Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. CURRY. I tried to maintain some order. I didn't order them out of
the building, which if I had it to do over I would. In the past like I
say, we had always maintained very good relations with our press, and
they had always respected us, and this was something, the first time we
experienced anything like this, to this degree.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you have any tape recordings of the interviews with Mr.
Oswald?
Mr. CURRY. I do not have.
Mr. RANKIN. Did anyone?
Mr. CURRY. Not to my knowledge. Unless someone from the FBI or the
Secret Service, if they recorded it, I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. How many times was he interrogated, do you know?
Mr. CURRY. No; I do not know that.
Mr. RANKIN. You never examined him yourself at any time?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you describe the place where he was kept while he was
there in the jail?
Mr. CURRY. Well, it is in one of our maximum security cells, much
the same as any other jail. But he was isolated away from the other
prisoners, and there was two jail guards set immediately outside his
cell.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you isolate him or was that in accordance with your
instructions?
Mr. CURRY. No; this is customary with a prisoner of this type and Chief
Lumpkin in charge of the service division had issued these orders.
Mr. RANKIN. What do you mean by maximum security in your prison?
Mr. CURRY. Well, we have some cells where they have cells that are
locked and then you come out of the cell into a corridor and that is
locked, and these are maintained from a master control box. That is a
maximum security cell. Some of the others they just have a lock on the
door and it opens out into the hallway.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you do anything about furnishing him clothing?
Mr. CURRY. We removed his clothing except for his underwear in order
that he couldn't harm himself. When he was removed from the cell, of
course, his clothes were given to him.
Mr. RANKIN. Was he allowed to shower and clean up.
Mr. CURRY. I don't think he ever asked for a shower while he was there.
Had he asked for one he would have been permitted to shower and he
would have been permitted to shave.
Mr. RANKIN. Was he treated any differently in any way that you know of
than other prisoners?
Mr. CURRY. Except perhaps a little more security placed on him, a
constant security. Ordinarily we wouldn't, except in unusual cases
would we have a constant surveillance on a prisoner, and this is
usually, if we felt like he might try to harm himself we would have
someone there to immediately prevent it.
Mr. DULLES. Could I ask a question?
What was Oswald's attitude toward the police? Have you any comment on
that?
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