And he held his head up and wouldn't look at it at all. And he said,
"What am I going to be charged with? Why am I being held here? Isn't
someone supposed to tell me what my rights are?"
I said, "Yes, I will tell you what your rights are. Your rights are
the same as that of any American citizen. You do not have to make a
statement unless you want to. You have the right to get an attorney."
Aren't you supposed to get me an attorney?
No, I am not supposed to get you an attorney.
Aren't you supposed to get me an attorney?
I said, "No, I am not supposed to get you an attorney, because if I got
you an attorney, they would say I was probably getting a rakeoff on the
fee," or words to that effect, and kind of smiled and tried to break
the ice a little bit there.
I said, "You can have the telephone book and you can call anybody you
want to."
I said, "I just want to ask you some questions. I am in on this
investigation. I just want to ask you some questions."
Mr. STERN. Was there anything further said about an attorney?
Mr. SORRELS. Not that I recall at that time. I don't recall anything
further said about an attorney. I asked him where he worked. He told me
worked at this Book Depository. And as I recall it, I asked him what
his address was, and where he was living, and he explained to me that
he was living apart from his wife, and that she was living over in
Irving, Tex. I asked him, as I recall it, what his duties were at this
Book Depository, and he said filling orders.
I asked him if he had occasion to be on more than one floor, and he
said, yes.
I asked him if he had occasion to be on the sixth floor of the
building. He said, yes, because they fill orders from all the floors.
But he said most of his activity was down on the first floor.
And I think I asked him whether or not he had ever been in a foreign
country, and he said that he had traveled in Europe, but more time had
been spent in the Soviet Union, as I recall it.