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
Mr. BEATY. I just was trying to remember when Captain Jones told me
to remain there. No; I was just trying to remember about the lapse of
time, it seemed to me like.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask you to look over this with me. Let me point
out, you indicated here that you thought Oswald came down about 11:30?
Mr. BEATY. I do.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, they have reported that you told them that it was 10
o'clock. Now it may be that that was that time it could be a mistake on
their part writing it down?
Mr. BEATY. Well, I don't know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Go ahead.
Mr. BEATY. Boy, it is hard to remember, but it seems to me like he
breezed through in just probably about 30 minutes--could possibly be
longer--after Mr. Jones told me this. I waited around for probably
another 4 or 5 minutes and the elevator doors opened up, and here all
the officers from the third floor, and we moved from there out into the
middle hallway. And they describe it here as a, whatever, I don't know,
right outside the jail office door, the little hall where they brought
him out of the jail office door there, and we remained there for about
30 minutes. And if the shooting actually occurred around 11:30, I have
made an error about the original time Captain Jones said that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you want to take my pen and on this statement would
you want to put a circle around the 10 o'clock and make some note out
on the side that what you meant was 30 minutes before the shooting, or
whatever you think was the accurate time?
Mr. BEATY. Gosh, I don't remember. I just can't remember to save my
life what time it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How is your memory as to the fact that it was about 30
minutes before the shooting?
Mr. BEATY. Thirty minutes, may be an hour. That times passes so fast
along in there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you think it could have been longer than an hour?
Mr. BEATY. I don't think so; no, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would it be fair to say, and I want you to be very frank
about this, because I don't want to change this in any way that isn't
fair, would it be fair to change this time 10 a.m., to read----
Mr. BEATY. That it was 10 or 10:30, would that be all right, because I
don't remember?
Mr. GRIFFIN. To read a half hour or--to an hour before Oswald was shot?
Mr. BEATY. Well, I don't carry a watch so I never know what time it is
unless I ask somebody and it would be a matter of kind of remembering,
and if you want to say 10 or 10:30, that would be about the same time,
wouldn't it?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would it be just fair to say, "I am not certain about the
exact time?"
Mr. BEATY. That would be fine.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I wish you would do this in your own handwriting and write
in there, "I am not certain about the time."
Mr. BEATY. [Makes statement and initials.]
Mr. GRIFFIN. Put a date after your initials.
Mr. BEATY. 3-26-64. I don't even remember what month.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right, now, do you recall any of the people who came
down in the contingent with Captain Jones?
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