Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. KANTOR. I spoke to another police officer--I don’t recall his
name--who had been down there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you hear any rumors while you were standing outside of
Curry’s office as to how Ruby had gotten into the basement?
Mr. KANTOR. No; there was no speculation. I do recall some conversation
among reporters who had seen him on Friday night at the assembly room,
when I had not seen him. And I was surprised to learn that Ruby had
been there at all.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you remember the names of the reporters you talked to
who saw him in the assembly room Friday night?
Mr. KANTOR. Well, there was one reporter in particular whose name I
have in my notes at home. He was a radio reporter from New York City. I
am afraid that I just cannot recall his name at this moment.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You have indicated that you do have some notes at home.
Have you retained all or substantially all of your notes from the 3
days that you were in Dallas?
Mr. KANTOR. I have kept all my written notes, and then everything was
so vivid when I returned that within about 3 weeks or so after I was
back I got a tape recorder and talked about 10,000 words into it, which
I had not written down, and which I then transcribed by typewriter, and
I have those, too.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do your notes reflect your activities at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do they show any times?
Mr. KANTOR. I believe they do.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, do your notes reflect your interview with Billy
Combest?
Mr. KANTOR. I believe that my handwritten notes would show that I
talked to Jack Combest, after the shooting of Oswald.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would they show what Combest said?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes; I believe so.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would they reflect----
Mr. KANTOR. I am not sure about the detail. It may have been just a few
words.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I also understand that you interviewed George Senator on
November 24, is that right?
Mr. KANTOR. No; I was about to mention that while we were waiting for
Chief Curry to come out of his office, a man arrived just outside the
third floor elevator with--I am sorry, I am really going blank on
names--with the entertainment columnist for the Dallas Morning News.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that Tony Zoppi?
Mr. KANTOR. Tony Zoppi--thank you. That is right. And then the first
reaction was sort of one of amusement because Zoppi looked like an
entrepreneur of a new event. And I went over. However, there was a
large circle of people around George Senator, and I listened to what I
could hear, and then moved back to my place which happened to be first
in line outside the chief’s office, and I didn’t want to give that up.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long did you listen to Senator?
Mr. KANTOR. Perhaps 3 or 4 minutes. But I got there right at the tail
end, because a couple of plainclothes officers came out and removed
Senator, and insisted that he should not be talking to the press.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember anybody else you interviewed on the 24th?
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