Mr. Beers. I did look up there earlier.
Mr. Griffin. From where you were in the basement, was it possible to see anybody up at the top of the Main Street ramp?
Mr. Beers. There was a policeman standing up at the top of the ramp up there. Looked like he was out on the sidewalk.
Mr. Griffin. Was the visibility such that his features were distinguishable?
Mr. Beers. No; it was a silhouette.
Mr. Griffin. Can you tell us what kind of advance warning you had that Oswald was coming down?
Mr. Beers. I believe there were some of the news media in this hallway which I pointed out, that goes from the elevator to the Harwood Street side of the city hall, and the hallway goes past the jail office and goes into the police parking area.
I believe there were some members of the news media in the hall in front of the window of the jail office, and someone, I think, shouted, “Oh, here he comes.”
Then there was just a lot of noise and the door opened and he came in.
Mr. Griffin. You indicated in your interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that you felt sure that if you had seen Ruby in the basement you would have recognized him?