Mr. Griffin.

you say that the TV cameras and you were the same distance up the Main Street ramp or they were a little bit in front of you?

Mr. Arnett.

They were a little in front of me.

Mr. Griffin.

How much; by a little bit, would you say ?

Mr. Arnett.

Well, 5 feet.

Mr. Griffin.

Maybe 5 feet in front of you. Could they have been less than 5 feet?

Mr. Arnett.

I don't believe they would have been. They could have. I am just roughly guessing now.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, were there people congregated around those TV cameras, in front of those TV cameras?

Mr. Arnett.

In front of it?

Mr. Griffin.

Yes.

Mr. Arnett.

I don't remember any of them being in front of it.

Mr. Griffin.

How about along the sides of the TV cameras?

Mr. Arnett.

If I remember right, there was a man at each one of the cameras, operating it.

Mr. Griffin.

But there weren't other people crowded down around them?

Mr. Arnett.

Not that I remember; no, sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Well now, wouldn't Captain King and that newspaperman have blocked your side vision over in the direction of the TV cameras?

Mr. Arnett.

It could have.

Mr. Griffin.

If Jack Ruby had walked down that Main Street ramp would you have seen him?

Mr. Arnett.

Not without turning around and looking back, I wouldn't have; no, sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you have any occasion to turn back and look around after Rio Pierce's car went up?

Mr. Arnett.

No, sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Do you mean you don't remember or

Mr. Arnett.

I don't remember looking around, no sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Did anybody suggest to you before you wrote this statement that you should have seen Ruby in there?

Mr. Arnett.

No, sir.

Mr. Griffin.

Did anybody ask you if you did see Ruby in there before you wrote this statement?

Mr. Arnett.

Other than I just said, I saw him just like I have told you.

Mr. Griffin.

Who asked you to write this statement?

Mr. Arnett.

Captain Solomon.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, did Captain Solomon ever ask you before you wrote the statement whether you saw Ruby in there?

Mr. Arnett.

I don't recall that he did. But I told him just like I told you, the first time I saw him, where he was, the position he was, so there would be no cause for him to ask me that, .because I am telling you the truth about where he was when I saw him. He was too close.

Mr. Griffin.

Well, do you feel.

Mr. Arnett.

Whenever I had ahold of him, I felt like there could be some more shots fired. I believe you would have felt the same way, because I wasn't figuring on that first one being fired.

Mr. Griffin.

Okay. I am going to ask you to sign all these things [indicating].

Mr. Arnett.

All right [indicating].

Mr. Griffin.

I ask you to sign them, and I assume that when you sign them you are indicating that you think they are accurate and wouldn't make any changes to them?

Mr. Arnett.

Yes, sir. I have tried to tell you just as near the truth as I can. Just sign it or

Mr. Griffin.

Just sign it and put the date. Now, will you sign that one and this one here [indicating] ? Off the record.
(Discussion off the record. )

Mr. Griffin.

Have I interviewed you before the beginning of this deposition?

Mr. Arnett.

Before tonight?