him to go to Washington.
Mr. BELIN. What did your husband say to that?