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. HUBERT. Let me put it to you another way. Were you given any
specific duty to perform or anything relative to the transfer whenever
that would take place?
Captain JONES. You mean prior to that 11 o'clock, when I was sent to
the basement?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes; prior to Saturday night.
Captain JONES. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Prior to leaving on Saturday night----
Captain JONES. In fact, I was told that if I wanted to go on my fishing
trip, I could go.
Mr. HUBERT. So, then you got back at what time?
Captain JONES. I would say somewhere roughly around 9 o'clock, couldn't
have been much after that.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you do anything between 9 and, say, 10 o'clock?
Captain JONES. Yes, sir; I sure did.
Mr. HUBERT. Tell us what you did.
Captain JONES. I was answering the telephone, and I can't recall
specific things. It was just things that come up that needed doing
right then. Getting calls----
Mr. HUBERT. Let me ask you the same question I asked about the other
period. Were you given any specific duties to do, or specific functions
as to supervising concerning the transfer of Oswald during this period
of 9 to, say, 11 o'clock, or roughly 11 o'clock, on the 24th?
Captain JONES. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you simply answering the phone?
Captain JONES. I came in and started answering the phone, and started
doing whatever appeared necessary for me to do.
Mr. HUBERT. What then happened next?
Captain JONES. Well, that went on for almost 2 hours or somewhere near
that and then at approximately 11 o'clock is when Chief Stevenson came
to me, and I don't know whether he came in from one of the offices. I
was in the big lobby out front of the chief's office, but I came to the
double doors where the secretaries have their desks, and he came to
me and told me to go down to the basement of the city hall, go up the
Commerce Street ramp and place two officers there to assist an armored
truck that was en route to be used in the transfer of Oswald. Have
those two officers there assist that truck in backing down into the
basement as far as possible. "I don't know whether it will go all the
way or not," also to take any available detectives on the third floor
to the basement and place them where I thought they might be needed.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you follow those instructions?
Captain JONES. I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you tell us in what way you did so?
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