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 did not go out through the Main Street door when
you went out with Fuqua?
Mr. RIGGS. No, sir; definitely.
Mr. HUBERT. Back in the alley?
Mr. RIGGS. Back in the alley; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. And you had the keys with you all the time?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Why did you take the keys with you?
Mr. RIGGS. Well, because there was only this once that--well, actually,
I usually, normally have a key. As a matter of fact, I have quite a
few keys. I didn’t have mine with me during that time, and that was
the only one during that time that would open up that door that was
available, and it stays in the elevator, we close that, because lots of
times some of those porters in the other building will use the keys in
the elevator to put trash out this back door.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, that door, as a matter of fact, can only be opened
from either side. You need a key no matter which way you are coming
from?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. It can’t be set so that it is open?
Mr. RIGGS. You have to unlock it from the inside and going out, to lock
it back, you have to lock it from the outside. In coming back through
you have to unlock it from the outside with the key.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, now, I understood that that back door would not open
in any way without a key so that if you went through it with a key it
would close by itself and you would need a key to get back in again?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. You couldn’t put a snap on that to keep it open?
Mr. RIGGS. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. There is no snap?
Mr. RIGGS. No, sir; I don’t think. You have to use a key.
Mr. HUBERT. You were in uniform that day?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. That uniform, is a well-known uniform?
Mr. RIGGS. It is gray with red letters. It has “City of Dallas,” on the
left side, and name on the right of it.
Mr. HUBERT. Your name sewed on?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir, embroidered on.
Mr. HUBERT. Right.
Mr. RIGGS. First initial and last name.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I am showing you a document which purports to be a
report of an interview of you by FBI Agent Jack Peden, and I am marking
it for identification as follows: “Dallas, Tex., April 1, 1964, Exhibit
5130, deposition of Alfreadia Riggs,” and putting my name on the first
page and since it has a second page I am marking on the second page my
initials in the lower right-hand corner. I would like you to read that
report and see if it reflects the truth, as far as you know it?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, in order that the record can show that we are both
talking about the same document, I would ask you to sign your name
below mine on the margin there, or next to it, and place your initials
on the second page as I have done. Now, you have signed your name on
the first page of Exhibit 5130, and your--put your initials on the
second page. Have you read it?
Mr. RIGGS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Does it represent the truth?
Mr. RIGGS. That’s right.
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