Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15) — John Shaqi
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. GRIFFIN. Now, over to your left as the Main Street ramp comes down,
were you able to tell how many rows deep the newspaper people were?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. No; I couldn’t tell about how many rows there were.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right; now, what happened after you slowed up?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Well, can I back up here just a second.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Coming out this door here--[indicating] evidently
several news media over in this area here [indicating].
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, you are pointing to the area on the map----
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Be the north wall here [indicating]----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you place “X’s” on the map where you think you saw
newspaper people.
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Looked to me all along right in here [indicating]
because as soon as we came out this door, well, the--this bunch here
just moved in on us.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see. You want to--will you put those “X’s”? You want to
make a little note, “Newspapermen,” or “news”----
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Like I say, they moved in towards us and had those
long-looking microphones and cramming them over there in Oswald’s face.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were there any police officers at the point where you have
marked those “X’s”, holding them back?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. It could have been. I didn’t recognize them. Very well
could have been.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Go ahead.
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Like I say, we came out there. They crammed those
mikes over there, and we had to slow up for just a second, because
they was backing this car into position. It was supposed to have been
in position when we got there, but it wasn’t there, so, we had to
pause, or slow down for the car to come on back. And, of course, this
pause there--Captain Fritz opened the door of the car. He walked up to
the door there. I don’t say he opened the door or not. I didn’t see
him open the door. He just walked up to it and then I saw a blur or
something and I couldn’t tell what it was. I couldn’t tell, and I heard
what sounded like a shot.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And----
Mr. MONTGOMERY. And then----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you hear anybody say anything?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. There was--just fixing to say there was just kind of a
roar, you know, people hollering and everything.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Before you heard this shot, did you hear anybody say
anything?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. All these newspaper reporters were hollering, “Why did
you shoot the President?” And all that stuff.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Off the record.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. GRIFFIN. Back on the record. Now, what did you say happened when
you heard the shot?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Well, Officer Graves was on Oswald’s left and I went
around Officer Graves to try to help get--and, of course, when I got
around there several officers had hold of him, and I grabbed him around
the throat, and was applying a choke hold on him, and, of course, we
drug him off to one side over on the cement there on the ramp.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What kind of struggle was he putting up?
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