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. Now, before you went out to Love Field, did you prepare a
report of what had happened down in the basement?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No, sir; that is where I went, I am sorry. I am getting
confused, but when I left the basement, I talked to somebody downstairs
about it, and I think that was Captain Jones, and he said, "Well, go
upstairs and write out your report, whatever you know, or what you
saw." And I went to the homicide bureau first and made out my report in
written letter form that you have, and gave it to the homicide office
up there, and then I went to my room, which is room 314.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, so at the time you prepared this letter dated--let me
ask you this: Let me hand you Exhibit 5043. Is that a true and accurate
copy of a report that you wrote out in the homicide bureau?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Let me take a minute here [reading report]. You mean
word for word?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask you this: I notice you pulled out a set of
papers from your pocket. You have a copy of the actual report you
prepared?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes; I have a copy which is one of the Xerox copies of
the report which I wrote.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you mind if we made a photocopy of that? And retain
it for our files?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No, sir; I don't. In fact, it looks like--that is my
handwritten copy. I don't know whether you can read it or not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, I think I can make out your handwriting here. I am
referring now to the copy of the handwritten report which Detective
Crenshaw prepared on November 24, 1963, in the homicide bureau office.
Approximately how long after Ruby shot Oswald?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. About 20 minutes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Could it have been longer than that?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. It could have been longer, but it was approximately 20
minutes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Could it have been as long as 2 hours later?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I think it was that long. It might have been the
way things were, but I remember when I left the basement, I did go
upstairs, and I did go to the homicide office and that is where I wrote
the report.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you go up to homicide because somebody in the basement
told you to go up and write a report on what you saw?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was that?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Captain Jones. I know he told me.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right.
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. And there was a standing order to put it down in writing
what you saw and what you did.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was this after everything had been quieted down in the
basement?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes; well, now, I am losing track of my time again.
Mr. GRIFFIN. It is important that we try to straighten this out.
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Let's see. I will have to retract some of them. I don't
want to state it that way. But so far as what I have said, it is true,
but as far as my time element is concerned, when I left, I had to go up
to the first floor, and I kept seeing people coming in and out.
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