Mr. HUBERT. What were your duties?
Mr. MAYO. My duty was to guard the entrance to the basement.
Mr. HUBERT. When you say "guard," what do you mean?
Mr. MAYO. I was not to permit any people to go in there except maybe
the press that had a certified press card.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you given any description of the kind of cards that
you could honor?
Mr. MAYO. I was told that they probably would have a press card with
their picture on it and their newspaper.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have occasion to refuse entrance to anyone?
Mr. MAYO. Yes, sir; several people.
Mr. HUBERT. You turned them away?
Mr. MAYO. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did some pass by you, that is to say, with your consent,
after being properly identified?
Mr. MAYO. You mean enter the building?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. MAYO. I let two in from newspapers.
Mr. HUBERT. And they were properly identified?
Mr. MAYO. They were properly identified. One of them had a two-wheeled
cart, similar to a two-wheel golf cart and pulling some equipment on it.
Mr. HUBERT. What kind of equipment?
Mr. MAYO. It looked like cameras and typewriters.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know Jack Ruby or have you seen any pictures since
in the paper?
Mr. MAYO. Yes, sir; I don't know him, but I have seen his picture.
Mr. HUBERT. Would you be willing to state that neither of those two men
that you let in was Jack Ruby?
Mr. MAYO. Neither of those two men were him. They were smaller in
stature. I want to tell you that at 11:30, I left the entrance and went
to the other one on Main Street.
Mr. HUBERT. Let the record show that the witness is pointing to the
mockup and when he says he left "this entrance," he was pointing to the
Commerce Street entrance, and then he went to the----
Mr. MAYO. Main Street entrance?
Mr. HUBERT. Main Street entrance.