Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GRIFFIN. You have crossed out one mark and you made a big circle
which you blacked in, on the railing.
Mr. BEERS. May I draw an arrow to point where I was standing?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Okay.
Mr. BEERS. So it will be much clearer.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What time would you estimate it was when you stationed
yourself at point 1?
Mr. BEERS. Probably 9:15 or 9:20.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long did you remain at that position?
Mr. BEERS. According to the time which we received, and which Mr. Ruby
shot Mr. Oswald, which would be somewhere around 11:21, or thereabouts,
I probably remained there until about 11:25.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So you remained there right at that spot right up until
the shooting?
Mr. BEERS. And through the shooting and for a few moments thereafter.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see.
Mr. BEERS. A few minutes thereafter.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall an automobile moving out of the ramp? I mean
out of the garage area and going up the Main Street ramp shortly before
Mr. Oswald was shot?
Mr. BEERS. Yes; there was an armored car parked in the driveway near
the top of the Commerce Street entrance, and there was a black squad
car, I believe I am correct, that backed up the ramp to Main Street in
the direction of Main Street. I didn’t look right up there and see what
he did. He never came back down the ramp.
Mr. GRIFFIN. This is a car that you recall driving onto Main Street?
Mr. BEERS. It backed up onto Main Street, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see.
Mr. BEERS. It backed from the basement and backed up Main Street toward
what would be the entrance way to the ramp.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Before that car was moved, was backed up onto the Main
Street ramp, do you recall any car driving in a forward direction up
the Main Street ramp?
Mr. BEERS. No; I don’t.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall how much traffic there was in and out of the
basement while you were stationed there?
Mr. BEERS. There was several police cars that came into the basement
and out, and if I remember correctly, after this armored car was
stationed there. I don’t recall that there were any other squad cars
that came into the basement.
The reason I recall them was because they were stopping there just
about right where I was standing and looking into the back seats and so
forth.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall a TV camera being wheeled into the basement
shortly before Jack Ruby shot Oswald?
Mr. BEERS. No, sir; I don’t. A big live camera?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. BEERS. I don’t recall seeing that. I may have, but I don’t recall
seeing it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now at the time that Oswald was brought out, do you recall
how people were, newspeople and policemen, were stationed in the
basement? Do you recall roughly how they were spread out?
Mr. BEERS. Roughly, they were asked to get into somewhat of an L-shaped
position here, which would be that the news people would be across the
driveway like so, and this area here in front of the cameras was more
or less open.
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