Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SENATOR. Told them who I was. And then, you know, the place was
mobbed and there was a bunch, whoever these people were, reporters or
whatever, there were some of them there. They happened to overhear it,
and they mobbed me. They mobbed me.
Then eventually two great big policemen came over and one grabbed me on
one side of the arm, you know, they looked like giants to me, and one
on the other side and they took me into this room. Remember I told you
they put me into a little sort of solitary room.
Mr. HUBERT. That is on the same floor?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes. And I don’t remember how long. I mean I had no way
of knowing time that I was in there in this room there waiting for
somebody who was going to—they said to wait there, I don’t know. They
kept me in this room. Then somebody finally approached me. They wanted
a statement.
Mr. HUBERT. You got there, I suppose, about 20 or 30 minutes after
leaving Martin’s house?
Mr. SENATOR. I would say something like that, between 20 and 30 minutes.
Mr. HUBERT. And you were, almost immediately after getting off on one
of the upper floors of the building, mobbed by the press group and
taken by these two policemen?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And put into a room on the same floor?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And then was Mr. Martin with you?
Mr. SENATOR. He was with me, but he never, you know, when they took me
to this room they wouldn’t let him in.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he ask to go in or to remain with you?
Mr. SENATOR. He says “I’m his lawyer”; he was my lawyer. But we still
were separated.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he ask that he be allowed to remain with you?
Mr. SENATOR. He wanted to get in.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you remember whether he actually asked to get in with
you?
Mr. SENATOR. It seemed like he wanted to get in. I mean I don’t
remember the exact words that he said, because they wouldn’t let him
in, so apparently he was trying to get in too.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you remember whether you were placed under arrest?
Mr. SENATOR. No, never placed under arrest.
Mr. HUBERT. When you were escorted to this room and sat down, was the
door locked?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you told to remain there?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Were there any guards on the door?
Mr. SENATOR. Not to my knowledge. I don’t think so.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you handcuffed?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. And you say you don’t know how long you remained there?
Mr. SENATOR. I couldn’t tell. This was a little tiny room. It looked
like where they keep some inventory books—not books, probably paper
goods or something like that. It was a very small room.
Mr. HUBERT. Could you hear what was going on outside the room?
Mr. SENATOR. No, couldn’t hear a thing.
Mr. HUBERT. Did the room have any windows in it?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Was the light on?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes. It was very small. It was a very small room. As I
say, it must be a room like they keep paper goods, things of that
nature, or something like that in there.
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