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
Mrs. CASON. These are the initials of Officer M. J. Jackson who was
working on the radio with Officer C. E. Hulse at the time the calls
were dispatched. The way our radio is set up part of the squads are
handled by this officer on one side of the board and part of the squads
and the ambulances and APB, which is traffic investigators are handled
by the officer on the other side of the radio board, and Mr. Jackson
was sitting on the side of the board that would handle a call in the
downtown area. That is why I placed his initial on the call sheet, but
when it got in there Officer Hulse had already been talking to the
ambulance and was dispatching the call rather than Mr. Jackson.
Mr. HUBERT. Have you stated yet whether you conveyed the information
about Oswald being shot to Officer Hulse by word of mouth?
Mrs. CASON. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Tell us what happened there?
Mrs. CASON. There is a discrepancy in the number of the ambulance that
was on the call sheet and the number of the ambulance that was told to
me that would be sent by the ambulance company. I feel that the reason
for this is because I called Officer Hulse over the intercom that we
have between the telephone clerk’s office and the radio dispatcher’s
office and told him that Oswald had been shot, and I was sending an
ambulance, and it is my understanding that ambulance 605 was cleared
in the downtown area, and he gave it to ambulance 605, and told me
to clear 607 through the office, so, rather than put 607 on the call
sheet, I put ambulance 605 on the air, because he was giving the call
on the air.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, Officer Hulse got the information that Oswald was
shot and that an ambulance was needed from you?
Mrs. CASON. I do not have total recall about the matter, but I
feel like Officer Hulse knew Oswald had been shot. This is my only
explanation for it. It was busy that day and things were confusing, and
I just feel like this is what must have happened. It’s not unusual for
us to tell them about things like this on the intercom that is placed
there for that reason, like if we have an armed robbery they can tell
them the location and they can have a squad practically there before we
can make up the call sheet, because it takes longer to make up a call
sheet if you have to look up the district, and we do not know all of
the districts. I happened to know what district this call was in.
Mr. HUBERT. That is why it was easy and quick for you to make up your
call sheet, identified as Exhibit 5135?
Mrs. CASON. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, is there anything that we have not covered, to your
recollection?
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