Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Captain King advised me when I came back down that they had stripped
Ruby of his clothing, searched him to see that he had nothing on him
with which he could harm himself or harm anyone else, and in about, oh,
I would say possibly 10 minutes after he was taken upstairs, Secret
Service Agent Forrest Sorrels did go up and talk with him, and Sergeant
Dean, I believe it was, took him up there.
Now this was told to me by Sergeant Dean, that Mr. Sorrels did request
to go up and talk to him, and he did take him up there.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you observe Ruby before he was stripped of his clothing?
Mr. STEVENSON. Yes; I observed him in the jail office after he had been
picked up, after he had shot Oswald.
He had been picked up from just outside the jail office door near the
ramp and was taken into the jail office, and he was standing in the
jail office with the detectives holding him, when I walked in there.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you observe any kind of press pass on his person?
Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know Ruby prior to that time?
Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir; I had never seen him before, as far as I know.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you seen him in the crowd?
Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Ruby say anything in your presence that you yourself
heard?
Mr. STEVENSON. Not that I heard myself.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you give any orders concerning the search of Ruby's
automobile?
Mr. STEVENSON. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you tell us what they were, please?
Mr. STEVENSON. I don't recall who contacted me or called me and told
me where his car was on the parking station near the Western Union,
advising me that he had a dog in the car, a dog of some kind.
I contacted my Automobile Theft Bureau, which handles and is
responsible for all impounded cars, and asked Lieutenant Smart to go up
and get the car.
He took someone with him, I don't recall who, to impound the
automobile, search it, and take everything out of it that he could find.
Mr. HUBERT. Now you did not get your information about the location of
the car from Ruby himself?
Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir; I did not.
Mr. HUBERT. And you think you got it from someone whose name you don't
know or now remember?
Mr. STEVENSON. I don't recall who it was. It is possible someone who
had talked to Ruby, but now I can't say about that because I just
don't recall who it was that advised me that his car was up there at
the Western Union, but I did receive the information and directed
Lieutenant Smart to get the car and search it thoroughly, impound it,
and have the pound take the dog.
Mr. HUBERT. So that when you did get the information about Ruby's car,
you also got the information that there was a dog in it?
Mr. STEVENSON. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know who was assigned to control traffic at the
corner of Main and Pearl? That is, by the Western Union Office?
Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir; I don't.
Mr. HUBERT. Or Main and Harwood?
Mr. STEVENSON. No, sir; I don't.
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