(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. McCLOY. Do you know, chief, anybody on the staff, on your staff, on
the police staff, that was particularly close to Ruby?
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; I do not.
Mr. McCLOY. I would want to go back for a little while on one thing.
How did it happen the description was broadcast so quickly after the
event? Can you explain the circumstances under which----
Mr. CURRY. I am merely giving an opinion here.
Mr. McCLOY. Yes.
Mr. CURRY. I think the reason it was when they found out at the Texas
School Book Depository that this employee when they were checking
employees and they found out this employee was missing, that they
presumed he must or could have had some connection between the shooting
of the President and the fact that he was not present at this time.
Mr. McCLOY. Can you describe the mechanics or the machinery by which
this did get on to, this material on to the broadcast, that is----
Mr. BALL. Could I go off the record on it?
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. CURRY. No, sir; other than, I am sure that someone put it over a
police radio to our dispatcher and he put it then, he broadcast it.
Mr. McCLOY. That is someone on the scene would presumably communicate
with headquarters?
Mr. CURRY. With the dispatcher. He would rebroadcast it to all units.
Mr. McCLOY. And he would rebroadcast it to all the units?
Mr. CURRY. Yes.
Mr. DULLES. You have given us, I think, an estimate or approximate
estimate of the number of officers you thought that knew Ruby, and I
believe it was about 25 out of the whole force.
Mr. CURRY. This is just--I mean this is not--I couldn't say this was
a real accurate number, but I am just presuming from just talking to
people in the department. I would say that certainly no more than 50
men knew anything about him at all.
Mr. DULLES. Have you made any effort to find out and run down these men
that did know?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. You have?
Mr. CURRY. Yes, sir.
Mr. DULLES. And how many have you actually discovered did know Ruby
from that investigation?
Mr. CURRY. I don't have the exact number, but I am guessing it probably
would be 25 or 30 men.
Mr. DULLES. Twenty-five men whom you have interrogated with regard to
their association with Ruby?
Mr. CURRY. That knew him in some capacity. That knew him in some
capacity.
Mr. DULLES. Mr. Rankin, do we have depositions on this point?
Mr. RANKIN. We have inquired of everyone deposed as to what he knew
about Jack Ruby, what acquaintance, any prior connections.