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. It seemed to me like it was 6 or 7 o'clock on the day of the
22d.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you describe the situation in the police headquarters
with regard to the media. Were they continuing to be there?
Mr. CURRY. They remained there. You could hardly get down the hall,
and it was necessary, when we would take the prisoner back to the jail
to bring him out of the office, and down this hallway and put him on a
special elevator just for prisoners.
Mr. RANKIN. What office do you mean when you say that?
Mr. CURRY. From the homicide office.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes. You took him down what hallway?
Mr. CURRY. The third floor hallway. The offices run like this in the
building. The homicide office is right along here, perhaps 25 feet. The
elevator is right here, this is a special elevator that runs to the
jail.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you mark that homicide office with an "H" on to
indicate it?
Mr. CURRY. This extends up here a little more perhaps.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you mark the elevator with "EL."
The CHAIRMAN. There is a lot of other writing on this paper a lot of
doodling that someone else has done and I think the chief had better
have a new piece of paper.
Gentlemen, before you get into a discussion of this diagram with the
chief, Mr. Rankin, I must leave now for a session of the Court, and Mr.
Dulles, will you preside in my absence?
Mr. DULLES. Yes, Mr. Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN. I will be back immediately at the conclusion of our
session today.
(At this point, the Chief Justice left the hearing room.)
Mr. RANKIN. Chief, have you marked on a yellow sheet of paper a diagram
of the third floor of the police headquarters?
Mr. CURRY. Yes; I have, principally the north end of it.
Mr. RANKIN. We will call that Exhibit 701. Will you describe briefly
for the Commission just what you have marked on there now?
Mr. CURRY. I have a rough layout of the north end of the third floor of
the police and courts building in Dallas, Tex.
Now, this shows the public elevators, the lobby way in front of the
elevators, and then a hall that extends the length of the third floor
from north to south.
In the extreme north end there is a small press room where ordinarily
the news media stay from early morning until late at night to cover
police events.
I have also marked off the other bureaus that are located on this
floor, the burglary and theft bureau would be on the west side, and in
the northwest corner is the juvenile bureau.
The northeast corner is the auto theft bureau, the next going south
would be the forgery bureau, and then would be the homicide office
or homicide bureau, which is adjacent to a hallway, the north-south
hallway, and also the rear office is adjacent to the hall going over
to the municipal building which is immediately east of the police and
courts building.
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