Sergeant PUTNAM. Also.
Mr. HUBERT. In the line of command. Now, I have in my hand, two
documents which I am going to mark--three documents which I am going to
mark. Marking the first one as follows, to wit: "Dallas, Texas, March
24, 1964, Exhibit 5071. Deposition of J. A. Putnam," and I am signing
my name on that. The document is supposed to be a copy of a letter
dated November 26, addressed by James A. Putnam to Chief of Police J.
E. Curry, and it has two pages. I am placing my initials on the second
page. I am marking another document as follows, "Dallas, Texas, March
24th, 1964, Exhibit 5072. Deposition of J. A. Putnam." I am signing my
name on that page, the exhibit being a single page exhibit. Then I am
marking a four-page exhibit being a report of an interview of you made
on December the 3, by Special Agents Carris and Peden of the FBI. I am
marking the first page in the bottom right hand, "Dallas, Texas, March
24, 1964, Exhibit 5073. Deposition of J. A. Putnam." I am signing my
name on the first page below that, and putting my initials in the lower
right-hand corner of the three subsequent pages on that exhibit. Have
you had a chance to read these three documents that I have marked?
Sergeant PUTNAM. I thought there were two. I would like to see the
second one you marked. It may be another interview by the FBI. Now, is
that correct?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Sergeant PUTNAM. I wasn't aware that this was separate. I know I read
the first one. Yes; I had missed that page. That was----
Mr. HUBERT. What I want to ask you about all three of them, as a group,
if we can handle them that way, and if we can't----
Sergeant PUTNAM. I believe we can.
Mr. HUBERT. If they represent the truth, if there are any errors in
any of those exhibits, if there are any omissions, do you wish to add
anything, delete anything or modify anything?
Sergeant PUTNAM. No, sir; I accept them as they are.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, would you do this, then. Would you put your name
below my name where it appears and your initials below my initials that
appear. Now, sergeant, I have only a very few questions, I think, to
ask you about this, because as I read your statements they are rather
complete, taking the three together. They just give about everything
you know about the whole thing.
Sergeant PUTNAM. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. As I understand from this, you were in the basement area,
from about 9:30 until shortly before 11:20?
Sergeant PUTNAM. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. You assisted, I think, in the searches made of the basement
area?
Sergeant PUTNAM. That's correct.
Mr. HUBERT. You made some of these searches yourself?
Sergeant PUTNAM. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know Jack Ruby?