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. HUBERT. What happened then?
Mrs. CASON. It is just a matter of seconds until they answered, and I
told them that someone just shot Oswald in the basement, and we needed
a white ambulance, code 3, to the basement.
Mr. HUBERT. What does code 3 mean?
Mrs. CASON. Code 3, red lights and sirens, as fast as possible.
Mr. HUBERT. What did the man on the other end say to you?
Mrs. CASON. He told me he would send ambulance 607, from his office,
and I told him, “Okay,” and hung up the phone.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, who were you speaking to, do you know?
Mrs. CASON. I do not know. Sometimes they will give their names when
they answer, and sometimes they do not, and I do not remember if he did
or not.
Mr. HUBERT. He told you that 607, ambulance 607, would answer this call?
Mrs. CASON. Yes; he did.
Mr. HUBERT. And answer it under conditions of code 3, that is to say,
as fast as possible, red lights and sirens.
Mrs. CASON. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. What happened next?
Mrs. CASON. Apparently I must have told Officer C. E. Hulse, who was
on the radio, that Oswald had just been shot, and I had ordered an
ambulance, and by then I proceeded to make up the call sheet, which is
just routine work that we do in the office on every call that we take.
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Now, you have before you Exhibit 5135, which
is the call sheet we are talking about, and I notice written in hand,
“605 on air,” and it seems to be next to the initials, “F.C.” Is that
language, to wit, “Ambulance 605 on air,” in your handwriting?
Mrs. CASON. Yes; it is.
Mr. HUBERT. Are the initials “F.C.” your initials?
Mrs. CASON. Yes; they are.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, can you tell us about when you made up that card?
Mrs. CASON. Immediately after ordering the ambulance I made up the call
sheet. I did not have to look up the district or any of the information
because I knew it all by memory, and we have a lot of calls to city
hall, and normally use 2000 and Main, and I knew, of course, it was
district 102, and----
Mr. HUBERT. And the top of the card shows it is district 102?
Mrs. CASON. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, there is also on that Exhibit 5135, and it appears
in blue ink printed by someone in the column entitled, “Ambulance
ordered,” the following: “C--11:12 a.m., November 24th----”
Mrs. CASON. 11:21, it said----
Mr. HUBERT. “11:21,” I beg your pardon. Then the column immediately
below that, “Time received,” “C--11:21 a.m., November 24th.”
Can you explain that to us, please?
Mrs. CASON. Well, the writing was not on the original call sheet. The
original call sheet was stamped in the timeclock. The only reason I can
see for it is that in the copying of the call sheet, the printed matter
did not show up, and it was necessary to write this in in ink.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, it is your thought that the original of
which 5135 is a photostatic copy, has got the time printed, and that
someone just simply wrote it in?
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