Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) — John Shaqi
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
Mr. CURRY. So, we warned them not to try to interfere with him or
anything else and we would let them see him. We did take him down and
let them briefly see him--this was just a very short time.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you present then?
Mr. CURRY. Yes; I was.
Mr. HUBERT. Who else was present, among the police officers you recall?
Mr. CURRY. I don't recall--I think Fritz was--I don't know that he was
in the room, and there was a couple of detectives who brought the
suspect in. Henry Wade and Alexander were in the vicinity--they were
not right there with me, so when we brought him in, the news media
started then to trying to talk to him and he was only there for a few
seconds and we removed him.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see, during the time you were in the assembly room
that you have just been speaking about, the man you now know as Jack
Ruby in that room?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I didn't. I understood he was there, but I didn't
see him, and would not have known him had I seen him.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, that's correct, but now that you do know him?
Mr. CURRY. I didn't recognize him.
Mr. HUBERT. You didn't recognize him?
Mr. CURRY. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Your present memory doesn't associate the man you now know
as Jack Ruby with being in that room?
Mr. CURRY. That's right.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, can you tell us why Oswald was moved for the purpose
of charging him in the case of Tippit, and subsequently in the case of
the President?
Mr. CURRY. I don't know in the case of Tippit. I wasn't there. I
mean, I wasn't present when he was charged, but he was charged with
the murder of the President--he was charged in the lobby of the
identification bureau, which is on the fourth floor of the police
department, and he was brought out of the jail into the identification
bureau and the charge was read to him by Judge David Johnston.
Mr. HUBERT. What I am trying to get at is what security measures were
observed with reference to him during the time that he was moved
through these crowds of people?
Mr. CURRY. Officers surrounded him. We had officers in front and in the
back and by the side of him as he was moving--usually two detectives,
two or three uniformed officers, when he moved through the crowds.
Mr. HUBERT. I understand you said that there was a huge crowd on the
third floor?
Mr. CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And I would take it that there was a rather large crowd in
the assembly room?
Mr. CURRY. Yes; there were several--a good many there.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it fair to say that other than on the third floor, when
he was being moved and when he was in the assembly room, he was not
exposed in any way?
Mr. CURRY. No; he was not.
Mr. HUBERT. That is to say, there were no persons around him but police
then?
Mr. CURRY. That's right.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, when he was moved through the hall, however many times
he was at the third floor--of course, you had this mob of newsmen and
there were a group of newsmen in the assembly room?
Mr. CURRY. Yes.
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