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. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did they take notes as you talked with them?
Mr. CROY. No; we talked the entire thing over, and after we talked
everything over and they brought the stenographer in and we went back
over it again, then I left and she typed it up, and I came in the next
day and we went back over it again and back over it and so on.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were they critical of you in any way for not having
ejected Ruby the first time that you saw him in the basement?
Mr. CROY. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you indicate to them at that time that you didn't know
who he was when you first saw him?
Mr. CROY. Yes; I didn't know who he was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you first saw this man, did you believe that he was a
newspaper reporter?
Mr. CROY. I did.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you tell that to Lieutenant Revill and Captain
Cornwall?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I am going to mark this "Ruby location at the time Croy
saw him moving toward Oswald." Is that a fair description of what the
hieroglyphics on here mean?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I am going to mark this "Dallas, Tex., Mr. Croy, 3-26-64,
Exhibit 5054," and what I have marked on is the chart upon which you
made a certain mark while you described to me what happened when you
saw a man you believed to be Ruby run toward Oswald.
Now, let me ask you to sign that, if you believe that is an accurate
copy of the real McCoy. Would you date it also?
Mr. CROY. [Signs and dates.]
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do you have any other information that you could
provide the Commission of any significance?
Mr. CROY. None other than what we have talked about right here.
(Statement to witness by court reporter.)
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, now, tell me about your conversation that you had
with our court stenographer here prior to coming in here, about Tippit?
Mr. CROY. Oh, it was at the scene over where Officer Tippit was killed,
at the scene.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you at the scene when Tippit was there?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Unassigned?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I take it you are nodding your head?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What time were you at the scene where Tippit was killed?
Mr. CROY. I watched them load him in the ambulance.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see. Were you on reserve duty that day?
Mr. CROY. Yes. I was stationed downtown in the, I believe it was the
1800 or 1900 block of Main Street.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you in a patrol car?
Mr. CROY. No; I was on foot.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you in uniform?
Mr. CROY. In uniform.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where were you at the time President Kennedy was shot?
Mr. CROY. Sitting in my car at the city hall. I would guess, I don't
know, because I didn't know he was shot until, I guess, several minutes
after it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that where you were located when you heard he was shot?
Mr. CROY. No. I was on Main Street trying to go home.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You were driving your car down Main Street?
Mr. CROY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. About where were you on Main Street?
Mr. CROY. Griffin.
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