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. HARDIN. This police dispatcher. They phoned--the dispatcher phoned
our office, O’Neal’s Funeral Home and he gave our dispatcher the call,
and our dispatcher in turn told the police dispatcher we were en route
back to the office from the veterans hospital and should be close to
that vicinity when the call came out, so, he, in turn gave it to us,
used our call number, which is 605, and gave it to us.
Mr. HUBERT. Called 605 and you knew that was you?
Mr. HARDIN. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. You also knew what the signal 19 was, and what the other
signal you mentioned----
Mr. HARDIN. Code 3.
Mr. HUBERT. You knew what that was?
Mr. HARDIN. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. And I think you have explained all these meanings of
signals in the record already?
Mr. HARDIN. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you do then?
Mr. HARDIN. We, as I say, we were on the Freeway about a quarter of a
mile--I guess you would call it southwest--of Industrial and we went on
the freeway, from there to Ervay Street, north on Ervay to Main, and
then east on Main Street to city hall.
Mr. HUBERT. And you came into the city hall, in your ambulance?
Mr. HARDIN. Came off the Main Street entrance to the city hall.
Mr. HUBERT. Describe for the record what you saw and what you did?
Mr. HARDIN. Now remembering coming into the basement, there were police
officers standing there guarding the basement to see nobody got out,
and let us go into the basement, and when--and boy, the basement was
pretty crowded, a bunch of photographers and newsmen down there, and
they were moving this van up the Commerce Street side so we could
get in--I mean going up the ramp toward Commerce Street side, best I
remember, now, and pulled the ambulance up just south of the--well,
I don’t--jail office I guess it would be in there, and stopped the
ambulance, and when we got out I started around the back of the
ambulance to take the stretcher out, and there was a police officer, I
don’t remember who he was or anything, but he must have not recognized
me, kind of pushed me back into the crowd. I guess he thought I was
someone just coming through, so, just a few seconds until he did
recognize me and let me on through----
Mr. HUBERT. By the way, was there anyone with you then?
Mr. HARDIN. Yes, sir; my rider attendant, was with me.
Mr. HUBERT. Who was that?
Mr. HARDIN. Harold Wayne Wolfe.
Mr. HUBERT. Go ahead.
Mr. HARDIN. And I went around to the back of the ambulance, and my
rider opened the back door and took the stretcher out, and went into
the police or jail office, and we saw Oswald lying on the floor there,
and several men around him, and we picked him up and put him on the
stretcher and put him in the ambulance, and then there were two or
three men, I don’t remember now, got into the back of the ambulance, I
believe.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know who they were?
Mr. HARDIN. I believe they were police officers and I believe one of
them was Leavelle.
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
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