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
Chief CURRY. Not exactly. Our jail meals usually consist of breakfast
and dinner. They usually have a cooked cereal of some kind, some
stewed fruit, bread, and coffee for breakfast. For their other meal,
they usually have beans cooked with some kind of meat, some kind of
vegetables served, and bread and coffee.
Mr. HUBERT. Then at night?
Chief CURRY. They serve two meals a day.
Mr. HUBERT. He was treated, so far as you know, as every other prisoner?
Chief CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Insofar as the physical comforts were concerned, there was
no distinction made between him and any other prisoner?
Chief CURRY. Except that he was placed in a cell alone, and in many
cases we are not able to do this for every prisoner.
Mr. HUBERT. For the record, what is the official name of the police
part of the building there? Is it called the city jail building?
Chief CURRY. The police and courts building.
Mr. HUBERT. The police and courts building?
Chief CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And the other building that is adjacent to it?
Chief CURRY. It is referred to as the city hall or municipal building.
Mr. HUBERT. Municipal building?
Chief CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Actually, they join together by a hallway?
Chief CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. That parking area is under the municipal building, whereas
the ramp is under the police building?
Chief CURRY. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Under the municipal building also?
Chief CURRY. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. In any case, the way these buildings are, one is the
municipal building and the other is the police department building?
Chief CURRY. They refer to one as the municipal building and the other
as the police and courts building. Sometimes both are referred to as
“city hall.”
Mr. HUBERT. Police and courts building. Let me go off the record for a
moment.
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. HUBERT. Chief, while we were off the record, I spoke to you about
the police department records concerning the log made of the time
when Oswald was taken from the custody of the jail personnel in your
department to, say, Captain Fritz’ office or somewhere else, and as
I understand it, a log is kept to record the transfers in custody of
prisoners, is that correct, sir?
And if a prisoner is turned over to another branch of the police
department, a document called a Tempo is issued which shows the time of
release, to whom released, and the time returned?
Chief CURRY. This is the procedure where the prisoner, generally
speaking, leaves the security of the jail area. A Tempo is made. As
long as he is in the custody of the jailers, perhaps for a visitor or
for perhaps into the identification bureau, which is a part of the
jail, there would be no Tempo made.
But when he leaves the jail in the custody of some other bureau, this
Tempo is made.
Mr. HUBERT. Let me ask you this then. Would a Tempo be made if he had a
visit with, say, his wife, his mother, or his brother?
Chief CURRY. No; but there should be a visitor’s record made of this.
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