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. GRIFFIN. Where was the officer standing who gave that order?
Mr. CROY. Somewhere in this general area. He just stepped out of the
little hallway leading to the jail office. I don't know who it was. He
was a detective.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see.
Mr. CROY. In plain clothes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You saw him emerge from the jail office?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. He said move everybody back?
Mr. CROY. Well, he didn't say move everybody back. He said move back
against the railing. At that particular time they were all crowded out
in here and all the way around.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You are indicating the area right in front of the TV
cameras?
Mr. CROY. And he said, move the press back against the railing, this
group right here. They didn't move them back because they wasn't
actually--what they were trying to do was clear a hall because they
were crowded right up to the entrance right here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You say there was a group that was standing across the
Main Street ramp that wasn't pushed back?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where were you standing? Would you mark on the diagram
where you were standing when the order was given to push the people
back?
Mr. CROY. Do you want me to put an "X"?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Put a "C" in there and put a circle around it.
Mr. CROY. [Complies.]
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you turn around and move the crowd back?
Mr. CROY. There was a man with a camera, movie camera, sitting on his
shoulder, standing next to me.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Which direction were you facing?
Mr. CROY. I was facing to the south.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Toward Commerce Street?
Mr. CROY. Yes; he would have been to my left. And there was also
another fellow standing just slightly in back of him.
And when he gave this order to move the people back, I thought he
referred to everyone moving against the rail, because I was in back of
this other group of the press. I didn't bother with them. I let the
ones in front of them take care of them, and I turned to the man with
the camera and this other fellow and told them to move back against the
rail.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you recognize this other fellow?
Mr. CROY. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, then, what did you do?
Mr. CROY. I turned back around and watched the reporters in front of me.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see someone there that you recognized?
Mr. CROY. Where?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where the reporters were in front of you?
Mr. CROY. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, maybe I don't understand your affidavit here. You
stated in here, "someone in authority gave instructions to move the
press back against the rail. At that time I turned and told two men
standing to my left to move back against the rail. One of these men had
a motion picture camera. The other one was in a dark maroon coat with
black thread woven into it. He was wearing a black hat. My father has a
coat something similar to the man I spoke to.
"I then turned my attention back to the reporters which were standing
in front of me. I believe this man to have been Jack Ruby."
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