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. I will hand you what has been marked as Exhibit 5005 and
5006. Have you had a chance to look those over, Mr. Montgomery?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is there anything you want to add to those statements that
you haven’t told us already?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. No; not that I know of.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you want to make any corrections in those statements,
in light of what you have said today?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Well, on this one right here, Mr. Griffin, it said,
“He states they had known Ruby for several years.” I don’t know who
“they” would be. See on that second paragraph where it says, “He stated
they----”
Mr. GRIFFIN. You want to change that to “he”?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Uh-huh. That is the only thing I see in there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Okay. Let me look it over for just a second. I notice in
here that you stated that you felt that you hadn’t seen Ruby for at
least 2 years prior to the time of the shooting.
Mr. MONTGOMERY. That is what I was thinking about. Anywhere from a
year, year and a half, to 2 years.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Your best recollection is for a year, or year and a half?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Probably was a year and a half. My partner--after I
gave that to the agent there, this partner advised me that one night we
were driving down Commerce Street and Jack pulled up beside of us and
spoke to us in his car. I don’t recall seeing him, but my partner told
me he--that we had seen him there. That shouldn’t have been too long
before all this happened. I guess two or three----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was your partner that told you that?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. It was Mr. Johnson.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What’s his first name?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Marvin Johnson, but I don’t recall seeing Ruby then, at
that time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You stated in here, I think it is 5006--at least it’s
reported that as you “brought Oswald down into the jail area the two
officers with Oswald between them and Montgomery hesitated before going
into this corridor while Capt. J. W. Fritz checked with Chief----to see
if the area was clear.” Agent Bookhout hasn’t indicated here what chief
that was. Are you able to fill in that blank?
Mr. MONTGOMERY. Well, actually what that was was I told him, “Chief,”
say who did the captain talk to when he stepped out that door. I
couldn’t see. I just told him I thought it was the chief. I didn’t
know. I didn’t--maybe it wasn’t even a chief that he talked to. It was
some lieutenant out there that told him, that is why I say at that
particular time I was hesitant on this. This “chief” business then.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you have anything else that you want to tell us that
we haven’t already covered that you think might be of use to the
Commission?
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