Mr. GRIFFIN. Saturday Evening Post?
Mr. NEWMAN. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Read any magazines?
Mr. NEWMAN. Yes; I read some magazines but no news magazines.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I mean, do you subscribe to any?
Mr. NEWMAN. Yes. American Rifleman and Readers Digest.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Those are the only two magazines you subscribe to?
Mr. NEWMAN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you take both daily newspapers in town?
Mr. NEWMAN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you try to keep abreast of the articles on the Ruby
killing of Oswald, after this event?
Mr. NEWMAN. I think I read just about every word that was printed.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And you didn't see a single rumor in any newspaper about
how he got in?
Mr. NEWMAN. I won't say I didn't see it. I will say I don't recall it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall an article, for example, that was written
about Sergeant Dean, where Sergeant Dean said, was quoted as saying he
saw a man come down the Main Street ramp; do you recall that article?
Mr. NEWMAN. I don't. The reason I remember so well is because this
article I saw 2 weeks ago satisfied my curiosity. I had been curious
all that time. I knew from what Lieutenant Leavelle told me, or from
the remarks he made, that with the men with him there--he wasn't
making the remarks to me, but I think, when I told him about this, he
turned to the other men and said, "Well, that's it." That's the only
information I heard. The police officers I worked with and so forth had
been very shut mouth.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When were you first requested to make a statement or
prepare a letter or something of that sort for the use of the police
department?
Mr. NEWMAN. It was the following Sunday, the week from the day of--the
day Oswald was shot.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Are you sure of that?
Mr. NEWMAN. First request?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. NEWMAN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I am going to hand you what I have marked as Newman
Exhibit No. 5038. Would you read that over [indicating]?
Mr. NEWMAN. I am going to have to back up.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, this purports to be a copy of a letter which you
signed and was addressed to Chief Curry and dated November 26, 1963.
Did you prepare that letter?
Mr. NEWMAN. Let me think. The Tuesday night afterwards, Lieutenant
Merrell gave me a mimeographed questionnaire for me to complete and
return to him and I think I did it right there on the spot. It was a
very vague type thing. When I say statement, I am talking about the
statement that I did sign the following Sunday, where they had this
information that I had given them typed in the form of a statement.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, in this statement you indicated that you saw
Lieutenant Stuets and Lieutenant Crowey--Sergeant Crowey, of the
reserves in the same area you were in?
Mr. NEWMAN. I saw them that morning. They were not in the same area
that I was in. I had seen them in the basement that morning. I don't
have any idea where they were at the time. I happen to know now where
Sergeant Crowey was, but I found that out later.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you see Sergeant Crowey in the basement that
morning?