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. McMILLON. We assisted in it. There was some jailers assisting us,
too.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, when you removed the contents of his pockets, what
did you do with that material?
Mr. McMILLON. As best I remember, we gave it to a jailer. I recall that
a hat was sent up to the jail. I had lost mine during the scuffle. A
hat was sent up to the jail. They thought it was mine. I recall seeing
some of that property placed in his hat, but I can’t remember for sure.
I know it was turned over to authorized jail personnel.
Mr. GRIFFIN. It was turned over to some jailer?
Mr. McMILLON. Uh-huh.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, is that the normal procedure, when a man is stripped,
to turn it over to a jailer?
Mr. McMILLON. His property?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. McMILLON. Oh, yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, whose responsibility was it to fill out an inventory
at that point?
Mr. McMILLON. It would have been the jailer’s, and it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And you didn’t fill out an inventory on it?
Mr. McMILLON. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember if any keys were taken out of his pocket?
Mr. McMILLON. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you examine those keys?
Mr. McMILLON. Not at this particular point. I can explain that right
now, if you want me to go into it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes, I would.
Mr. McMILLON. Okay. Later in the afternoon, one of the lieutenants,
I believe it was, instructed me to take the keys from his property,
to meet, I believe, Lieutenant Smart and Lieutenant Swain with those
keys so they could get into his car. I took those keys and went to
where they had told me that I would find them. I believe it was on the
parking lot in front of the Western Union. I walked down there, and I
couldn’t find them. I returned to the jail, and I was later able to
determine that they had already gotten the car and had impounded it and
had taken care of that, so the keys weren’t needed, so I took the keys
back.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The keys that you had, was it clear to you that this key
chain had a car key on it?
Mr. McMILLON. Yes, I believe so. I am not sure, but I mean I am sure
that it was, whether I took it for granted or what, but I assumed that
there was a key on it that fit the car.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk with Ruby about whether there was a key on it
that fit the car?
Mr. McMILLON. I don’t recall. Possibly may have.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you have any information at the time you got a hold of
these keys as to whether the car was locked or unlocked?
Mr. McMILLON. I don’t remember that. It had come up in the conversation
some way that he had a dog in the car.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, how did that come up?
Mr. McMILLON. I don’t remember that, but maybe Jack asked us to take
care of his dog or something like that. I don’t know. I made no note of
it after I had found that they had impounded the car, that that matter
had been taken care of, and I felt like that ended our responsibility
or it was someone else’s responsibility, other than the three of us
remaining there as security there.
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