Mr. Griffin. What happened when you got down in the basement?
Mr. Montgomery. Well, we got off the elevator and walked around in front of the booking desk there. You want me to show you?
Mr. Griffin. Let me get a—I’m going to mark this “Dallas, Texas, March 24, Detective L. D. Montgomery’s deposition. March 24, 1964, Exhibit 5004.” Now, I want to show you what has been marked as Exhibit 5004, which is a diagram of the basement area of the Police and Courts Building. Would you want to explain to us what you did there? Let me give you this pen.
Mr. Montgomery. This is, of course—it shows the jail elevator. This is the elevator we came down on.
Mr. Griffin. Came down in the jail elevator.
Mr. Montgomery. Uh-huh, and of course, we came on the elevator here and I was of the first out of the elevator, because I was last, one of the last on, so, of course, I just stepped back here to the back and waited for all of them to get out, and when they got out I took my position right in behind Oswald. Of course, we came around to the left here [indicating]. Around to this door here [indicating]. Out—went out into the——
Mr. Griffin. Now, let me state for the record that you are indicating on the map that you walked around in front of the counter of the jail office.
Mr. Montgomery. Uh-huh.
Mr. Griffin. To the jail office doors which lead to the hallway just before you get to the ramps in the basement.
Mr. Montgomery. Uh-huh.