Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. REVILL. As well as I recall. Give him the benefit of the doubt; I
might have misunderstood him. But I don't believe I did, because the
part about him being in Dallas, and the fact that he was a suspected
Communist, I understand by the rules of the Attorney General they
cannot tell us this, but the information about him being capable,
I felt that we had taken a part in the security measures for Mr.
Kennedy, and if such, if such information was available to another law
enforcement agency, I felt they should have made it known to all of us,
and I asked Hosty where he was going at that time. By this time we were
on the elevator and he said he was going up to homicide and robbery to
tell Captain Fritz the same thing. I said, "Do you know Captain Fritz?"
and he said he had never met him. I said, "All right, I will take you
up and introduce you to Captain Fritz." So Detective Brian and I and
Hosty went to the third floor of the city hall and went to Captain
Fritz' office, the homicide and robbery bureau. We didn't see Captain
Fritz, he may or may not have been there. His office door was closed.
Mr. DULLES. What time of the day, could you give me the approximate
time?
Mr. REVILL. Between 2:30 and 3 o'clock, and I have the reason for
saying this because of the typing of this report here. Our secretary
got off at 4 o'clock.
Mr. DULLES. And Chief Curry had not yet returned, had he?
Mr. REVILL. I don't know where he was.
Mr. DULLES. You didn't know about that?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you say anything about this to Captain Fritz?
Mr. REVILL. I did not talk to Captain Fritz, as I said, I didn't see
him. I introduced Mr. Hosty to Lieutenant Ted Wells, who is one of
the lieutenants assigned to the homicide and robbery bureau and also
present at that time was another special agent, Mr. Bookhout, and
Hosty, there was confusion within this office, so Brian and I, after
introducing Mr. Hosty to Wells, left and went back to the special
service bureau office.
Mr. RANKIN. And you didn't say anything to the inspector about it?
Mr. REVILL. The inspector?
Mr. RANKIN. Lieutenant Wells.
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; I did not.
Mr. RANKIN. You didn't tell him this important information?
Mr. REVILL. Hosty was going up to tell him the same thing.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he tell you that?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; he told me that.
Mr. RANKIN. And Hosty told you then that he was going up to tell him
that they knew he was capable of being the assassin?
Mr. REVILL. Yes, sir; being at that time I was out of touch with
everything, being in the building, I had put no connection between the
shooting of Tippit and the President.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you know that Oswald had been arrested?
Mr. REVILL. No, sir; at that time I did not.
Mr. RANKIN. You just knew about the someone by the name of Lee, didn't
you?
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