Mr. Rankin. Tell us what happened.
Mr Wade. I told him, I said, on this case we are going on this theory, I want everybody who saw Ruby from the time of the assassination of President Kennedy down to the time he killed Oswald, I want to prove where he was every minute of the time that I can and then we will take it from there and put the films on there and show what happened there and then afterward. We are going on the theory that he is a glory seeker and a hero because I was convinced that was the motive of the killing.
I put on seven witnesses, and about six of them testified against us, I think, or made poor witnesses saying if they saw him down in the Dallas News where he was 2 minutes in a stare that never made any sense.
Some of them said they thought there was something wrong with him and none of them were the type of witnesses that I wanted testifying for the State.
Mr. Rankin. Who were they?
Mr. Wade. Well, you can check the first seven witnesses in the case. You had three from the Dallas News who testified, and so during that noon hour, I was convinced, whether right or wrong that Alexander had been more interested in talking to the press.
In my office our biggest problem was keeping the press out of the office, and so I just would have to bar them from my office, I mean personal property. He wouldn't do it. He liked to talk to them.
So, I said, "Get all these witnesses in during the noon hour and let me talk to them."
I put all the witnesses on the next morning. I talked to all the officers, I talked to Officers Dean, McMillon, Archer, King never had talked with them about the case before and I talked with them then and I put all of them on next morning.
Mr. Rankin. Tell us what starting with—which one did you talk to first, Archer, Dean, or McMillon.