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 would say about 25 or 30 yards long, and about 10 to 12
yards wide, something like that.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you at the back of the room?
Mr. KANTOR. I was in approximately the middle of the room, standing on
a table, which did put me in a position of being more to the rear of
the group.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see anyone else standing on a table?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes, sir; quite a few were standing on tables.
Photographers took up choice positions immediately in front of Oswald,
as he was led in. In order both to hear and see I think the majority of
people were standing on tables.
Mr. HUBERT. I have no further questions.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you first report to your newspaper that you had
seen Ruby at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. KANTOR. Again, I telephoned Charles Egger at about 1:30 Sunday
afternoon, told him that I was well acquainted with Jack Ruby, and had
seen him at the hospital. He said, “That sounds like a pretty good
story for tomorrow.” I waited until sometime during the evening to
write it simply because we didn’t know what was going to happen next.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you notify any police department officials that you
had seen him at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. KANTOR. No; as a matter of fact, I wrote it in my story, and never
said a word to anybody beyond that.
An FBI man asked me about it about 5 days later.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, Mr. Kantor, would you look over the two diagrams we
have been talking about, Exhibit No. 1 and Exhibit No. 2, and if those
are correct in terms of what we have been talking about, would you sign
them?
Mr. KANTOR. Yes; I would be happy to.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And please date it, also.
Mr. KANTOR. Surely.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let the record reflect that Mr. Kantor has signed
Deposition Exhibits Nos. 1 and 2 and dated them.
The taking of the deposition is recessed until a time tomorrow
afternoon to be arranged to suit the convenience of Mr. Kantor.
TESTIMONY OF SETH KANTOR RESUMED
The testimony of Seth Kantor was taken at 5:10 p.m., on June 3, 1964,
at 200 Maryland Avenue NE., Washington, D.C., by Messrs. Burt W.
Griffin and Leon D. Hubert, Jr., assistant counsel of the President’s
Commission.
Mr. GRIFFIN. At the outset let me ask you if it is agreeable with you
that the oath and the formalities which we went through originally
yesterday will continue to prevail at this point in the deposition,
that you understand it is a continuation.
Mr. KANTOR. I understand I am still under oath.
Mr. GRIFFIN. All right, fine. When we recessed yesterday we had asked
you to check on certain notes and documents. I want to ask you before
we get into that, however, one final question in respect to what we did
cover yesterday, and I want to ask you to search your mind and tell
us what doubts, if you have any, that you might have that the man who
you have identified as Jack Ruby, Parkland Hospital on November 22 was
indeed Jack Ruby.
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