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inside of their car. Following this car was a police patrol
wagon, driven by G. G. Lewis* He stopped the vehicle and X
checked the cab and opened the rear doors of the passenger
compartment. I then assigned Officer W. E. Hibbs, and Officer
G# L. Colbert to take a position at the bottom of the north ramp
and instructed them to look into all vehicles that came into the
basement#
At approximately IQik? A.M. Sergeant Dean called approximately
twelve (12) officers together that had been standing by in the
basement and gave them traffic assignments at each intersection
that the prisoner was supposed to travel enroute to the County Jail#
At approximately 11:18 A#M. Sergeant Dean advised me to go with
Lieutenant Pierce in his car and to get one man to go with us#
I asked Sergeant Maxey to come with us and the three of us left
the basement by the Main Street ramp, at approximately 11:20 A.M.
When we arrived at the top of the ramp I observed Officer R. E.
Vaughn standing to my right. I did not see anyone come into the
basement as we left.
We went to the Commerce Street side of the ramp and as we stopped
the car. Detective Reynolds ran from the basement beside the armored
car and yelled to cover off the Police and Courts Building, Oswald
had been shot. I assisted him temporarily and then returned to
Lieutenant Pierce's car
Hespectfully submitted,
'James A. Putnam
Sergeant Of Police
Patrol Division
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Putnam, J. A. [Report concerning the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald], legal document, November 29, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth337382/m1/3/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.