Mr. Eberhardt.

remember. And there was some uniform men from the jail, I believe, there.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, did you stay after Oswald left?

Mr. Eberhardt.

Until they got him out- I didn't have anything to do with transporting him to or from the assembly room, but when he initially arrived in the assembly room, they asked us to go up there more or less to keep the reporters from making a rush for him.

Mr. Griffin.

How did you happen to go down to the assembly room in the first place?

Mr. Eberhardt.

To hear the press conference.

Mr. Griffin.

Out of curiosity?

Mr. Eberhardt.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

Did any other men from your bureau go down there?

Mr. Eberhardt.

Yes; Cody is from my bureau, and he is the only one that I remember being up there with me.

Mr. Griffin.

All right. Did you stay in the press conference room after the homicide people took Oswald out?

Mr. Eberhardt.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

And did Chief Curry speak at that time?

Mr. Eberhardt.

No; Henry Wade did.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, do you recall anything that happened during Henry Wade's interview?

Mr. Eberhardt.

No; because when Oswald left, then all semblance of any kind of order disappeared. They just, you know, come up around Henry Wade and just started----

Mr. Griffin.

Do you remember Ruby's saying anything during this press conference?

Mr. Eberhardt.

No; I don't remember seeing him again, either.

Mr. Griffin.

Do you remember Henry Wade making any statement to the effect that Oswald was a member of the Free Cuba Committee?

Mr. Eberhardt.

I don't remember too much of what the district attorney said. There was so much written and heard about it, it is hard to differentiate what Wade said from what I read in the paper.

Mr. Griffin.

If Ruby had said something at this press conference, would you have noticed it or heard it?

Mr. Eberhardt.

I have heard that he had from other people, you know, rumors around, but myself, I don't remember he said anything. I heard he corrected Mr. Wade on a question, is what I heard.

Mr. Griffin.

Yes.

Mr. Eberhardt.

Is what I heard. I didn't stay for the entire conference. I was at liberty to go home. When they had me go up there and guard Oswald, as soon as he left, I was at liberty to go home.

Mr. Griffin.

When did you leave this conference?

Mr. Eberhardt.

About 5 minutes after he left.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you and Cody leave together?

Mr. Eberhardt.

No.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you sign out of the building or anything?

Mr. Eberhardt.

No; we don't sign out. I just left, got in my car and went home.

Mr. Griffin.

Did Cody remain in there after you did?

Mr. Eberhardt.

I don't know. I lost him in the shuffle. I stood over there by Johnny, the news reporter up there in the pressroom at the city hall, is who I stood by while the conference was going on. He asked a couple of questions. I couldn't tell you what questions he asked. No; there was no semblance of order. Those reporters just holler out anything that comes in their mind, and whoever shouts the loudest is whoever gets the answer, is how it works.

Mr. Griffin.

If Ruby had said something while you were in there, would you have been close enough to Henry Wade or to Ruby to have. heard it?

Mr. Eberhardt.

I don't know where Ruby was, so I couldn't answer that.

Mr. Griffin.

Well, you said at this press conference you saw Ruby standing back----

Mr. Eberhardt.

Right.

Mr. Griffin.

Back on a table?