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Page 2 AFFIDAVIT IN ANY FACT
James R. Davidson - 4708 Wedgewood, Belaire, Texas - MO 4—3206
Warren Ferguson and I then set up in the hall just outside the jail office
where I could get a picture of Oswald through the jail office window as he
left the elevator. We stayed here until the officers brought Oswald off
the elevator and through the jail office door into the entrance to the
parking area. I got some movie film of Oswald and the officers leaving the
elevator and going through the jail office. I then followed through the
double doors into the entry area to the parking area* I was outside the
double doors taking sound movie at the time the shot was fired® There were
a number of people between me and Oswald and these people blocked my line
of vision so I did not get a good shot of Oswald. Warren Ferguson was with
me during this time. A cluster of officers re-entered the jail office and I
backed into the hallway just outside the jail office and took shots of the
activity in the jail office through the jail office window. After the jail
office was cleared, I went inside and received permission from a lieutenant
to photograph the inside of the jail office®
Either a UPI or a CBS cameraman was in the jail office prior to 10:00 a.m.
on Sunday morning, November 24, 1963« His sound crew was with him, but at
about 10:30 a.m. the sound crew was sent to cover an interview with Mrs.
Connally at Parkland. The UPI or CBS cameraman had a Bolex hand camera
and until we we re cleared from the jail office, he stood at the East counter
inside the jail office* A two man NBC crew was also in the jail office
standing at the same counter with the UPI or CBS man. When the jail office
was cleared the NBC crew and the UPI or CBS man moved to the corridor outside
the jail office with me and all of us were taking pictures through the same
window.
As soon as the NBC crew had photographed Oswald leaving the elevator, they
took their equipment and ran down the corridor inside the Police and Courts
Building toward Commerce Street to attempt to obtain a picture of Oswald being
driven to the County Jail*
The UPI or CBS man after photographing Oswald coming off the elevator ran out
the double doors entering the basement perking area ahead of Oswald. I
understand he got pictures of the shooting and that he got knocked down
during the melee*
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Smith, Ruby. [Affidavit In Any Fact by J. R. Davidson], legal document, December 7, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338426/m1/3/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.