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. GRAVES. I believe they had already put some white clothes on him,
jail clothes, taken his suit off of him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, did you go into Captain Fritz’ office?
Mr. GRAVES. No; I didn’t. I didn’t see Jack Ruby anymore until they
transferred him to the county.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk to any police officer that day about how Ruby
got into the jail?
Mr. GRAVES. As I say, I just heard rumors going around, and at this
point I don’t really remember who related it to me, but--there was
rumors that he----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember as you got back there what the first rumor
was that you heard circulating?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes; that he slipped in the basement by a squad car when
they drove out the north ramp.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You heard this when you got back to the----
Mr. GRAVES. Sometime after I got back. Just exactly when, I don’t know,
but that got around shortly after. It could have been 2 or 3 hours
later, I don’t know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was the next rumor that you heard?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, I don’t know. I heard that Chief Batchelor and a
couple of the detectives had walked down the ramp and Ruby walked in
with them, and I heard that he probably had a pass.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And----
Mr. GRAVES. Press pass, and he used that on one of the officers at the
door to get in. You can hear everything.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you first hear the rumor that he had walked down
the Main Street ramp?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, I can’t remember. Just some time that day after we
got back there from the hospital.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you hear it before or after the other rumors that you
are relating?
Mr. GRAVES. That was the first one that I heard, really.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That he walked down the Main Street ramp?
Mr. GRAVES. That he walked down the ramp when that squad car drove out.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And people came out of Captain Fritz’ office, who had been
talking with Ruby, did you hear anything coming out of Captain Fritz’
office as to how Ruby got in?
Mr. GRAVES. No; sure didn’t.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you ever learn from any of the detectives who had been
talking to Ruby in Captain Fritz’ office how Ruby got into the jail
basement?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, let’s see. I don’t know who it was, that told me how
he (Ruby) got in. Now, Captain Fritz later told us that he asked Ruby
how he got in there and he told him, I believe it was, at that time
that he would rather not discuss that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. And did Captain Fritz tell you this shortly
after this interview that Fritz was having with Ruby?
Mr. GRAVES. It was some time after the interview. And I don’t remember
exactly when, but it was some time after he had talked with him. Maybe
the second time, I don’t know, but it was some time after he had told
him, and they told----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, at the time that Ruby--at the time that you learned
from Fritz that Ruby didn’t want to talk about how he got in this
basement, had you already heard that Ruby came down the ramp?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes.
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