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. PIERCE. Unless, inadvertently, someone left it open. It is supposed
to be--and it is all the time when I am on duty, it is locked. Because
I don’t want any----
Mr. HUBERT. Was it locked on November 24, all the time?
Mr. PIERCE. It was locked.
Mr. HUBERT. You were in charge of it, and you say that it was locked?
Mr. PIERCE. Yes. Now, with this reservation being that the head porter,
our--Mr. Servance, also has a key to that door, because the porters’
quarters, their locker room area and quarters, what we refer to as
quarters generally is on the outside of that door in the police and
courts building proper, and to get to it--their duties and in this
garage area here, and in the municipal building, they are required to
go in and out of that door to get their assigned jobs. He has a key,
and when I say, “to my knowledge it was locked,” the only reservation
is that at sometime he was there and present in that area, and it was
locked unless opened by him, or a porter who was working.
Mr. HUBERT. So, if a person could get into this subbasement, he could
go very easily into the basement, itself?
Mr. PIERCE. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. No locked door between them?
Mr. PIERCE. No locked doors. It has the stairway that goes from the
subbasement, the stairway level up to----
Mr. HUBERT. What kind of a lock is there on that subbasement door that
you are talking about? Do you need a key to get in?
Mr. PIERCE. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. When you pass through the door does it automatically lock?
Mr. PIERCE. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That is a push button type
lock. It is true, you can let yourself out of the subbasement and go
out towards their area.
Mr. HUBERT. Porters’ area?
Mr. PIERCE. And when it closes back, it is locked. It locks, and to
come back through you have to use your key again unless you are going
to be there for some period of time, you want to be--you can push the
button you are speaking of automatically and that releases itself
automatically. If you push the button it remains unlocked for you.
Mr. HUBERT. That would be true also if a person was coming from the
outside and wanted to get into the subbasement, or you--use the key to
get in and when the doors shuts again, it is locked?
Mr. PIERCE. It is locked; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, I think that about covers it, Mr. Pierce. Have
you been interviewed by any member of the President’s Commission to
your knowledge, sir?
Mr. PIERCE. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, sir.
Mr. PIERCE. As for the--any personnel going in the garage area there
at the time he was shot, I guess I am not in the position to say
positively there was no one other than news personnel or media and
police.
Mr. HUBERT. But, you don’t know that to be a fact, do you?
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