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. How about Lowery? Are you much of a friend with Lowery?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. We ride to work together and run around a bit together.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How friendly are you with Harrison?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. We are good friends, but as far as running around, he
lives way over in Pleasant Grove, and I live in Grand Prairie. It is
way across town, so we don't get around together.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Lowery had seen Ruby. Did Lowery know Ruby?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Did he recognize Ruby before?
Mr. GRIFFIN. He had seen Ruby on a number of occasions, actually,
didn't he before?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. You mean before this happened?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I tell you the truth, I really don't know. I think he
said he knew him, or seen him around, but as far as actual standing
there, I don't know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see Captain King in the basement at any time prior
to the shooting?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Well, now, that I don't remember whether I saw him down
there prior to the shooting or whether it was after. There was a whole
bunch of officers down there, and, man, I do remember a few immediately
right there, and someone that came out the door, because I was right
there and watched them as they came out.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, now, if you and Captain King had been standing
together and you both saw Ruby and you both knew Ruby, what would you
do?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Well, now, you mean if we saw him come into the
basement, or if we saw him standing there?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Saw him standing down there and you were both standing
there together?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. Well, that is something that is pretty hard to say,
honestly, because the basement is supposed to be secured when we went
down there.
In other words, everybody that wasn't supposed to be there, was
supposed to be out, and they had officers checking them coming in, and
me not knowing Ruby, I probably wouldn't have known him if I had been
shown him on the street.
Mr. GRIFFIN. If you knew Ruby and you both were standing there, if you
knew him and you and Captain King were standing there, and you knew
Captain King was looking at him too----
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I would have tried to find out what he was doing,
knowing he wasn't a newsman or couldn't have a news pass.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you have deferred to Captain King or any other
superior officer? Would you let him take the initiative on it?
Mr. CUTCHSHAW. I would have asked him myself if I had seen him, because
that is what we were down there for.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What I am trying to get at, and the only reason I use
Captain King--I could have used Chief Batchelor or anybody like that,
but my point is, that if a junior officer like you and a senior officer
were standing together, is there any feeling that you would defer to
the senior officer to take the initiative in throwing some guy out?
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