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. I had gotten the information that I desired at that time,
and was anxious to get it back into Washington, because I had been
asked to get as much information as I could quickly, and get it back to
them up there, something about his background, who he was and so forth.
Mr. HUBERT. So that during that interview, which lasted approximately
5 to 7 minutes, your thought is--you know that there was Dean and
yourself and Ruby, and you also know that there were two other officers
whose names you do not know even now, and you think that there might
have been one or more others who came in?
Mr. SORRELS. Yes--in plainclothes. I don’t recall any other uniformed
officers there.
Mr. HUBERT. And you do not recall, I suppose, or do not know now the
names of any of those other people who might have come in?
Mr. SORRELS. No; I could not tell you who they were at all.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I think you have made a report of that interview, and
a later one, and we will offer that in evidence a little later.
But I would like to ask you now if Ruby made any statement to your
knowledge at that time, and that is the first interview you had with
him, concerning whether he had been in the assembly room on the night
of the 22d when Oswald was brought in so that the press could observe
him?
Mr. SORRELS. Not at that time; no, sir. He did later.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he at that time, the first interview, indicate
anything, or say anything which would indicate what his motive or
reason for his act was?
Mr. SORRELS. Yes; and I might say that it was at that time that I found
out his name was Ruby in place of Rubin, and he informed me his name
had formerly been Rubinstein, and that he had had his name changed in
Dallas.
I asked him--after I identified myself, I told him I would like to ask
him some questions.
He said, “For newspapers or magazines?”
I said, “No; for myself.”
He appeared to be considering whether or not he was going to answer my
questions, and I told him that I had just come from the third floor,
and had been looking out of the window, and that I had seen Honest
Joe, who is a Jewish merchant there, who operates a second-hand loan
pawn shop, so to speak, specializing in tools, on Elm Street, and who
is more or less known in the area because of the fact that he takes
advantage of any opportunity to get free advertising. He at that time
had an Edsel car, which is somewhat a rarity now, all painted up with
“Honest Joe” on there. He wears jackets with “Honest Joe” on the back.
He gets writeups in the paper, free advertising about different things
he loans money on, like artificial limbs and things like that. And I
had noticed Honest Joe across the street when I was looking out of
Chief Batchelor’s office.
So I remarked to Jack Ruby, I said, “I just saw Honest Joe across the
street over there, and I know a number of Jewish merchants here that
you know.”
And Ruby said, “That is good enough for me. What is it you want to
know?”
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