If Oswald Was The Assassin, Did He Plan His Escape From The TSBD Very Well?

[Colin Crow]

Mr. BALL. And were you sitting there when you heard the shot?
Mr. PIPER. That’s right.
Mr. BALL. Tell me what you heard?
Mr. PIPER. I heard one shot, and then the next shot went off-the one that shot him and I got on up and went on back, back where they make coffee at the end of the counter where I could see what happened and before I could get there, the third shot went off, and I seen the people all running and in a few minutes someone came in the building, and I looked up and it was the bossman and a policeman or someone.
Mr. BALL. You say you heard one shot-you heard two shots and you got up and then what happened, where did you go?
Mr. PIPER. I came out to the end of the counter where they make coffee there by the stand.

I'm not totally sure though where this counter was where they make coffee.

It was the northern end of one of the long benches where Troy West worked/slept. Not that far from the elevators and clock.

[Gerry Down]

It was the northern end of one of the long benches where Troy West worked/slept. Not that far from the elevators and clock.

Where was the clock in the TSBD?

[Colin Crow]

Where was the clock in the TSBD?

It was on the pillar outside Shelley's office, facing the packing tables. Whoops, that was the phone. the clock was on the wall outside the small store room.

[Gerry Down]

It was on the pillar outside Shelley's office, facing the packing tables. Whoops, that was the phone. the clock was on the wall outside the small store room.

So facing west?

[John Mytton]

It was the northern end of one of the long benches where Troy West worked/slept. Not that far from the elevators and clock.

"Slept"?

West had a consistent routine of arriving to work 5 to 10 minutes early and thus was easy to work around.

Mr. BELIN - Do you remember what time you got to work that particular morning?
Mr. WEST - It was about 10 minutes to 8. I always be 5 or 10 minutes early.

And in addition at lunchtime on the 22nd West left the area and went in (to presumably the washroom) and washed his hands and face, and again if this was his daily routine this was also easily worked around.

Mr. BELIN - Then what did you do?
Mr. WEST - Well, I went in and washed my hands and face and then got ready to put my coffee on.

And as for the clock, Piper on the 22nd recalls.

I saw the President pass and heard some shots and looked at the clock there and saw it was 12:55PM.
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/testimony/piper3.htm

JohnM

[Colin Crow]

So facing west?

Sorry Gerry, see my updated post and pic.....I was going from memory (stupidly). Yes facing west.

[Gerry Down]

Sorry Gerry, see my updated post and pic.....I was going from memory (stupidly). Yes facing west.

I don't think this storage room can be the storage room in between Shelleys office and the domino room because this room looks like it is in a corner on the photo. It does have heavy locking mechanisms on it though. Could this room be in the basement?

Unless Shelley could access the storage room from inside his office? Such a doorway doesn't appear on any floor plan that i know of though.