Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Lieutenant REVILL. Well, Holly was interviewed by Captain Solomon, and
both Lieutenant Cornwall and I.
Mr. HUBERT. All at once?
Lieutenant REVILL. No; see what happened, Holly came to us with his
story. Well, we jumped on it because there might be something to it,
so I called Captain Solomon, who has access to all of the records
and photographs of the reserve officers, and he brought them to the
special services bureau in the city hall. Holly was unable to identify
this officer. We talked to Captain Arnett, who is a reserve captain,
and both Solomon and Arnett were of the opinion that Holly might be
fabricating this thing.
Mr. HUBERT. Now; what did Holly say----
Lieutenant REVILL. Holly----
Mr. HUBERT. That this reserve officer told him?
Lieutenant REVILL. That he had seen Ruby in the basement of the city
hall, and that Ruby had presented press credentials to someone in the
basement of the city hall. We were never able to locate this reserve
officer.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Holly tell you that a reserve officer, possibly the
same one, possibly another, had told him that he had seen Ruby coming
down the ramp, Main Street ramp, and just about a minute before the
shooting?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; Holly did not say that to me. I found a
reserve officer who was present in the basement of the city hall who
saw some individual coming down the ramp, the Main Street ramp.
He could not identify this person as being Ruby. As you said,
approximately a minute or minute and a half after the shooting--I mean,
prior to the shooting. Have you got a----
Mr. HUBERT. I don't want to suggest anything to you, but to assist you,
tell me if you don't recognize the name, Officer Newman?
Lieutenant REVILL. I believe that it is Newman. I can show you. You--he
was assigned----
Mr. HUBERT. Did you interview Newman?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Newman said that he had not recognized Jack Ruby?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes; he did not recognize the man coming down the
ramp, and the distance involved, I can readily see why he could not
identify him.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Newman mention to you in your interview that as a
matter of fact, there were two people he saw in the basement area. One,
a man coming down the ramp about a minute before the shooting, and
another person who jumped the rail down there from the parking area
into the ramp on the Main Street side, but that he could not identify
either?
Lieutenant REVILL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And that, as to the man jumping the rail he didn't know
whether it was before the shooting or after.
Lieutenant REVILL. The man that he is making reference to jumping over
the rail was an electrician, and this was prior to the shooting.
Mr. HUBERT. Was this Chabot? [Spelling] C-h-a-b-o-t?
Lieutenant REVILL. Tommy Chabot, I believe he is a mechanic.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he, Newman, identify him as such?
Lieutenant REVILL. Newman did not identify him as such, nor did he
identify the man running down the ramp.
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