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, I asked you in the interview whether you remember
just--remembered just as you walked down from the Commerce Street--down
the steps to the door which leads into the building, whether as you
got inside the building you noticed the placement of TV cables in
relationship to the engineroom, or that door that goes back down into
the subbasement. Do you have any recollection of how the TV cables were
spread out there?
Mr. GRAVES. Vaguely. I think the cables did go through that door. I
couldn’t be sure.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Which door are you talking about?
Mr. GRAVES. Through the engineroom door.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you got inside the building, where did you go?
Mr. GRAVES. I went to the homicide and robbery bureau on the third
floor, room 317.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you got up into the hallway on the third floor, can
you describe the condition of the hallway?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, of course, it was cluttered up with camera equipment
and cables and newspeople, cameramen.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember when you arrived there on the third floor,
whether the TV cameras were manned?
Mr. GRAVES. Reasonably sure they were. There were men standing around
with earphones on and the light.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do you recall about what time it was that you got up
there to the third floor?
Mr. GRAVES. Approximately 8 o’clock, I think or----
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is in the morning?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did you do when you got to the homicide bureau?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, I went in, of course, and started answering the
telephones and talking to people that were calling about various things.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was anybody else there when you arrived?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes; just about everyone, I think, that worked in the
homicide bureau were there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who would that be?
Mr. GRAVES. Oh, of course, my partner, L. D. Montgomery----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Montgomery.
Mr. GRAVES. E. R. Beck, C. N. Dhority, J. R. Leavelle, C. W. Brown,
Lieutenant Wells, those are the ones that I remember right now at the
moment.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember if Captain Fritz was there?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, yes; he was there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember whether or not, Lee Oswald was there?
Mr. GRAVES. He wasn’t there when I first got there in the room.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you got into the room, do you remember talking with
anybody?
Mr. GRAVES. I don’t remember who I talked with first, when I got there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember having any conversation with anyone
regardless of who it might have been, after you got up there, shortly
after you arrived?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, the only conversation I recall actually, is when we
were told to bring him down, Oswald down to the captain’s office. Now,
the rest was routine stuff.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long after you arrived would be your best estimate
that you were told to bring Oswald down to the captain’s office.
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