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. Did you see him taken back upstairs?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. No; I, evidently, was in the squad room at the time he
was taken back.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see Ruby brought back down a second time?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. No; I didn’t, not that day; no.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you in the homicide bureau the entire time?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. In and out.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you out for any period as long as 10 or 15 minutes?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Well, I talked to one witness back for, I guess for
about 20 or 30 minutes. The way our office is set up they could have
carried him in and taken him back out without some of them sitting back
in the squad room ever seeing him come in or go out.
Mr. GRIFFIN. This first occasion when you brought Ruby down, was Agent
Sorrels of the Secret Service in Fritz’ office?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. I couldn’t say for sure, because those blinds were
drawn to the captain’s office, and I couldn’t see who all was in there.
I walked up to the door. I could see Captain Fritz, and Hall and Boyd
stepped on inside.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Okay. Go ahead.
Mr. MONTGOMERY. At 10:30--I left at 10:30 Sunday night.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Prior to 10:30, I take it you answered; you didn’t see
Ruby again?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Not that Sunday; no.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Did you talk--did you see Archer again on that
Sunday?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Archer and them, let’s see, were in our office, when we
got back from the hospital--Archer and Harrison, Cutchshaw and Lowery
were all in the office when we got back.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was there any discussion in there about how Ruby got into
the basement?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. I think there was some--somebody say, “How did he get
down here?”
Mr. GRIFFIN. And what was said?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Well, of course, nobody knew for sure. Said, “Well, no
telling how he got in.”
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see Archer after that other than when you saw him
up in the jail cell?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Not that day. I don’t believe Archer was in our office.
I know Harrison and Cutchshaw and Lowery were in there, and McMillon
was upstairs with Archer, because I remember now in the scuffle down
here in apprehending Jack Ruby, McMillon lost his hat, and, of course,
I thought it was Ruby’s hat, so, I was hanging onto it, you know, and
on the way to Parkland I looked inside and T. D. McMillon’s initials
were in it, so, upon our arrival back from Parkland Hospital to the
office, I went down to McMillon’s office and left his hat.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk with Harrison at all about how Ruby got in,
Blackie Harrison?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. I don’t believe I did.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk with Lowery at all about it?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Well, like I say, we were all back there in that squad
room, and somebody said, “How did he get down there?” And I don’t know
who said--well, I don’t know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Didn’t Lowery say at that point that he thought Ruby
pushed a TV camera in?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. I couldn’t swear that he did or didn’t.
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