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. Now, you had come from a position that, if it were on the
map, would be toward the bottom of the map?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you recognize the position of the service elevator here?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. After you had been told to get out of the parking area
marked here, and you had gone up with these others on the service
elevator to the first floor, did you ever get back into this part on
the map called parking area?
Mr. RIGGS. Well, only after everything was over.
Mr. HUBERT. I understand, but prior to the shooting, you never did get
back?
Mr. RIGGS. Never did get back down there; no, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. You had gone through the service elevator, not on the area
shown by this Exhibit 5129, because that is the basement area?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. But on that same service elevator on the next floor up?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. And went through that elevator to the back door, turned to
your left onto Main Street, passed the ramp on Main Street, went over
to Harwood Street, went down into the basement area through the Harwood
Street----
Mr. RIGGS. Entrance; yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Entrance that goes down to the basement. Then you went to
the recreation room and finally came to the position you indicated just
before the shooting?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. How did you get back to the main floor of the municipal
building after the shooting?
Mr. RIGGS. After the shooting--during the excitement and that, during
the excitement Harold and I, we went over to the police information
room over there to get out of the way of the traffic. The police was
all--they was closing all the entrances and wasn’t letting anyone in
and letting no one out, so, in order to keep from being in the way, we
went inside the information room, and stayed over there, I imagine 30
minutes, 20 or 30 minutes, and Harold asked chief--I think it was Chief
Lumpkin for him to escort us from there to the basement, because--I
think he wanted to go home, or his time was up or something. He wanted
to get out of there, because it made him pretty nervous, and Chief
Lumpkin escorted us through the corridor there that leads to the
basement to the parking area, and we went over there and stayed, or was
down in the basement, and after the time elapsed, I went down in our
porter room and stayed around there until time for me to get off.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you do with the keys that you had?
Mr. RIGGS. I put them back in the elevator.
Mr. HUBERT. You put them back in the elevator on what floor?
Mr. RIGGS. In the basement there.
Mr. HUBERT. Was the elevator down in the basement then?
Mr. RIGGS. Well, I called it down.
Mr. HUBERT. Was McKinzie operating the elevator?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes; he was.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he see you put the keys back?
Mr. RIGGS. I don’t know for sure. During the excitement and all of
that, I think--I don’t know whether he and I or someone got to talking
about the incident, and I don’t remember.
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