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    "ocrText": "Subject: Statement of Lt. B. C. McCoy, Dallas Police Reserves\nPage 2\nOn several occasions, and from time to time, I observed men in plain clothes\ncoming down the ramps and going into the hall in front of the fail. I assumed\nthat these were press personnel and I did not take any special note, because\nof the regular officers that were supposed to check everyone out at the top\nof the ramps.\nMuch shuffling of cars took place in the parking area. I observed the paddy\nwagon come down the north ramp with Patrolman Lewis driving. I saw Sgt. Deen\nstop. him and search the back of the wagon and then permit Lewis to go on into\nthe parking area.\nI observed squad cars being lined up in the north and south sides of the base-\nment parking area. I observed Sgt. Steele and Reserve Patrolman J. H. Harrison\nleave the basement area in a squad car and drive out the South Ramp.\nI then observed Chief Batchelor get into his car and leave by the South Ramp.\nI then observed the Armored car being backed into the South Ramp. Some men in\nplain clothes got into the back, a bottle fell out, and I saw one of the men in\nplain clothes picking up the glass from the ramp. I observed Sgt. Deen get\ninto the Armored car and then come out. About this time, two men came into the\nouter jail hall and told the press personnel that they should stand along the\nnorth wall of the jail hall and along the east railing of the ramp, so they\nwould all be able to get pictures without bunching up.\nTwo plain cars were brought out of the parking area and parked on the ramp\nheaded south. I assisted in getting the cars through the crowd that was block-\ning the entrance to the parking area. I then moved several people who I as-\nsumed were press people away from the west wall of the south ramp over to the\neast side, and then stood by the west wall approximately one foot south of the\njail hall. I heard a commotion and glanced to my left; I saw two plainclothes-\nmen with a man between them coming toward the ramp; I looked back to my front\nand right to see what the press people were doing, and I heard what I thought\nwas a flashbulb exploding. I looked back to my left and saw a man with a gun\npointed at the midsection of the man the two plainclothesme: had between them.\nI immediately jumped on the man, along with Reserve Captain Arnett and Reserve\nSgt. K. H. Croy, and several other men. When the man was subdued, I heard some\nshout, \"No One Out: No One Out!\" I joined hands with Reserve Patrolman J. D.\nBrockway and kept the people from going into the jail hall. Captain Arnett and\nReserve Sgt. Croy joined us.\nWe stayed in this position until the O'Neal ambulance came and they took Oswald\noff to the hospital. A man in plain clothes then came out and told the press\npeople that they would be admitted to the building proper by press car. We then\nwent inside the building to the assembly room to be assigned where needed.\nSeveral men were sent to various locations to seal off the building entrances\nand several were sent to work traffic around the city hall. We were moved from\nthe assembly room so the press could use it and set up our C. P. on the second\nfloor in the Planning Commission room.\nn\n72"
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