Mr. Griffin. What time did you report to work that day, if you recall?
Mr. Hansen. I believe we came in early. I don’t recall just how early we came in. I know we made detail early. Of course, everybody come in, and I was in there early. We went to change clothes, and I don’t recall just exactly what time we made detail offhand, but we were there early. We were told to go right to our corners and what to do and watch out for the safety of the President.
Mr. Griffin. Do you recall seeing Jack Ruby at any time on that day?
Mr. Hansen. I am not positive. When I say I am not positive, I either saw Ruby the morning before the President came in from Love Field down Harwood to Main—I either saw him the morning that—I was going to the city hall that morning before we went to the corner, or the morning previous to that, I just don’t recall which. I have tried—in fact, I talked to an FBI man about it that interviewed me, and told him the same thing I am telling you. I don’t remember whether it was the day before or the morning of the parade.
And Jack spoke to me. He was beside the city hall on Harwood Street, and I started to go down the steps in the basement, and he hollered, “Hi, Hans,” and I hollered, “Hi, Jack.” It wasn’t much of a conversation.
Mr. Griffin. Was he on the same side of the street as the police department, or was he across the street?
Mr. Hansen. No; he was on the same side.
Mr. Griffin. Now, as you come to the steps from Harwood Street, you can either walk down or up?
Mr. Hansen. One of them goes up to what we call the wheel, and the other goes down in the department itself.
Mr. Griffin. Both the up steps and the down steps are converged together at the sidewalk?