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. Then, there is a third document which is a letter dated
December 2, 1963, addressed to Chief Curry and apparently the original
was signed by you, and I have marked it for identification as follows:
to wit: “Dallas, Tex., May 28, 1964, Exhibit No. 3, deposition of Capt.
Glen D. King,” and I have signed my name under that, all of which
appears in the right hand margin of the first page, and since that
document contains 2 pages, I have put my initials at the bottom on the
right hand corner of the first page, and I ask you if that is a correct
statement of the facts as you saw them and as you reported them?
Captain KING. Yes; sir.
Mr. HUBERT. With reference to the letter addressed to Chief Curry,
dated December 2, which I have just marked for identification as
Exhibit No. 3, with reference to the second paragraph, I invite your
attention to this paragraph and ask you if you know why the press had
congregated in the basement?
Captain KING. Yes; sir. On the evening of November 23, I don’t
recall the time, but on the evening of November 23, Chief Curry had
appeared before the newsmen and had told the newsmen--they had asked
him something about--I think--if they might be able to leave and get
something to eat or get some rest and not miss anything that was there,
and Chief Curry had told them that the transfer would not be made prior
to 10 o’clock the next morning--that was Sunday morning.
Mr. HUBERT. But was any announcement made as to what route would be
used to take him out of the building?
Captain KING. Not to my knowledge--no.
Mr. HUBERT. In fact, there were several other routes by which he could
be taken?
Captain KING. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Have you heard whether anyone told them that the route
would be via the basement?
Captain KING. I don’t know whether anyone--I don’t recall whether
anyone did or not.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know why they all assembled there instead of in some
other spot?
Captain KING. No--in my thinking on it; and I don’t even know why I
thought it was going to be from the basement, but this was the only
thing that had occurred to me. There might have been something that I
heard and don’t recall, but my impression was that it was going to be
from the basement and out, and maybe because this is our normal method
of transfer, our normal way we transfer. We bring them down into the
jail office and out through the jail office and this might be why I was
thinking this about it, but this was the way I thought about it.
Mr. HUBERT. In this second paragraph of Exhibit No. 3 you say you went
to the basement because of the number of newsmen who were assembled
there. Do you mean by that that that was a matter of some concern to
you?
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