Howard L. Brennan

The President's Commission reconvened at 2:05 p.m.


The purpose of today's hearing is to have the testimony of Mr. Brennan here and you gentlemen.
Mr. Williams has already appeared before us, and Mr. Norman and Mr. Jarman and also Mr. Truly who will be on the stand later.
You were all witnesses, you were all in the vicinity of the Texas School Book Depository Building at the time of the assassination of President Kennedy, and we are going to ask you to give us your knowledge of the facts such as they come within your knowledge of that event and we will have some questions that we will wish to ask you.

The record will show that Harold Norman, whose nickname is Hank, is present and Bonnie Ray Williams and James Jarman, whose nickname is Junior. Mr. Brennan is also.

Mr. Brennan, you testified here this morning, is that correct?

Right.

You are still under oath, Mr. Brennan.

I believe that you testified that you thought you recognized two of the people that you saw looking out of the fifth floor of the School Book Depository Building you thought you recognized outside of the building sometime after the assassination, is that correct?
The two people that you saw, are they any of these three people here?

Yes. I believe it is the one on the end and this one here, I am not sure.

By that you would mean--

I don't know which of those two.

Let's identify.

Which person do you mean, you mean Mr. Norman sitting opposite?

Yes; I believe he was one of them.

And you believe it was Mr. Jarman together?

Jarman.

Were they with some policeman as they came out of the building or in custody of some plainclothesman?

I don't believe they were.

You saw them together come out of the building?

I don't believe they were. I don't recall seeing any officer bring them out or with them.

Now you do not believe then that it was Mr. Williams?

No; I won't say for sure. I can't tell which of those two it was.