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. DECKER. Well, on Saturday, the homicide, I believe, if I'm
correct--now, the date of the homicide of Oswald was what?
Mr. HUBERT. It was Sunday the 24th.
Mr. DECKER. The 24th--Sunday. Friday, after we had completed our
investigation and gotten our files together to some extent, we then
closed shop, shall we say, and went back into our routine work, and on
Saturday arrival at our office we then again, I'm reasonably sure that
was the day, we talked about moving Oswald but I just don't remember.
That's one of those things you just don't remember the date.
Mr. HUBERT. But you talked to Fritz?
Mr. DECKER. That's when I talked to Fritz.
Mr. HUBERT. What did Fritz tell you, do you know?
Mr. DECKER. He said he would notify me when he was ready to move.
Mr. HUBERT. He wasn't ready at that time?
Mr. DECKER. He wasn't ready at that time, witnesses were being brought
in, he was still interviewing witnesses. Now, then, later that
afternoon the rumor was out that they were going to bring him down--of
course, we had rumors, rumors, rumors all the day, because we had
worldwide press and they were in the city hall, you couldn't get in the
city hall for them and they were running back and forth down to our
pressroom, and this word was here that they were coming, so late that
afternoon, on Saturday, Jim Kerr was the first man that brought me the
date of the 10 o'clock transfer Sunday morning. Jim Kerr is associated
with channel 5, and there were several of the pressmen in my office and
members of my staff and we were discussing it and later in the evening,
later about 9 o'clock it was getting on to be, and he notified us they
were going to move in and I think I then confirmed that with someone in
the city and they said yes--the next morning at 10 o'clock and then I
went to my home.
Mr. HUBERT. Did they say "Next morning at 10," or not before 10?
Mr. DECKER. They said "around 10 o'clock."
Mr. HUBERT. You got that, though, from newsmen, you think?
Mr. DECKER. Jim Kerr is the man that gave me the information.
Mr. HUBERT. You didn't talk to Fritz or Curry about that?
Mr. DECKER. No; but I checked it up at the city with somebody there,
and I don't know who it was now.
Mr. HUBERT. You, yourself, don't know who it was?
Mr. DECKER. I checked it on the telephone.
Mr. HUBERT. But you don't remember who you talked to?
Mr. DECKER. No; I don't remember who I talked to.
Mr. HUBERT. And it was confirmed that he would not be moved that night?
Mr. DECKER. It was confirmed that he wouldn't be moved that night and
that's all there was to it.
Mr. HUBERT. But you say your normal operations went on and I assume you
went to your home?
Mr. DECKER. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. What time did you get to your office on Sunday, the 24th of
November?
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