Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. ADAMCIK. No. The only thing is, after we finished conducting the
search and got back to the office, I remember the previous day we
didn't take an affidavit from Michael Paine, so Detective Moore and
myself went back to Irving--should be around 5 o'clock, and picked up
Mr. Paine and brought him back to the office for somebody to take an
affidavit from him.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say anything, that you remember, when you were taking
the affidavit, about the rifle or the blanket?
Mr. ADAMCIK. He did. I was present when he said it, and it is in the
affidavit, about seeing the blanket in which the rifle was wrapped in,
or he assumed it was the blanket in which the rifle was wrapped.
Mr. BELIN. Did he know that it contained a rifle?
Mr. ADAMCIK. I don't think so. But he said he had seen it several times
previous to the assassination.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say anything about why he came to his wife's
residence that day of the assassination?
Mr. ADAMCIK. Yes, sir; he did. I brought that out in the affidavit, and
I remember something about him saying when he heard that the President
got killed, well, knowing where it occurred and where Lee Oswald
worked, and knowing his background, well, he said that Oswald's name
came into his mind immediately.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say it came into his mind?
Mr. ADAMCIK. He said, knowing about his background and all--I remember
just about what he said--that he knew that he would be asked to be
considered a suspect, and--or that we would consider him a suspect,
something. He didn't say who, but the way the situation was.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say what it was in his background that would make him
considered to be a suspect?
Mr. ADAMCIK. It is in the affidavit, and I can't remember what he
said. Whether he said it was because he was in Russia at one time, or
something about him being a Russian citizen, or whether it was because
for some other reason.
Anyway, it is in the affidavit. I can't think exactly what he said. It
is worded pretty well, because he signed the affidavit and it is in his
words. I can look at it.
Mr. BELIN. Here is an affidavit that appears to be signed by Michael
Paine. He says that he felt concern for his wife, is that correct?
Mr. ADAMCIK. Right; he did say that.
Mr. BELIN. He says that he saw a heavy pipelike object wrapped in a
blanket, tied with a string. Is that what he said?
Mr. ADAMCIK. That is what he said.
Mr. BELIN. He said, "I picked it up to get it out of the way of the
powersaw."
Mr. ADAMCIK. That is what he said.
Mr. BELIN. Did he say he had a lot of tools, and he mentioned he picked
up this object and put it out of the way of his powersaw?
Mr. ADAMCIK. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. And it says in the affidavit he thought it was tenting
equipment. Is that what he said?
Mr. ADAMCIK. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. He says later in the affidavit that he heard the President
was shot while he was at work, is that correct?
Mr. ADAMCIK. That's correct.
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