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. Saw one leave, it was a squad car, and it left and went this
way.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Up the Main Street ramp. Did you see any other cars coming
in the basement? Were officers coming in on routine duty and so forth?
Mr. BEATY. I am sure there were, but I don't remember whether they
were or not. I know that they closed it from 9 o'clock on, but I can't
remember exactly what time they shut it off.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, when you first walked out in here in front of the
swinging doors toward the ramp, do you recall if the TV lights were on?
Mr. BEATY. No, sir; they weren't.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do you recall when the armored car came in?
Mr. BEATY. Yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall if the TV lights were on at that time?
Mr. BEATY. No, sir; I am quite sure that they took some picture of it,
but I don't remember whether, and there again which lights are you
talking about? Man, they were everywhere down there. And the armored
car backed down this ramp.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Commerce Street?
Mr. BEATY. Commerce Street ramp. And there were people with cameras on
the Main Street ramp back over here, back behind this 55-foot entrance
to the garage. They were everywhere.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was there some sort of floodlights set up in connection
with the TV cameras?
Mr. BEATY. I am sure there were. They were awful bright. I don't know
whether they were hooked onto the cameras or something. They brought in
this material, but the best I remember, there was a bunch of them over
in this area.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Behind the camera?
Mr. BEATY. Well, not necessarily. They could have been under or over.
You couldn't hardly tell.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, at the time that the armored car came down the ramp,
did you see what happened around that armored car?
Mr. BEATY. Like what now?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see anything that happened?
Mr. BEATY. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You saw the armored car come down?
Mr. BEATY. It took them quite a while to get the armored car down.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you actually see it come down?
Mr. BEATY. Not the whole time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. As you looked up toward that armored car, were you able to
see people around that armored car from where you were standing?
Mr. BEATY. Well, tell me when you are talking about?
Mr. GRIFFIN. At anytime.
Mr. BEATY. It took it about 5 minutes to back down, because it was too
tight for the ramp, and they didn't get it all the way in there. They
were very, very cautious and careful, and it parked up the ramp, and I
don't remember seeing anybody around.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall Chief Batchelor coming down into the
basement and going up to the armored car?
Mr. BEATY. No, sir; I don't.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall any police officers up in the area of the
armored car?
Mr. BEATY. No, sir; I don't.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do you recall whether there was an officer--did you
see an officer stationed up at the top of the Main Street ramp?
Mr. BEATY. No, sir; I couldn't see that way.
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