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. Lee Harvey Oswald was brought in and the complaint was read
to him, and here again he was very arrogant and he said, "I don't know
what you are talking about. That is the deal, is it," and such remarks
as this, and the justice of the peace very patiently and courteously
explained to him what the procedure was and why it was.
Mr. RANKIN. What did he say about that?
Mr. CURRY. I don't recall his exact words.
Mr. RANKIN. Just tell us in substance.
Mr. CURRY. He didn't--as I recall, he didn't think much of it. He just
said, "I don't know what you are talking about."
Mr. RANKIN. What did the justice of the peace say about the procedure
and any rights and so forth?
Mr. CURRY. As I recall it, he read to him the fact that he was being
charged with the assassination of the President of the United States,
John Kennedy on such and such day at such and such time.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he say anything about his right to plead?
Mr. CURRY. I don't recall, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he say anything about counsel?
Mr. CURRY. I don't recall whether he did or not.
Mr. RANKIN. What else happened at that time that you recall?
Mr. CURRY. That is about all. After it was read to him, he was taken
back to his cell.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you go back with him to the cell?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. RANKIN. Who took him back to the cell?
Mr. CURRY. The jailer and assistant jailer or jail guard.
Mr. RANKIN. What came to your attention after that about Lee Harvey
Oswald, that you can recall, what was the next thing that happened that
you know of?
Mr. CURRY. The next thing that I know of, was the next morning.
Mr. RANKIN. What happened then?
Mr. CURRY. The interrogation of Lee Harvey continued on and off through
the day. No; I had asked the captain during the afternoon if he was
being given rest periods and if he was being fed properly so that he
wouldn't have reason to complain that we were mistreating him in any
way.
Mr. RANKIN. What captain did you ask that?
Mr. CURRY. Fritz.
Mr. RANKIN. What did he say?
Mr. CURRY. He said he was. He said he was not interrogating him on long
drawn-out extended periods, he was letting him rest and he was being
fed.
Mr. DULLES. Did the interrogation continue into the night or did it
stop, do you know?
Mr. CURRY. I don't know what--well, it did continue into that first
night, I know. But I don't know what time they discontinued the
interrogation.
Mr. RANKIN. They stopped?
Mr. CURRY. I was not in the offices all the time. I was there two or
three times.
Mr. RANKIN. Captain Fritz tell you anything about the interrogation,
how it was going, what was said?
Mr. CURRY. He told me about, oh, late in the afternoon or early in the
evening that he felt that he had enough evidence to file on him for the
murder of the officer, and he told me, he said, "I strongly suspect
that he was the assassin of the President."
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know what time of day it was?
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