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. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who did you tell at that time?
Mr. CROY. Lieutenant McCoy.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Reserve Lieutenant McCoy?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Anybody else?
Mr. CROY. I don't recall if I mentioned it or not to Reserve Lieutenant
Nicholson, I may have.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Nicholson?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did Lieutenant McCoy say when you told him that?
Mr. CROY. I don't recall what he said.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why did you tell him about it?
Mr. CROY. We were just talking about it later on that afternoon.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, what were you saying?
Mr. CROY. We were just talking about what happened in the basement,
where he was at and where I was at.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you speculating about where he came from or how he
got in or anything like that?
Mr. CROY. A little bit, I am trying to figure out what the heck
happened, really.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were there other officers in the basement doing that also?
Mr. CROY. They were doing it just between theirselves. There wasn't any
group talking about it, I don't know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What time was it that you talked, approximately, to
Lieutenant McCoy?
Mr. CROY. Oh, I don't know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, was this, you say, a short time after you left your
position up on the Main Street ramp, or was it a long time after?
Mr. CROY. It was a pretty good while after. An hour.
Mr. GRIFFIN. An hour or so?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, between the time that you told this Lieutenant McCoy
and you went off duty, what did you do?
Mr. CROY. I sat up in the city planning room.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was up there in the city planning room?
Mr. CROY. Lieutenant McCoy and Reserve Lieutenant Barney Merrell.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Anybody else you can recall?
Mr. CROY. Reserve Lieutenant Nicholson. And there was Captain Solomon
up there, and Captain Arnett, and several other reserve officers, that
we kind of set up a command post, is actually what it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What were you doing up there?
Mr. CROY. Making assignments.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was giving you directions?
Mr. CROY. Lieutenant McCoy.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What sort of assignments were you making?
Mr. CROY. Placing the men in different spots throughout the city hall
and seeing that they were relieved, and calling on the telephone to get
some more help.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you have some time to sit around and talk?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, did you talk about what you had seen down in the
basement?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you tell these men out there about Ruby brushing past
you?
Mr. CROY. I talked to Lieutenant McCoy about it. I don't know whether
Mike Nicholson and Merrell were there at that particular time or not. I
don't know whether they overheard what we were talking about or not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, did Captain Solomon at that time make any request
that people write reports about what they had seen?
Mr. CROY. No.
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