Mr. McWatters. Yes, sir.
Representative Ford. Now, was the man to whom you issued the transfer on the bus at that time?
Mr. McWatters. Yes, sir.
Representative Ford. Now, the man who spoke up and said that the President had been shot, how loudly did he say that?
Mr. McWatters. Well, he said it loud enough that I guess everybody on the bus heard him when he stepped up in the bus.
Representative Ford. In other words, that would be your best impression or best recollection that whoever said this, that the President had been shot, said it loudly enough for not only you but the other bus passengers to hear it?
Mr. McWatters. Yes, sir. Because he stepped up in the bus and when he made the statement in other words, he said that the President had been shot, because I am pretty sure everybody—he said it to the fact. I think that everybody, there might have been some, if there was anybody in the extreme back of the bus, might not have heard it, but I think anyone who was near the front part of the bus could have.
Representative Ford. But at that time when this man made this statement, there was a teenager sitting in the first cross seat on the right-hand side of the bus?
Mr. McWatters. Yes, sir.
Representative Ford. And the man who had gotten on the bus to whom you later issued the transfer, was sitting in the second?