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. Yes; there had.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You then displaced news people, is that right?
Mr. BEATY. No; whenever Captain Jones come back down, and I think he
had Sergeant Putnam or Dean, and he instructed them all to get back
there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The area you are pointing to is on the opposite side from
where you were?
Mr. BEATY. That's right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Okay.
Mr. BEATY. If you go on with your interview, I can tell you what my
opinion is why we was there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is what I want you to tell me, what your opinion was.
Mr. BEATY. Well, of course, the people from the press, they brought
Oswald out here, they all, Captain Jones asked them to please don't ask
him no questions, and let's get this over with as fast as we can. Those
are not his exact words, but that is what he meant. So, we all moved
back behind this line, and as they brought Oswald out to just about
the entrance to the Commerce Street and Main Street ramp right along
here----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Put a circle where Oswald was.
Mr. BEATY. The three of them were there along here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. I have written "Oswald."
Mr. BEATY. And, by the way, after that they moved these people back,
these officers on the north side of the hallway were moved out into the
ramp area here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. These started to move out?
Mr. BEATY. Yes, sir; they did.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, how about the people on your side?
Mr. BEATY. There was only about four of us over there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You people stayed where you were?
Mr. BEATY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask you this. Do you think these people who were on
the ramp side, which you call the north side----
Mr. BEATY. Yes, sir; I would call it the north side.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What you have called the north side opposite where you
were standing, do you think those people began to move out sort of
instinctively?
Mr. BEATY. No; they moved out before he got out there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see.
Mr. BEATY. And I am sure that there were some more officers that, I
don't know, that were along here. They had two people stationed out
here, a reserve and a----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Put an "X" where these reserves were.
Mr. BEATY. To keep these people from coming through here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. This was between the swinging doors and the main elevators?
Mr. BEATY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right, were there two reserve officers?
Mr. BEATY. No; they had one reserve and one officer stationed here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right.
Mr. BEATY. Yes, and before they brought Oswald out, there was some
photographers in this area inside the jail office.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You have placed circles in the jail office where there
were photographers?
Mr. BEATY. And they were removed by a uniformed officer and asked to
come out here, or out here, or back here, and I recall some of them
went this way and went on out and took their place.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Some of them went toward the garage area and some on the
Main Street ramp?
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