Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GRAVES. Just long enough to say that--“We are going to get him down
and talk to him, and get the car ready in the basement.” Told Dhority
and Brown what to do about the cars, also Beck, and so, we went up and
got him and brought him down.
Mr. GRIFFIN. At the time that you were instructed to go up and bring
down Oswald, were Dhority and Brown given instructions by Fritz about
the automobiles?
Mr. GRAVES. I’m going to have to say that I am not sure whether it was
at that moment, or after we brought him down, and I kind of believe
that it was then that they got the cars ready and put them in the
basement, and that at the last minute just before we took him down, we
were instructed to move that car up there to the entrance exit of the
jail office, and I am pretty sure that that is the way that went.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, now, just directing your attention to the time that
you were instructed to go up and bring Oswald down for interrogation,
what other conversation do you remember taking place with Fritz?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, that was all that was said to me at that time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who went up with you?
Mr. GRAVES. Leavelle and Dhority.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And did you talk with Lee Oswald on your way down?
Mr. GRAVES. No, didn’t say anything to him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did you do after you brought Oswald down to the
homicide bureau?
Mr. GRAVES. Brought him in the office with Captain Fritz and the other
people that were in there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, what did you do when you----
Mr. GRAVES. I went back outside and started answering phones, or doing
whatever it was to be done for a while, but I didn’t go back in the
office until just before we were ready to move him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. While you were out there answering telephones and so
forth, did you hear any more about the movement of Oswald to the county
jail?
Mr. GRAVES. Not while I was outside, no.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see Chief Curry come in?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he say anything that you heard about the movement of
Oswald?
Mr. GRAVES. Not where I could hear him. He went in the office and
this--presumably discussed something with Captain Fritz. I believe
he made a number of trips there during the time that he was being
interviewed.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were there any rumors circulating in the homicide bureau
about how Oswald would be transferred?
Mr. GRAVES. Not to my knowledge.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Well, then, when was the next time that you got
any information about moving Lee Oswald?
Mr. GRAVES. Immediately after, just a few minutes before the interview
was completed, I went in the office, and we were instructed that we
were to take him down, and he would be taken in the car.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was in the office when you walked in?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, Mr. Sorrels and Mr. Holmes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Sorrels is from the Secret Service?
Mr. GRAVES. Mr. Holmes is from the Postal Department--I believe it is
the Postal Department, and I can’t think of the other man’s name now.
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