So about 12 officers came in and they were standing around Oswald, and
at this time I looked out in the audience and saw a man out there,
later, who turned out to be Jack Ruby. He was there at that scene.
Mr. RANKIN. How did you happen to pick him out?
Mr. WADE. Well, I don't know. He had--I had seen the fellow somewhere
before, but I didn't know his name, but he had a pad, and the reason I
remember him mostly----
Mr. RANKIN. You mean a scratch pad?
Mr. WADE. He had some kind of scratch pad. The reason I mentioned
him mostly, I will get into him in a minute and tell you everything
about him. He was out there about 1 minute, I would say, and they took
pictures and everything else and Oswald was here and the cameras were
in a ring around him, and as they left----
Mr. RANKIN. Excuse me. Where was Ruby from where you told us where
Oswald was?
Mr. WADE. Well, he was, I would say, about 12 feet. I am giving a
rough----