Sergeant PUTNAM. To the left, and to the right I saw no one in the
immediate vicinity of us.
Mr. HUBERT. That is immediately upon coming out?
Sergeant PUTNAM. That's right.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see the person who has subsequently been identified
as Jack Ruby among the reporters that he pushed through?
Sergeant PUTNAM. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see any such person come down the ramp as you were
going up the ramp?
Sergeant PUTNAM. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. How far down Main Street to Pearl do you think you can see?
Sergeant PUTNAM. Well, it is a clear view to Pearl Street, but my
attention would not have been directed by someone half a block away. It
would have made no impression.
Mr. HUBERT. But, your thought is that there was nobody at least as far
as a half a block away?
Sergeant PUTNAM. That's my belief.
Mr. HUBERT. And Vaughn turned immediately back and went back to his
position?
Sergeant PUTNAM. Was walking back in that direction. In other words, we
could have been close enough to touch him.
Mr. HUBERT. As you passed, he was walking back.
Sergeant PUTNAM. That's correct.
Mr. HUBERT. And therefore, he was facing towards the entrance?
Sergeant PUTNAM. That's correct.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you hear him call to anybody up there?
Sergeant PUTNAM. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, is there anything else you would like to say?