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. LANE. Well, he came to the counter and handed me the money order
to be sent. I rated the money order and put the necessary transmission
marks on it. Wrote out a receipt for the money he handed me and I
believe it was $30, to pay for the money order. I handed him back his
receipt and his change. He turned around and walked out the door.
Mr. HUBERT. The first time you saw him, therefore, is when he came
up to the counter with a completed--partially completed form for the
transmission of money by Western Union?
Mr. LANE. That is the first I had seen him that day.
Mr. HUBERT. Therefore, you don’t know how long he was in the office?
Mr. LANE. I have no idea.
Mr. HUBERT. Prior to the time he came up.
Mr. LANE. I have no idea.
Mr. HUBERT. Is there a public telephone available to anyone who is in
the lobby?
Mr. LANE. Yes, there is.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see him use the telephone?
Mr. LANE. I did not.
Mr. HUBERT. On that morning, was there any kind of radio, or TV in the
Western Union office, whereby a person in that office could have heard
the news concerning the pending transfer of Oswald from the city hall
to the county jail?
Mr. LANE. Not in the office; no.
Mr. HUBERT. No one had a small radio or transistor?
Mr. LANE. The messenger boy had a transistor, but he was out
delivering, and he did not get back until 10 or 15 minutes after that.
Mr. HUBERT. There was no radio or television audible or visible to
anyone in the Western Union office at the time Jack Ruby was there?
Mr. LANE. No, there was not.
Mr. HUBERT. Mr. Lane, I am marking two documents, which have already
been identified by Mr. W. W. Semingsen, president--vice president
of the Western Union Telegram Co., when his deposition was taken by
Mr. Wesley J. Liebeler, a member of the staff of the President’s
Commission. On the first document I have marked “Dallas, Texas, March
31, 1964. Exhibit 5118, Deposition of Doyle Lane.” I have placed my
name under this language. It purports to be a photostatic copy of the
original which Mr. Semingsen produced at his deposition. In order that
the record may show that you and I are both talking about the same
document, I ask you to put your name below mine on this document. Now,
I am marking the other document as follows: “Dallas, Texas, March 31,
1964. Exhibit 5119, Deposition of Doyle Lane,” and signing my name on
that, and ask you to put your name on it so that the record may show
that we are talking about the same document. Now, I ask you to look at
Exhibit 5118, and state for the record what that document is.
Mr. LANE. This is a money order application filed to send money. $25.
Karen Bennett, Fort Worth, Tex., from Jack Ruby.
Mr. HUBERT. I notice that there are several handwritings on that, and,
of course, you will identify your own in a moment. Can you state for
the record what handwriting was on that, or what was on that document
at the time it was handed to you by Ruby?
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