Mr. Couch. No; no one knew. People were watching it—that is, watching it carefully and walking around it and pointing to it.
Uh—just as I ran up, policemen ran around the west corner and ran—uh—northward on the side of the building. And my first impression was that—uh—that they had chased someone out of the building around that corner, or possibly they had wounded someone. All the policemen had their pistols pulled. And people were pointing back around those shrubs around that west corner and—uh—you would think that there was a chase going on in that direction.
Again, the reason that I didn't follow was because A. J. had come up, and my first concern was to get back with the President.
Mr. Belin. This pool of blood—about how far would it have been north of the curbline of Elm Street as Elm Street goes to the expressway?
Mr. Couch. I'd say—uh—well, from Elm Street, you mean, itself?
Mr. Belin. Yes. This is from that part of Elm Street that goes into the expressway?
Mr. Couch. I'd say—uh—50 to 60 feet, and about 15 feet or 10 to 15 feet from the corner of the Texas Depository Building.
Mr. Belin. It would have been somewhere along that park area there?
Mr. Couch. Right.
Mr. Belin. Was there anything else you noticed by this pool of blood?