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. You don't think they made any report to you or to the FBI
or anybody else?
Mr. CURRY. Not to my knowledge.
Mr. RANKIN. So if they did not include such information in any report
or statement prior to February 18, 1964, you don't know it?
Mr. CURRY. That is correct, I do not know it.
Mr. McCLOY. May I ask, when was, has there been testimony as to when
Agent Sorrels told the chief that he had heard this?
Mr. RANKIN. I don't recall the date.
Mr. CURRY. But it was--I don't recall the date but it was sometime
after the shooting of Oswald.
Mr. RANKIN. Was it 1 day or 2 days?
Mr. CURRY. It was several days but it was prior to the trial of Jack
Ruby.
Mr. RANKIN. Was it a week later?
Mr. CURRY. I would say perhaps it was more than a week later, it was
several weeks, I would say, but prior to the trial, Sorrels talked to
me and he said that this may be important in a trial of the case.
"Some of the things that Ruby told me immediately following the
shooting of Oswald," and he said, "I don't think I can testify to
it, but you might talk to Mr. Wade and he might be able to get the
testimony entered because these officers were not talking they just
overheard the conversation."
Mr. McCLOY. This was a substantial period after the date?
Mr. CURRY. The assassination.
Mr. McCLOY. The date of the assassination?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir.
Mr. McCLOY. And the date that Sorrels was alleged to have heard this
from Ruby?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Was it before or after Christmas?
Mr. CURRY. I believe it was after Christmas. I just couldn't be sure
because I was not----
Mr. RANKIN. Where did the conversation occur?
Mr. CURRY. On the telephone.
Mr. RANKIN. Was anybody present?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir.
Mr RANKIN. Did you make a written record of the information?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I just told Chief Stevenson, who is in charge of
criminal investigation, to attempt to determine who was present at that
time; that Oswald was--I mean that Ruby was talking to Sorrels, and to
see what they heard at that time, which they did, and the officers then
made a report.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you tell Chief Stevenson at that time what Sorrels had
told you?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether he made any record of it?
Mr. CURRY. I doubt that he did.
Mr. RANKIN. You haven't tried to find out?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I haven't.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you have any practice in the police force about
recording statements by the accused in first-degree murder cases?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Now changing to another subject, do you recall--you said
that you had made some comments upon the evidence in regard to Oswald
and to the media--do you recall what you said about that?
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