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. RANKIN. Who said that?
Mr. CURRY. This was in a discussion with the Secret Service. I don't
recall exactly who said this.
Mr. RANKIN. Was it the Secret Service people or your people?
Mr. CURRY. I don't know whether it was us or Secret Service. But this
was discussed. I think it was Secret Service who told us how they
always dreaded having to go through a downtown area where there were
these skyscraper buildings.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know of any effort that was made to search any of
the buildings?
Mr. CURRY. Not to my knowledge. We did put some extra men from the
special service bureau in the downtown area to work in midblocks to
watch the crowd and they were not specifically told to watch buildings
but they were told to watch everything.
Mr. RANKIN. Where were they located?
Mr. CURRY. On the route down Main Street. We didn't have any between
Elm Street and the railroad yard.
Mr. RANKIN. But you say in midblock?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir; especially midblock along the route through the
downtown area.
Mr. RANKIN. Where would the downtown area be?
Mr. CURRY. It would be from Harwood Street down to Houston Street.
Mr. RANKIN. Chief Curry, do you know whether Officers Foster and White
were on the underpass?
Mr. CURRY. I would have to look at the assignment sheet to determine
that, sir.
Mr. McCLOY. May I ask at this point, unless I may be interfering with
your examination, but was it usual for the representatives of the news
media to attend showups in the police headquarters apart from this
incident?
Mr. CURRY. It was not unusual. This was not setting a precedent.
Mr. McCLOY. It was not unusual.
Representative FORD. In such a showup where they are present, are they
shielded from the person brought in for identification?
Mr. CURRY. Are they shielded from----
Representative FORD. From the person who is brought up for
identification?
Mr. CURRY. Ordinarily the person who is brought up for identification
would be behind the screen, behind this silk screen. This is for the
purpose of protecting the person who is going to try to identify him
more than trying to protect the person who is being shown up because
witnesses ofttimes have a fear of facing someone that they are asked to
identify.
For this reason this screen was provided where the prisoner could not
see out, but the people can see in. It is much like a one-way glass.
Representative FORD. That was used in this case?
Mr. CURRY. No; this was not used. We just brought him in front of it.
Representative FORD. Any particular reason why he was put in front of
it?
Mr. CURRY. They asked us if we wouldn't bring him out there, they
didn't think their cameras would show through the screen. And as I
repeated, when this was brought up, I asked Mr. Wade, the district
attorney, if he saw anything wrong with this and he said "No; I don't
see anything wrong with this," so we agreed to do this.
Representative FORD. Who was in charge of the actual showup operation?
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