Holmes' Testimony

[Alan Ford]

Baker appears in the Hughes film trailing the first blue impala convertible as it makes the turn onto Houston from Main St and travels a short distance before the film cuts.
In the background at extant Z232,the front end of the first blue impala convertible aligns with the last wall hole, plotted from Zapruders LOS.
At that point, it has traveled 96.5ft from the Main/Houston St corner.
Baker in Hughes is actually trailing the 1st blue impala convertible by approx 5ft.
The blue impala is 17.5ft in length.
At Z232, Baker is approx 96.25ft - 17.5ft - 5ft = 73.75ft down Houston St.
The average motorcade speed down Houston is 9.3mph
At Z232, Baker is 81 frames until extant Z313 (4.42seconds) @ 13.671ft per sec (9.3mph) = 60.42ft
At extantZ313, Baker is 134.17ft (73.75 + 60.42ft) down Houston St.
Houston St. building corner to building corner = 200ft
At extant Z313, Baker needs to travel 200 - 134.17ft= 65.83ft to hit the corner of Houston and Elm St.
An assumption that he remained on the outside of the motorcade as he traveled to his final parking spot is being made, as I have never heard of him weaving between the motorcade to get to his parking spot.
This assumption puts his Elm St radius travel at a distance of 87.5 ft.
His total distance traveled from extant Z313 = 65.83 + 87.5 = 153.33ft.
153.33ft/13.671ft per sec (9.3mph) = 11.21 seconds

Mr. BELIN - All right. After the [size=12]third shot,[/SIZE] then, what did you do?
Mr. BAKER - Well, I revved that motorcycle up and I went down to the corner which would be approximately 180 to 200 feet from the point where we had first stated, you know, that we heard the shots.
Mr. BELIN - What distance did you state? What we did on Friday afternoon, we paced off from the point you thought you heard the [size=12]first shot[/SIZE] to the point at which you parked the motorcycle, and this paced off to how much?
Mr. BAKER - From 180 to 200 feet.
Mr. BELIN - That is where you parked the motorcycle?

After a shot at extant z232, Baker would have been approx 214ft from his parking spot.
After a shot at extant z313, Baker would have been approx 153.3ft from his parking spot.

First, a fine detailed assessment there, Mr. Davidson, appreciate your efforts and contribution. A quick question for clarification sake, Does the research community know how many seconds it took Marrion--from his parked motorcycle--to enter the TSBD? (personally, don't think he enters at all until a few minutes later, but for this examination let's just all agree he did enter immediately).

For this exercise, I'd like to add that time figure to the 11.21 seconds (so will double back here next week to reengage).

Meanwhile, with an emphasis upon keeping your assessment as neutral as possible, I'm only interested in the truth whether it be mine or anyone else's, so feel free to be as objective and fair as you have been thus far. That said, in respect to total time, I would like for you to consider the following elements as well:

*Truly & Baker's tangling their feet inside the front entrance and bumping into one another, backing up and regrouping... (elapsed time ='s __?__)

*the distance from there to the backstairs (have read somewhere it was 115', but am open to specifics...so covering that distance at a, quote, trot--Baker's words--elapsed time ='s __?__)

*Roy Truly's verbal exchange with TSBD employee Eddie Piper, and his subsequent yell 2X up the elevator shaft for an elevator, before deciding to take the stairs instead--elapsed time ='s __?___)

This is a start if you have time on your hands, before we develop this any further to account for the 30 sec-engagement (or so Roy Truly says) w/the wrongly accused. From there I'd like to factor in the time it would take for the tandem to cover three additional floors via the backstairs, before entering the East elevator on the 5th floor...

Last question, To date--Does anyone in the research community have an actual photo of Marrion Baker's parked motorcycle in the actual position he claims he parked it?