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. HUBERT. Could you give us an estimate of the time of your
conversation with Mr. Hall relative to the time that you first spoke to
Batchelor?
Mr. FLEMING. I would estimate between 8 and 10 minutes.
Mr. HUBERT. After you spoke to Batchelor?
Mr. FLEMING. After I finished talking with Mr. Batchelor.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you then call anyone else?
Mr. FLEMING. I called Mr. Dietrich. He was not in. I left a message for
him to call me as soon as he got into his house.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he call?
Mr. FLEMING. He called me again within about 5 minutes, and I asked him
to come directly. Asked him if he had keys, and he said, “Yes,” and
asked him to come directly to the Armored Motor Service terminal and
meet me there.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he indicate that he had already received a call from
Mr. Hall to the same effect?
Mr. FLEMING. No; he did not. We didn’t discuss it. I assumed that he
had not.
Mr. HUBERT. I am not saying that he did.
Mr. FLEMING. He may have received a call after. I think Mr. Hall had
called the home, though, because he did indicate that he was not home.
Mr. HUBERT. Then I take it you finished dressing and went about the
accomplishment of the job?
Mr. FLEMING. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. About what time then did you get to the terminal?
Mr. FLEMING. I frankly can’t state what time I got there, because in
the haste I forgot my wrist watch and did not know. Judging from the
route I took, however, I would estimate it took me at least 20 to 25
minutes to reach there from my house. That could put it 10:25 to 10:30,
and this is strictly an estimate.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, after you had made the several calls that
you have talked about, it took you, I gather, another 15 to 20 minutes
to finish dressing?
Mr. FLEMING. No. I finished shaving in the meantime, and was gone as
soon as I got the call from Mr. Dietrich. It was a matter of 2 or 3
minutes before I left the house.
Mr. HUBERT. When you got to the terminal, was anyone there?
Mr. FLEMING. When I got to the terminal, Mr. Hall and Mr. Goin and Mr.
Dietrich all three were there.
Mr. HUBERT. Just relate in narrative form, if you wish, what happened
from the time you got there, on forward, if possible, giving us time
intervals, because one of the purposes of this deposition is to fix the
time.
Mr. FLEMING. Let me just meditate a minute. When I arrived, they were
preparing to take a small truck on the mission, because Mr. Dietrich
said that he had been in the basement of the city hall before and knew
that even a small truck would not clear the overhead pipes in the
basement. Based on that, Mr. Hall apparently had made a decision that
we would take the small truck rather than the large one.
Mr. HUBERT. Now was it Mr. Goin, you say, or Mr. Hall?
Mr. FLEMING. I said Mr. Hall.
Mr. HUBERT. Mr. Hall didn’t indicate to you that he had been to the
jail on that morning, but on some previous occasion?
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