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. HUBERT. Do you get paid extra for that?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Who determines when you do extra work?
Mr. RIGGS. Well, the head porter and our supervising engineer, Mr.
Homer Garland usually picks out certain things for us to do, and the
head porter will tell us.
Mr. HUBERT. Who is the head porter?
Mr. RIGGS. Charles Gill.
Mr. HUBERT. G-i-l-l?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I understand that you were working and on duty on
November 24, the date that Oswald was shot.
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Why were you working that day?
Mr. RIGGS. Well, I was doing work inside the new city hall. Well, in
the old building. We was cleaning the floors, because we had quite a
few photographers in around, and they wanted us to keep the stuff off
the floor.
Mr. HUBERT. By the old building you mean the building now occupied by
the Dallas Police Department?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. The new building that you refer to is the municipal
building?
Mr. RIGGS. Municipal building, yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. What time did you report for work?
Mr. RIGGS. I would say 7 o’clock, 7 o’clock that morning.
Mr. HUBERT. Who ordered you to go to work?
Mr. RIGGS. Well, Gill.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you worked the day before, too?
Mr. RIGGS. This was on----
Mr. HUBERT. Sunday.
Mr. RIGGS. Sunday, no, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you worked on Saturday?
Mr. RIGGS. No, sir; I don’t believe I worked that Saturday.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you worked on Friday night until Saturday morning?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir; I was absent, actually, I worked, you know--it is
my regular work through--weekly day from 6 until 2:45, and like I say,
if you work weekends, usually work from 7 until 3. Actually, from 6
and--until 3. Usually come in a little earlier at various times, but
this day I believe I came in at 7.
Mr. HUBERT. What I mean is that on Saturday, the day before this day,
did you work your regular hours or----
Mr. RIGGS. I’m trying to think, because we had quite a bit of work that
weekend, because actually, we had quite a few people over in the other
building. They sent different ones. Only time I remember is--that day
I don’t know whether I worked that night before then, because I had
worked quite a bit on that weekend, too.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, for the purposes of identification, I’m going to mark
a document which purports to be a photostatic copy of a sign-in sheet.
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir.
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