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
We have three entrances. The Harwood, Main and Commerce, and I think
there was four of us which were taking names of people coming in and
leaving, and checking their identification.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Which entrance was it you were at?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I was checking the Commerce side. I was inside the
building close to the information desk, but checking those coming in
and leaving the Commerce Street entrance to the building. So it might
have been about 2 hours after, because I know I was down there for
quite awhile.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you were at the Commerce Street side, were you at the
door going out of the building?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No; I was in the hallway close to the entrance of the
hallway.
Mr. GRIFFIN. As you said before, closer to the information desk?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Closer to the information where the hallway is in front
of the desk.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is on the first floor and not in the basement?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Right. It is on the first floor.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall who was up there with you taking names?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No; I don't.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was Lowery there?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No; I don't think so.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was Harrison there?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I don't think he was there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Anybody from the juvenile bureau there?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I was the only one from the juvenile. There was about
four or five officers, two at the desk and one at the Harwood side
there, checking those, and one on the other side of the desk checking
those coming from the Main Street, and I was on Commerce Street.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you tell any of the people up there what you had seen?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No; not that I can remember. You mean what I saw down in
the basement?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; about your suspicion about those guys pushing the
camera.
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, were you taken off that duty by anybody?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes. Lieutenant came down and told us it was all right
to secure, that everything was settled down, and that is when I left
and went up to the homicide office and wrote my report.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you get the instructions to write a report on
this?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Down in the basement.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Before you got stationed?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Before I had to go upstairs: yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, at the time Captain Jones gave you those instructions
down there, had the basement sort of quieted down?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he give instructions to a bunch of you standing in a
group, or were you all spread out, or how did it happen?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I think there were two or three of us there, and I asked
about it, and told him, and he said, "The information is good," but he
said, "Put it down in writing so you will be able to refer to it later."
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who else was there at the time?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I don't remember who all was there.
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