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. Do you recall where Miller and Harrison were?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No; I don't. I did see them after that. He came in
there, and I asked him where he had been, and he said when he came back
from the cafe he went down in the basement, which is our locker room,
to get some cigars.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where did you see him?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Down in the lobby.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, then, when you congregated outside that jail office,
what happened?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Captain Jones came in and told us that we were going
to have to form a cordon and keep everybody out except those who are
authorized, which was the police officers and the news media.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he tell you anything about what you should do when
Oswald came down?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. He said to try to keep everybody back and not to let
them get too close to him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You formed along one of the walls; didn't you?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I was at the door where the doors come out of the jail
lobby.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Maybe it would be easier if you took this diagram and
indicate on the diagram where. Would it be easier to turn it around the
other way? Indicate where you were. [Diagram marked Cutchshaw Exhibit
No. 5046.]
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. This door is a swinging door, and it was swinging back
inside the jail, and I was right here at this.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you put an "X" there?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I was standing right here by the side of the door.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right; now, did you remain there the entire time?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes; until after the shooting.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, what did Captain Jones tell you to do at that
particular time?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Captain Jones told us what he wanted done, for us to
line up the cordons here and block off the doors here, and had officers
lined over here, so I just got at that position. He didn't put us at
any particular position. So I was over here. And there was a bunch of
newsmen in this area in here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. In the jail office?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. In the jail office. And I asked him about those and he
said he wanted everybody out there, and we cleared out the jail office
except the officers here.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is behind the desk?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you cleared out those news people in the jail office,
did anybody help you?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes; Captain Jones was there. He was right there, and
he came in with me, and I believe it was a, I think it was Lieutenant
Wiggins that was on duty that morning. I'm not too sure.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How many newspaper people would you estimate were in there?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I would say there were about seven or eight in there at
the time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see where those people went?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes; they came out this door and to the left.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The door where you stationed yourself?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did they all go out and turn left as they got out?
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