Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, just before Oswald came out, did you see a man right
next to Blackie Harrison's left?
Mr. ARNETT. To his left?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. ARNETT. As he would face up Commerce Street?
Mr. GRIFFIN. As Blackie would face Commerce Street, did you see a man
to his left?
Mr. ARNETT. Well now, there were men out, you know, on the camera and
stuff, to his left, if that's what you are talking about.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see anybody standing to his left, other than men
manning the cameras?
Mr. ARNETT. Well, I wouldn't say for certain that I did, because he may
have been the last one in that row, I don't know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, he was in the front row, wasn't he; Blackie?
Mr. ARNETT. He was in front of me; yes. And I would say he was in the
front row, but----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was there a solid line of people between Blackie and the
TV cameras, in the row that Blackie was standing in?
Mr. ARNETT. It seems to me like there was somebody by the side of
Blackie, but I am not going to say that there were because the first
time I saw Jack Ruby he was to his left, coming up. Now, whether there
was somebody right beside of Blackie Harrison, I am not going to say.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The first time you saw Jack he was sort of hunched over
with the gun?
Mr. ARNETT. He was hunched over. He was in this position, and whenever
he shot him he went down like that [indicating].
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see Ruby when he was moving toward Oswald?
Mr. ARNETT. I saw him moving from where I told you, up to Oswald.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you ever see Ruby standing still?
Mr. ARNETT. No, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do you recall whether there was a solid line of
people or how that line of people was from Blackie Harrison on to the
TV cameras?
Mr. ARNETT. Well, like I said, I think there was somebody the other
side of him, but I am not going to be certain about it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, were there any other police officers up in the same
row that Blackie Harrison was in?
Mr. ARNETT. They were people lined up all the way up the wall and on
this wall over here, they were lined all the way up to the edge of it
[indicating].
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask you this, Captain Arnett, did you receive
instructions before Oswald came out as to where these newspaper people
were to stand?
Mr. ARNETT. Where the newspaper--no; I did not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you present when some men convened around Officer
Jones, Captain Jones, prior to Oswald's coming down, when Jones gave
some instructions?
Mr. ARNETT. Sergeant Jones?
Mr. GRIFFIN. No. Captain Jones.
Mr. ARNETT. Captain Jones. I remember seeing Captain Jones there, but I
don't remember any group being around him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, did you have any instructions to the effect that you
were not to permit newspaper people to be over here on the Main Street
side?
Mr. ARNETT. No, sir. I did not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you have any instructions that you were to try to keep
these newspaper people over toward the entrance of the garage?
Mr. ARNETT. No, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, what instructions did you have as to what you were
to do there?
Mr. ARNETT. Well, the main instructions I had was to--when we was
placing these men around, searching the building, see that there was
nobody in there at all, other than was supposed to be.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But that was an hour before?
Mr. ARNETT. That's right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Now, you knew Oswald was going to come out that
door from the jail, jail office?
Mr. ARNETT. Yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And did you have some idea that you were supposed to keep
the area free?
Mr. ARNETT. Well, wasn't supposed to let anybody in there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, if newspaper people had crowded up in front of him,
did you have any instructions as to what you were to do?
Mr. ARNETT. I didn't.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, do you know if any of the other people had
instructions like that?
Mr. ARNETT. No, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you write the report that has been marked as
Exhibit 5033?
Mr. ARNETT. When did I write it?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes, sir.
Mr. ARNETT. That one was--let me see, now. That happened on Sunday, I
went to Tippit's funeral on Monday, I went to Corpus Christi on Monday
night, I was in Corpus on Tuesday. I believe I wrote that on Wednesday
[indicating].