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
At that time we didn't know who shot him. I was just told it was in
Oak Cliff. I was still at the hospital at this time and I was told by
some of the Secret Service people, I don't recall who, to get my car
ready and another car ready to take the President--we were informed
that President Kennedy had expired--and we were asked to have two
automobiles standing by to take President Johnson to Love Field.
Mr. HUBERT. Let me stop you and ask you this: When you had the news of
the death of Tippit, or the shooting of Tippit, did you associate that
in any way with the President's assassination?
Mr. CURRY. No; I didn't at the time.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, sir; go on.
Mr. CURRY. In a little while President Johnson came out, and some of
his aides, and got into my car and some of his other people came and
got into another vehicle driven by Inspector Putnam of the Dallas
Police Department, and we were instructed to go to Love Field, to
get there by the nearest route with the least amount of noise, but
to go there as quickly as we could. So I drove to Love Field and
the President got out of the car with his group and went aboard the
Presidential plane.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you have any idea about what time you left the hospital
to go to Love Field?
Mr. CURRY. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, perhaps you can arrive at it this way; you know the
time you arrived there?
Mr. CURRY. It seemed we were there about 30 minutes at the hospital--30
minutes or so, and we probably got there a little after 12:30, so that
would have been around a little after 1:15, I believe.
Mr. HUBERT. It was a little after 1:15 that you started to move to Love
Field?
Mr. CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, did you know Jack Ruby prior to that time?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. HUBERT. You had never seen him?
Mr. CURRY. If I had ever seen him, I didn't know it. I might have seen
him but I didn't recognize him.
Mr. HUBERT. Of course, now, you know who Jack Ruby is; you have seen
him?
Mr. CURRY. I have seen him in the courtroom.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you tell us whether or not among any of the people that
you saw at the hospital anywhere, whether Jack Ruby was at the hospital?
Mr. CURRY. If he was, I didn't know it.
Mr. HUBERT. That's what I'm asking--you didn't see the man that you now
know to be Jack Ruby?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know a reporter from the Washington, D.C., newspaper
who is called Seth Kantor?
Mr. CURRY. I believe he used to be in Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. I believe he was, and moved on to Washington.
Mr. CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see him out there?
Mr. CURRY. I don't recall who all I saw out there--I saw a number of
people out there. If I saw him, I don't recall it. I very easily could
have seen him out there.
Mr. HUBERT. And it follows from what you said before, of course, that
you did not see Kantor with Ruby?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. So, let's go back then to the point we left off, and that
is to say--the arrival at Love Field.
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