Mr. Rankin. Yes; did you look at his prior statements at that time?
Mr. Wade. I think I had all of his statements. He was in charge of security in the basement. All statements, this all came out on cross-examination, dealt entirely with the matter of security, what was done to secure the basement.
Mr. Rankin. Did he say anything in regard to this premeditation in the prior statement?
Mr. Wade. I don't think he did, and I don't think he actually said anything about how Ruby got in in that prior statement. I may be wrong, I don't remember even going into the conversation with Ruby.
Mr. Rankin. What did Dean tell you at the time that you asked him about the later statement?
Mr. Wade. He told me that he had been asked to submit a report dealing with the security of the basement, and that that first report was the security problem.
Mr. Rankin. What did he say about that, the security?
Mr. Wade. Well, he said that, he told me, that when he heard the shot that he thought a policeman had shot him because he didn't think there was anybody else in the basement. He said he thought a policeman had shot him, just got mad and the cop shot him for killing Officer Tippit.
I don't know whether that was in the statement or not but he told me that. I actually read that, that security, we were not too interested in that because from our point of view, because there is no question the security wasn't good. Something happened somewhere.
Mr. Rankin. Did you learn from Dean how Ruby got into the basement?