Mr. Beers. Yes, sir; I know his face that well; yes, sir.
Mr. Griffin. I take it from that, that the lighting conditions were such and the people were spread out thinly enough so that you were in a position from where you were to have seen the man?
Mr. Beers. Television camera had a bank or two banks, I don’t remember which, of light, and the lighting was adequate in there.
However, there was a considerable number of people and quite an amount of confusion.
It is possible he could have been in there and I had not seen him, but had I seen him, there was enough light for me to have recognized him.
Mr. Griffin. Were you taking any pictures before it became apparent Oswald was being brought down?
Mr. Beers. I think I made up earlier, looked up towards the Commerce Street entrance that showed either one or two policemen in silhouette at the top of that ramp there.
I believe I made one negative, and I believe that it was one or two policemen up there. There was at least an officer there.
Mr. Griffin. Now you indicated earlier that you had first met Jack Ruby 18 months before in connection with some freelance work that you were doing. Can you tell us what that was?
Mr. Beers. Mr. Bayse, Dale Bayse was doing a story, speculating as to being able to sell this story, and needed some photographers to illustrate it.