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
Now, Chief, would you tell us the next thing that you know of that
happened about the search for the assassin, after the search of the
depository building that you described?
Mr. CURRY. The next thing I can tell you about, I remained out, as I
say, at Love Field until the planes departed. I went back to the office.
Mr. DULLES. At about what time would you place that?
Mr. CURRY. I believe it was about 4 o'clock I believe when I returned
to the office.
Mr. DULLES. It was 4 o'clock when you returned to the office from Love
Field?
Mr. CURRY. I believe so, I am not positive.
When I arrived they were in the process of, Captain Fritz and his men,
were in the process of investigating this murder of Tippit and also the
assassination of the President.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you make an inquiry in regard to the progress?
Mr. CURRY. I think I did. I asked him how he was coming along and he
said they were making good progress.
Mr. RANKIN. Then what happened after that?
Mr. CURRY. They had had a couple of showups with Oswald so witnesses
could attempt to identify him.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether they had gone out to Beckley Street to
the place where he had stayed?
Mr. CURRY. I understood they had and I understood they went back the
next day.
Mr. RANKIN. What do you mean by a showup?
Mr. CURRY. Well, it is customary when you have suspects in a crime
where you have witnesses, that they be taken into a room and allowed,
the witnesses, to observe them in the presence of other people.
Mr. RANKIN. You have a room for this purpose?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir; we do.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you describe briefly what that room is like?
Mr. CURRY. It is a police assemblyroom where we hold our regular
rollcalls. They have a stage whereby prisoners are brought up on this
stage.
Mr. RANKIN. How large is the room?
Mr. CURRY. The room, I would say, is perhaps 50 feet long and 20 feet
wide.
Mr. RANKIN. Who was allowed in the room at the time of this showup?
Mr. CURRY. Presumably only the news media and police officers. I have
been told that Jack Ruby was seen in this showuproom also.
Mr. RANKIN. About what time of the day was that?
Mr. CURRY. As I recall, this was fairly late Friday night, I believe.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know who was there to try to identify Lee Oswald?
Mr. CURRY. No, I don't. The news media, a number of them, had continued
to say, "Let us see him. What are you doing to him? How does he look?"
I think one broadcaster that I had heard or someone had told me about,
said that Lee Harvey Oswald is in custody of the police department, and
that something about he looked all right when he went in there, they
wouldn't guarantee how he would look after he had been in custody of
the Dallas police for a couple of hours, which intimated to me that
when I heard this that they thought we were mistreating the prisoner.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you do anything about that?
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