Holmes' Testimony

[LR Trotter]

The stairway and lunchroom, here are photos of the stairway and the TSBD lunchroom some 20-30 feet away from the stairway...Let's Be Clear About Where Baker Makes His Actual Encounter...


and clear across the floor some 20-30 feet away from the stairway


Once again, for clarification sake, What does Marrion Baker's same day affidavit reveal ---->

AFFIDAVIT IN ANY FACT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLASBEFORE ME, Mary Rattan, a Notary Public in and for said County, State of Texas, on this day personally appeared M. L. Baker, Patrolman Dallas Police Department who, after being by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:

Friday November 22, 1963 I was riding motorcycle escort for the President of the United States. At approximately 12:30 pm I was on Houston Street and the President's car had made a left turn from Houston onto Elm Street. Just as I approached Elm Street and Houston I heard three shots. I realized those shots were rifle shots and I began to try to figure out where they came from. I decided the shots had come from the building on the northwest corner of Elm and Houston. This building is used by the Board of Education for book storage. I jumped off my motor and ran inside the building. As I entered the door I saw several people standing around. I asked these people where the stairs were. A man stepped forward and stated he was the building manager and that he would show me where the stairs were. I followed the man to the rear of the building and he said, "Let's take the elevator." The elevator was hung several floors up so we used the stairs instead. As we reached the third or fourth floor I saw a man walking away from the stairway. I called to the man and he turned around and came back toward me. The manager said, "I know that man, he works here." I then turned the man loose and went up to the top floor. The man I saw was a white man approximately 30 years old, 5'9", 165 pounds, dark hair and wearing a light brown jacket.

s/ M. L. Baker

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN BEFORE ME THIS 22 DAY OF November A.D. 1963
/s/ Mary Rattan
Notary Public, Dallas County, Texas

1. No mention of crossing the floor some 20-30 feet, let alone entering a lunchroom.
2. rather than cross the floor, Baker tells us, quote, I then turned the man loose and went up to the top floor.
3. The man came back to Baker on [B]the stairway.
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Major difference between the stairway and the lunchroom.

Of course, in their haste to lie to FRAME the wrongly accused (Mr. Oswald) those responsible for the hastily contrived next day script-in-progress failed to pull a James Hosty on Baker's same day affidavit. OOPS!

[size=12]Pictures worth a thousand words? I don't believe these two in this post meet that threshold. In any event, DPD MotorcyclePatrolOfficer ML Baker, while escorting the JFKSr presidential motorcade, basically witnessed the crime of the 20th century, then dismounted his motorcycle and helped conduct an early search of the TSBD Building, a likely origin of the shots, and then returned to his escort duty. And, apparently sometime later that day, he provided a same day Affidavit In Fact of his experience, with a general account, void of minute details that had an unknown value early on.

Later, I believe on March 25, 1964, Office ML Baker gave a sworn statement/testimony containing a thorough account of his experience on November 22, 1963. That testimony included minute details that then had a better known and/or perceived value that he had some time to recall, review, and understand. And, that thoughtful and thorough testimony is available.
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/baker_m1.htm

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