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. SORRELS. The same officer I was talking to--I don’t remember who it
was, but someone apparently----
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know Dean prior to that time?
Mr. SORRELS. No; I cannot say that I did. So----
Mr. HUBERT. Where was Dean?
Mr. SORRELS. That was in the detective office, Captain Fritz----
Mr. HUBERT. What was he doing?
Mr. SORRELS. I don’t know what he was doing.
Mr. HUBERT. In any case, the same officer to whom you made inquiry
concerning where Captain Fritz was and where Ruby was, that officer
directed Dean, who was in Fritz’ office, to take you up?
Mr. SORRELS. That is right.
And we walked out then in the hallway to the jail elevator. Now, that
is a different one from the one I came to Fritz’ office in. And I was
taken to the fifth floor, and there I saw Ruby, whom I later found out
to be Ruby, standing there with, as I recall it, two uniformed police
officers. And I introduced myself to him, showed him my credentials,
and told him that I would like to ask him some questions.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, was this a cell, or what sort of a room was it?
Mr. SORRELS. It wasn’t what you would call a cell, but the
elevator--you had to open up a door with bars on it to get into the
area there. And----
Mr. HUBERT. How large a room was that?
Mr. SORRELS. It wasn’t very large, as I recall it.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you give us something by way of dimensions in feet?
Mr. SORRELS. I would say in width it was probably about, oh, 6 or 7
feet wide. Now, as to length, I would not be able to say exactly how
long it was, because I was not interested in the size of the room or
anything at that time, and I paid no attention to it.
Mr. HUBERT. Were there tables and furniture and chairs in it?
Mr. SORRELS. No; nothing.
Mr. HUBERT. Nothing at all?
Mr. SORRELS. No; nothing. He was standing there. He only had his shorts
on. His clothes had been removed.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Dean go into that room with you?
Mr. SORRELS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. So that there were you and Dean and Ruby in the room?
Mr. SORRELS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And you mentioned there were two other officers?
Mr. SORRELS. As I recall it, there were two uniformed police officers
there.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know who they were?
Mr. SORRELS. No; I do not.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, to get it clear--I do not mean if you knew who they
were at the time, but do you now know who they were?
Mr. SORRELS. No; I do not know who they are now.
Mr. HUBERT. And there were only those two?
Mr. SORRELS. There were possibly some other officers came in. I do not
recall that they were there at the time we got there, but there might
have been others came in. As I recall, there was somebody behind me. I
wasn’t interested in them. I was only interested in talking to this man
as quickly as I could.
Mr. HUBERT. Before we get into the details, can you tell us how long
this interview with Ruby lasted?
Mr. SORRELS. I would say possibly not over 5 to 7 minutes, not very
long.
Mr. HUBERT. What brought it to an end?
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