I recall thinking we are coming to an overpass now, so I glanced up to see if it was clear, the way most of them had been, the way all of them had been up until that time on the way downtown, and it was not. There was a small group, between 5 and 10 that looked like workmen. I got the impression, whether it was wrong or not I don't know, that they were railroad workers. They had that type of dress on.
And I was looking for the officer who should have been there, had been requested to be there, and I noticed him just a little bit later, that he was there, and I made a kind of motion through the windshield trying to get his attention to move the people from over our path the way it should have been.
But to my knowledge I never got his attention, and I have said in one of these statements that we were under the bridge, and I have said in another one that we were just approaching this overpass when I heard the shot. I really do not know which one is so, because it was so close, but we were about at the bridge when I heard the first report.
Mr. Stern. Now just to finish up with the people on the overpass, were they in a crowd together, or spread out?
Mr. Lawson. They were spread out 1 or 2 deep, and as I say, between 5 and 10 of them to my knowledge, and I noticed the police officer standing behind them about in the middle of the group.
Mr. Stern. And as far as you can remember now, in a position to observe all of them? Were they in close enough a group?
Mr. Lawson. Oh, yes; observed them from the back.
Mr. Stern. Observed them from the back. Did you notice any unusual movement?
Mr. Lawson. I did not.
Mr. Stern. Did you know whether the policeman saw your signal or acknowledged it?