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 can--I think I can pretty well establish it. I will
tell you why. At the time that I was in Wade’s office, and during the
course of the time that I talked to him, this officer Dean came into
Mr. Wade’s office and Mr. Wade asked me about if I was present when
Ruby said such and such things--I don’t recall what it was now--I think
about that he had been thinking for 2 or 3 days about killing this
fellow, or words to that effect, and I told him I was not. And it was
right after that that Dean testified in that case. And I think I can
establish about pretty close to what day it was. He either testified
that day or the following day, as I recall it.
Mr. HUBERT. What interval of time would have elapsed between your
meeting Wade at the airport and the date of the interview?
Mr. SORRELS. Oh, I think that would have been probably--it is just hard
to estimate the time, but it was before the trial of Ruby had ever even
begun. It would just be a guess on my part, but I would say it was
probably maybe 2 or 3 weeks, or maybe even more.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, can you fix for us--put it this way: Can you fix for
us whether the Curry conversation was closer to the time you met Wade
at Love Field than it was to the time you interviewed Wade, or Wade
interviewed you?
Mr. SORRELS. I just don’t believe I can. It seems to me like it was
shortly after I had seen Mr. Wade. I may be wrong about that. But I
know the thought occurred to me, well, if I am going to be called down
on that thing, I don’t think they are going to be able to accept my
testimony, because of the fact that Ruby wasn’t warned. And so it was
that time that I thought about maybe getting the names of these other
two officers who could possibly remember the conversation, and they
were standbys and were not the ones actually in the questioning.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you remember telling Mr. Griffin here that you would
call the Dallas Police Department--I think that was in a telephone
conversation he had with you--to find out the names of the people?
Mr. SORRELS. It seems that I did mention to Mr. Griffin, when he was
talking to me on the phone, that there were others present, and that
I could possibly find out their names, and it seems to me that Mr.
Griffin said something about, “Well, no; don’t do that,” or “It is not
necessary.”
Mr. HUBERT. Well, let me ask you this: Would that have been before you
called Curry, or afterwards?
Mr. SORRELS. Let me see now. I think that would have been before.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, perhaps it is this. Perhaps it was that when you had
a personal conversation with Mr. Griffin in Dallas that you told him
that you had made a call to ascertain the names of these people.
Mr. SORRELS. It could have been.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you make such a call?
Mr. SORRELS. Did I?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
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