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. HULSE. Policeman, city of Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. How long have you been so employed?
Mr. HULSE. Six years.
Mr. HUBERT. On November 24, 1963, were you on duty?
Mr. HULSE. Yes, sir; I was.
Mr. HUBERT. What were your specific duties on that day?
Mr. HULSE. Radio dispatcher.
Mr. HUBERT. What does that mean that you do?
Mr. HULSE. Dispatch all calls in the city of Dallas which come through
on the telephone lines.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you mean that you can get into radio
communication with moving vehicles and other places through special
channels?
Mr. HULSE. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. What channel were you using, do you remember?
Mr. HULSE. Using channel 1.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know Mrs. Frances Cason?
Mr. HULSE. Yes, I do.
Mr. HUBERT. Who is she?
Mr. HULSE. She is a telephone operator for the city of Dallas Police
Department.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I invite you to look at the document before you which
has been marked for identification as: “Dallas, Texas, April 1, 1964.
Exhibit 5135, deposition of Frances Cason and C. E. Hulse,” and ask you
whether or not you have signed it?
Mr. HULSE. Yes, I have.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, would you tell us what part you played with reference
to the activities reflected by Exhibit 5135?
Mr. HULSE. I dispatched this shooting call to 118, and also dispatched
the same call to ambulance 605, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, can you recall how you got the information, or where
you got the information as to the shooting of Oswald?
Mr. HULSE. To the best of my knowledge, I don’t remember who told me
that that he had been shot. Some other officer, or some other telephone
clerk in the dispatcher’s office told me that he had been shot.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it possible that Mrs. Cason----
Mr. HULSE. It is quite possible that she did.
Mr. HUBERT. How would she do it? Were you in the same office with her?
Mr. HULSE. No, now, I was in another office which is divided by a plate
glass, but we also have an intercom system and it is quite possible she
told me through the intercom system that Oswald had been shot.
Mr. HUBERT. When you heard that, what did you do?
Mr. HULSE. I knew that she had already ordered an ambulance. I knew 605
had just cleared from a previous call. Best I can remember I asked her
what ambulance was going, what ambulance had been ordered and she told
me 607.
Mr. HUBERT. All right.
Mr. HULSE. I knew that 605 would probably be closer to the basement,
and I disregarded 607, and ordered 605 on the air.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, now, how did you know that 605 was nearby?
Mr. HULSE. When he heard the call come out on the shooting in the
basement, the best I can remember, he told me he was probably closer to
the basement than 607.
Mr. HUBERT. That is to say that you were in radio communication with
605?
Mr. HULSE. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Ambulance 605?
Mr. HULSE. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And he heard the call for ambulance 607?
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