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. No, after he turned he would be out of sight--the shades were
drawn on that side, and I just saw him turn, and that was the last I
saw of him.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he seem to be walking fast, slow, medium?
Mr. LANE. Just ordinary gait.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I notice on Exhibit 5118, another time, which seems to
be 1963, November 24, p.m., 12:26. What does that mean?
Mr. LANE. That is the time that the money order was put into the wire
in the upstairs office----
Mr. HUBERT. Well, explain what you do after the application is
accepted, the money received, the change given back, the receipt given
to the customer?
Mr. LANE. I put it in a tube, suction tube that takes it directly
upstairs to be transmitted.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you endorse anything on the application at that time?
Mr. LANE. I endorse nothing. I have done all that before.
Mr. HUBERT. I see. “MOD,”----
Mr. LANE. “MOD,” is a transmission mark.
Mr. HUBERT. That is your handwriting?
Mr. LANE. Yes, it is.
Mr. HUBERT. What is the significance?
Mr. LANE. Money Order Department, Fort Worth from Money Order
Department, Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. That is done before it is stamped by the clock?
Mr. LANE. Before it is stamped.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, once you put it in the tube, that is the end of it, as
far as you are concerned?
Mr. LANE. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know from your experience in your 10 or 12 years
employment with Western Union what happens when it gets upstairs?
Mr. LANE. Yes, sir; it is removed from the tube, put on a sending
position, and sent. This day it was different because of the press.
Press releases coming in immediately, and many of them, so, it was
delayed quite a while. Ordinarily, it is about 20 minutes from here to
Fort Worth.
Mr. HUBERT. But, that stamp on 5118, is the Dallas time of----
Mr. LANE. Time it was actually transmitted here in Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. Does that work on the same clock system that you were
speaking of before?
Mr. LANE. A different machine, but synchronized, by the same master
clock.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, you mentioned something about a lot of press releases
coming in which delayed the message a little bit. Those press releases
were being handled upstairs, were they?
Mr. LANE. Most of them were.
Mr. HUBERT. Were any being handled downstairs?
Mr. LANE. Well, reporters, running in there with scribbled notes.
Mr. HUBERT. What I am trying to get at, do you recall whether any
reporters came in with any kind of notes, or saying anything during the
time that Jack Ruby was there, which would have indicated to Ruby that
the transfer of Oswald was imminent?
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