Lieutenant REVILL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. My name is Leon Hubert. I am a member of the advisory
staff of the general counsel on the President's Commission. Under the
provisions of Executive Order No. 11130, dated November 29, 1963, joint
resolution of Congress No. 137, in the rules and procedures adopted
by the Commission in conformance with the Executive order and joint
resolution, I have been authorized to take a sworn deposition from you.
I state to you now that the general nature of the Commission's inquiry
is to ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the
assassination of President Kennedy and the subsequent violent death
of Lee Harvey Oswald. In particular as to you, Lieutenant Revill, the
nature of the inquiry today is to determine what facts you know about
the death of Oswald and any other facts you may know about the general
inquiry.
Now, Lieutenant Revill, you have appeared here today by virtue of
a general request made to Chief Curry by J. Lee Rankin, who is
the general counsel of the Commission. And under the rules of the
Commission you are entitled to a 3-day written notice prior to the
taking of the deposition, but the rules also provide that a witness may
waive that 3-day written notice. Do you wish to do so? Do you wish to
waive the 3-day----
Lieutenant REVILL. I will waive it, yes.
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Now, let's swear you.
If you will stand and raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear to
tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you
God?
Lieutenant REVILL. I do.
Mr. HUBERT. State your name, please.
Lieutenant REVILL. My name is Jack Revill.
Mr. HUBERT. Your age?
Lieutenant REVILL. My age is 34 years of age.
Mr. HUBERT. Your residence?
Lieutenant REVILL. My residence is Dallas, Tex., 5617 Meadowick Lane.
Mr. HUBERT. What is your occupation, sir?
Lieutenant REVILL. I'm employed by the Dallas Police Department,
lieutenant of the police.
Mr. HUBERT. How long have you been so employed?
Lieutenant REVILL. I have been employed by this police department for a
period of 13 years.
Mr. HUBERT. How did you start?
Lieutenant REVILL. I was employed and assigned a patrolman. From there
I was promoted to my present rank of lieutenant.
Mr. HUBERT. When did you receive your present rank?
Lieutenant REVILL. June 26, 1958.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, what are your specific functions or duties or
assignments within the department?
Lieutenant REVILL. I am presently assigned as section supervisor of
criminal intelligence, which is a part of the Special Service Bureau.
Mr. HUBERT. How long have you been in that section?
Lieutenant REVILL. Since February of 1959.
Mr. HUBERT. Who is your immediate superior there?
Lieutenant REVILL. My immediate supervisor is Capt. W. P. Gannaway.
Mr. HUBERT. And then over him?
Lieutenant REVILL. Chief Curry.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you don't work for any other captain or
supervisor?
Lieutenant REVILL. No.
Mr. HUBERT. You report to the Chief himself, I mean, you don't go
through Stevenson or Batchelor?
Lieutenant REVILL. Just directly to the Chief.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I would like you to state briefly, so that we get
the full story, just what function you have had with respect to the
investigation of the shooting of Oswald. First let me ask you: Were you
present when Oswald was shot?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; I was not.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have anything to do with the transfer of Oswald?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you on duty that day?
Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; later I was, but not the morning of the
shooting.
Mr. HUBERT. Not at the time of the shooting?
Lieutenant REVILL. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, then, go ahead and tell us about just what you did
with reference to the investigation of this.
Lieutenant REVILL. After Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald I was
assigned to an investigative committee to determine how and why Jack
Ruby gained access to the basement of the city hall. This committee was
comprised of myself, Lt. F. I. Cornwall, Lt. P. G. McCaghren, Lt. C. C.
Wallace, Capt. O. A. Jones and Inspector Sawyer, and I do not recall
his initials, but our function was to interview the people present in
the basement on the morning of the shooting, and any other leads that
might be developed from these interviews. We were to follow up on these.
Mr. HUBERT. When did the official committee you have just mentioned
come into existence and who put it in existence and who gave you your
orders?
Lieutenant REVILL. This committee was formed--created at the orders of
Chief J. E. Curry. The exact date I do not recall. It was in December.
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Go ahead.
Lieutenant REVILL. As previously stated, our function was to interview
these people.
Mr. HUBERT. Had any other interviews of these people been made prior to
the commencement of the functions of your committee?
Lieutenant REVILL. Interviews, as such, no. Most of the officers had
submitted written reports as to their specific duties on the morning of
November 24, 1963.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know when that was done?
Lieutenant REVILL. I presume that it was done on the date of the
shooting and immediately thereafter.
Mr. HUBERT. Isn't it a fact, as I recall it, that the individual
reports made by every officer who was in the basement more or less
followed a form in the sense that they were submitted a list of
questions, at least they had to answer that much, and they could,
perhaps, go further if they wanted to?
Lieutenant REVILL. I believe the form letter you make reference to
was given to the police reserve officers. These are the people that I
devoted my efforts toward, the police reserve, but Lieutenant Cornwall
and I, our duty was to interview these reserve policemen.
Lieutenant McCaghren, O. A. Jones and Wallace interviewed the sworn
officers.
Mr. HUBERT. By the way, where is Cornwall now?
Lieutenant REVILL. He is in Louisville, Ky., at the Southern Police
Institute. He left a week ago.