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. GOIN. I believe we got the trucks and prepared to leave. There
was a little delay in some phone calls, I don’t remember, by Mr. Hall
or Mr. Fleming. I can’t really say what was involved. I remember Mr.
Dietrich now waiting a while.
Mr. HUBERT. Would you give us an estimate of how much time elapsed
between the time you arrived at the terminal and the time you began to
move to the city jail?
Mr. GOIN. Probably a half hour, I should say, possibly. I don’t recall.
I haven’t put any thought on this, I am sorry.
Mr. HUBERT. Was there any difficulty in starting either of the two
trucks?
Mr. GOIN. Yes; there was. Let’s see, I believe truck No. 46 had a new
battery and consequently hadn’t been serviced properly or serviced with
water and had to be used, what we call service cabled from another
battery.
Mr. HUBERT. To get the motor started?
Mr. GOIN. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Was that truck No. 46 the larger or the smaller of the two
trucks?
Mr. GOIN. Yes; it is our largest truck at present.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have anything to do with the starting up of the
truck, larger truck No. 46?
Mr. GOIN. I don’t recall.
Mr. HUBERT. But you do recall that it was necessary to use another
battery with cables to get it started?
Mr. GOIN. Yes; it was.
Mr. HUBERT. But who did the actual work of putting the other battery on
to the necessary parts of the truck to get the truck started?
Mr. GOIN. I really can’t give you an honest answer there.
Mr. HUBERT. You don’t know whether you did it yourself?
Mr. GOIN. I may have been a part of it, but I don’t distinctly remember
doing it, I am sorry.
Mr. HUBERT. But you do remember that the front hood was opened so that
the battery could be started?
Mr. GOIN. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. How much of a delay did that occasion, do you know?
Mr. GOIN. Not exactly. Probably 15 minutes. It would be an estimate, I
am sorry.
Mr. HUBERT. How did you travel from the terminal to the city jail?
Mr. GOIN. In--I was trying to think what truck number--in the other
truck.
Mr. HUBERT. In the smaller truck?
Mr. GOIN. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you driving?
Mr. GOIN. I believe I did.
Mr. HUBERT. Who was with you?
Mr. GOIN. Mr. Dietrich.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you precede the larger truck, or follow it?
Mr. GOIN. I don’t remember exactly.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you remember the route that was used to go from the
terminal?
Mr. GOIN. Ross Avenue to Harwood, down Harwood to the Commerce Street
parking on Commerce.
Mr. HUBERT. When you got to Commerce Street, where did you park?
Mr. GOIN. I parked past the city jail, back exit.
Mr. HUBERT. There is an exit from the city jail coming up from the
basement which comes out on Commerce Street?
Mr. GOIN. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. You say you had come down Harwood and turned left onto
Commerce?
Mr. GOIN. I parked past the exit.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you park on the Main Street side of Commerce or the
opposite side?
Mr. GOIN. I parked on the north side of Commerce.
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