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
Was there any talk that you heard around before the, after the
apprehension of Oswald and his time set for his removal from police
headquarters to the jail, was there any talk that you heard in the
corridors or elsewhere about lynching or possible lynching?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir. The only information I had was that the FBI,
someone from the FBI passed the information to the city hall during the
night that they had had a call that said, I believe the FBI sent this
call, that there was a group of 100 who would take that prisoner away
from us before he got to the county jail.
Mr. McCLOY. But this came from outside the jail?
Mr. CURRY. Yes; outside.
Mr. McCLOY. You never heard any threats uttered within the jail?
Mr. CURRY. No.
Mr. DULLES. Another general question: Have you any comments or anything
you would like to say about the cooperation between the Dallas police,
the Secret Service, and the FBI during this period immediately
following, prior to and immediately following the assassination?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir. We have always had the best of cooperation between
both of these Federal units, and all other units of the Federal and
State government. I feel sure that they thought this information was
important to us, they probably would have given it to us. But we
certainly have not had any trouble with the FBI or with the Secret
Service in any of our past associations.
Mr. DULLES. I was going a little further. I mean, was the cooperation
whole-hearted and open and frank as far as you could tell?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir; as far as I could tell, it was.
Mr. DULLES. Was there any problem created because of the possible--not
conflict of authority, but question as to who had responsibility of
particular areas here as between you as chief of police and the Secret
Service and the FBI?
Mr. CURRY. Prior to the President's visit, no; there was nothing there.
Mr. DULLES. Prior to or subsequent to?
Mr. CURRY. Now, subsequent to that, we felt this, that this was a
murder that had been committed in the county, city and county of
Dallas, and that we had prior, I mean we had jurisdiction over this.
The FBI actually had no jurisdiction over it, the Secret Service
actually had no jurisdiction over it. But in an effort to cooperate
with these agencies we went all out to do whatever they wanted us
to do that we could do to let them observe what was taking place,
but actually we knew that this was a case that happened in Dallas,
Tex., and would have to be tried in Dallas, Tex., and it was our
responsibility to gather the evidence and present the evidence.
We kept getting calls from the FBI. They wanted this evidence up in
Washington, in the laboratory, and there was some discussion, Fritz
told me, he says, "Well, I need the evidence here, I need to get some
people to try to identify the gun, to try to identify this pistol and
these things, and if it is in Washington how can I do it?"
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