Mr. Belin. Did he ever prior to meeting you again on March 20th tell you why he wanted to go on the roof?
Mr. Truly. No, sir.
Mr. Belin. Where did you think the shots came from?
Mr. Truly. I thought the shots came from the vicinity of the railroad or the WPA project, behind the WPA project west of the building.
Mr. Belin. Did you have any conversation with the officer that you can remember? About where you thought the shots came from?
Mr. Truly. Yes. When—some time in the course, I believe, after we reached the roof, the officer looked down over the boxcars and the railroad tracks and the crowd below. Then he looked around the edge of the roof for any evidence of anybody being there. And then looked up at the runways and the big sign on the roof.
He saw nothing.
He came over. And some time about then I said, "Officer, I think"—let's back up.
I believe the officer told me as we walked down into the seventh floor, "Be careful, this man will blow your head off."
And I told the officer that I didn't feel like the shots came from the building.