(Testimony of Kenneth Hudson Croy)
Mr. Griffin.
Well, was this, you say, a short time after you left your position up on the Main Street ramp, or was it a long time after?
Mr. Croy.
It was a pretty good while after. An hour.
Mr. Griffin.
An hour or so?
Mr. Croy.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Now, between the time that you told this Lieutenant McCoy and you went off duty, what did you do?
Mr. Croy.
I sat up in the city planning room.
Mr. Griffin.
Who was up there in the city planning room ?
Mr. Croy.
Lieutenant McCoy and Reserve Lieutenant Barney Merrell.
Mr. Griffin.
Anybody else you can recall?
Mr. Croy.
Reserve Lieutenant Nicholson. And there was Captain Solomon up there, and Captain Arnett, and several other reserve officers, that we kind of set up a command post, is actually what it was.
Mr. Griffin.
What were you doing up there?
Mr. Croy.
Making assignments.
Mr. Griffin.
Who was giving you directions?
Mr. Croy.
Lieutenant McCoy.
Mr. Griffin.
What sort of assignments were you making?
Mr. Croy.
Placing the men in different spots throughout the city hall and seeing that they were relieved, and calling on the telephone to get some more help.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you have some time to sit around and talk?
Mr. Croy.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Now, did you talk about what you had seen down in the basement?
Mr. Croy.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you tell these men out there about Ruby brushing past you ?
Mr. Croy.
I talked to Lieutenant McCoy about it. I don't know whether Mike Nicholson and Merrell were there at that particular time or not. I don't know whether they overheard what we were talking about or not.
Mr. Griffin.
Now, did Captain Solomon at that time make any request that people write reports about what they had seen?
Mr. Croy.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
Were you aware that the regular officers, these other people who had been down in the basement, were .being asked to make reports ?
Mr. Croy.
No; I didn't know they were.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you expect that you would be asked to make a report of what happened in the basement?
Mr. Croy.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
You expected that while you were sitting up there in the office?
Mr. Croy.
I had a pretty good hunch they would.
Mr. Griffin.
Now, this statement which we have marked, a letter which we have marked Exhibit 5052, which is a copy of a letter that you prepared for Chief Curry, dated November 26, 1963, was that prepared down in the police department, or was that prepared at one of your business offices?
Mr. Croy.
That was prepared at the Dallas Police Academy.
Mr. Griffin.
Where is that located?
Mr. Croy.
On Shorecrest back of the northwest substation.
Mr. Griffin.
Was that prepared by hand ?
Mr. Croy.
Yes, it was.
Mr. Griffin.
Were you responsible for getting the typing done?
Mr. Croy.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
Who did you turn that report over to?
Mr. Croy.
Captain Solomon.
Mr. Griffin.
Then was it his responsibility to get the typing done ?
Mr. Croy.
I don't know. I Just turned it in. What he did with it, I don't know.
Mr. Griffin.
Did it eventually come back to you ?
Mr. Croy.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
The typed copy never came back to you?
Mr. Croy.
No.
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