Warren Commissio
章节目录
共 425 题- INVESTIGATION OF
- THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
- UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
- WASHINGTON, D.C.
- U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1964
- CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN, _Chairman_
- J. LEE RANKIN, _General Counsel_
- Preface
- Contents
- EXHIBITS INTRODUCED
- Hearings Before the President's Commission
- Assassination of President Kennedy
- TESTIMONY OF ASSISTANT CHIEF CHARLES BATCHELOR
- Mr. GRIFFIN. You mean this was between the time he----
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Complies.]
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Marks.]
- Then we had discussed this threat that had been received and----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. You and----
- And I said, "I think I know where I can get one."
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Indicates time.]
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Marks.]
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Marks time.]
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Marks on chart.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. This is----
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Marks.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. By that, do you mean that the----
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Marks on map.]
- Chief BATCHELOR. [Marks chart.]
- Chief BATCHELOR. I saw it. I wasn't----
- Chief BATCHELOR. (Marks on chart.)
- TESTIMONY OF ASSISTANT CHIEF CHARLES BATCHELOR RESUMED
- TESTIMONY OF CHIEF JESSE E. CURRY
- Mr. HUBERT. It's the inside elevator----
- Mr. CURRY. No; I didn't
- TESTIMONY OF SHERIFF J. E. (BILL) DECKER
- Mr. DECKER. They said "around 10 o'clock."
- I don't know the gentleman only there by telephone conversation.
- Mr. HUBERT. Well----
- TESTIMONY OF CAPT. W. B. FRAZIER
- Mr. HUBERT. You don't wish----
- Mr. HUBERT. That Chief Curry----
- Mr. FRAZIER. Indicated----
- Mr. HUBERT. You did not make that----
- Mr. FRAZIER. If that was----
- Mr. FRAZIER. No, sir; from the dispatcher's office, which is----
- Mr. HUBERT. No; I think the----
- Mr. HUBERT. All right; now, with that----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well, the top paragraph----
- TESTIMONY OF CAPT. O. A. JONES
- Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you were not----
- Captain JONES. Yes, sir; on page 3----
- Mr. HUBERT. Did you go home----
- Captain JONES. Relative to knowing Jack Ruby. I've got to find----
- Mr. HUBERT. Prior to leaving on Saturday night----
- Mr. HUBERT. When you say that you returned----
- Mr. HUBERT. Now, you were saying about the basement----
- Mr. HUBERT. In the direction----
- Mr. HUBERT. When you say, "going the wrong way----"
- Captain JONES. Well----
- Mr. HUBERT. But when they begin----
- Mr. HUBERT. You are looking away from the----
- Captain JONES. I left here----
- Mr. HUBERT. Whether reserve officers----
- Captain JONES. Designated from----
- TESTIMONY OF LT. JACK REVILL
- Lieutenant REVILL. No. No "e."
- Mr. HUBERT. No "e"? But two "l's."
- Mr. HUBERT. And I understand that he is going to be there----
- Mr. HUBERT. When you say "here," you are talking about----
- Lieutenant REVILL. No, sir; he might have made such a statement, but----
- Mr. HUBERT. But----
- Mr. HUBERT. Rode to the third floor----
- Mr. HUBERT. Your function was to find out how Ruby got into the----
- Mr. HUBERT. Of course, actually, you hadn't been assigned the job----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well----
- Mr. HUBERT. Now; what did Holly say----
- Lieutenant REVILL. Holly----
- Mr. HUBERT. That is to say, in your----
- Mr. HUBERT. I can show you a calendar of----
- Lieutenant REVILL. Yes, sir; the officer----
- Lieutenant REVILL. What upset him----
- Mr. HUBERT. All right, then his lawyer came and----
- Lieutenant REVILL. And again, this was part of their defense, and----
- Lieutenant REVILL. Of this particular----
- Mr. HUBERT. All right, now----
- TESTIMONY OF CAPT. JAMES MAURICE SOLOMON
- Mr. HUBERT. Of course, Newman was subsequently----
- Mr. SOLOMON. [Signs and dates.]
- TESTIMONY OF M. W. STEVENSON
- Mr. HUBERT. Just put "Spot," so we will know. "Spot 1," and "Spot 2."
- I stepped across behind the car right over here.
- I would say in this area, from here to here, and over here.
- I evidently left them.
- Mr. STEVENSON. That would be the entrance into the----
- I would say they were 6 or 7 or 8 deep.
- Mr. STEVENSON. [Compliance.]
- Mr. STEVENSON. [Compliance.]
- I looked around and observed Captain Fritz coming right through here.
- Mr. HUBERT. When you say, "stepped back"----
- I then stepped back out of the jail.
- Mr. STEVENSON. (Reads.)
- Mr. STEVENSON. It's in this. I believe I have it. (Looking.)
- I am therefore marking it as follows:
- Mr. STEVENSON. (Initials each page.)
- TESTIMONY OF CAPT. CECIL E. TALBERT
- Mr. HUBERT. What----
- Captain TALBERT. The basement area that----
- Mr. HUBERT. But----
- Captain TALBERT. Well, that's----
- Mr. HUBERT. And you are marking that----
- Captain TALBERT. That is "2."
- Mr. HUBERT. So, that a person in the stairwell----
- Mr. HUBERT. And by walking down to the basement level at the point----
- Captain TALBERT. May I mark on----
- Mr. HUBERT. That is, the ultimate plan or the----
- Captain TALBERT. Well----
- Captain TALBERT. May I inject another----
- Captain TALBERT. Oh, more than that. Crammed in there. Jammed----
- Mr. HUBERT. [Drawing a circle and indicating it number "7."]
- Captain TALBERT. Well, maybe----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well----
- Captain TALBERT. The first document marked----
- Mr. HUBERT. Which would constitute a number of people----
- Mr. HUBERT. Now, you are speaking of the fifth page of----
- Captain TALBERT. On page 5, of the same exhibit, quote----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well, your correction really----
- Mr. HUBERT. That is the essence of your----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well, I'd rather----
- Mr. HUBERT. All right; will you then initial----
- Captain TALBERT. No, sir; I had no information on that and----
- TESTIMONY OF CHARLES OLIVER ARNETT
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Somebody came up to you at the homicide office----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. You walk off of the sidewalk on Commerce Street----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, behind the TV cameras----
- Mr. ARNETT. [Spelling] W-o----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Regular officer stationed----
- Mr. ARNETT. No, sir; I don't. [Spelling] R-e----
- Mr. ARNETT. [Spelling] B-a-s-p----
- Mr. ARNETT. I had sent some men outside----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. Now, you spent your entire time then in the----
- Mr. ARNETT. [No response.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. But you still tell me----
- Mr. ARNETT. Well----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. He has got better----
- Mr. DAVIS. (Nods head.)
- I think that is a fair description of what's on this card [indicating].
- Mr. ARNETT. [Indicating.]
- Mr. ARNETT. [Indicating.]
- Mr. ARNETT. [Indicating.]
- Mr. ARNETT. Got it wrong, didn't I? [Indicating.]
- Mr. ARNETT. Well, standing there with them, well----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you see----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. And is that how you were able to distinguish----
- Mr. ARNETT. Shows me scuffling with----
- Mr. ARNETT. The first thing----
- Mr. ARNETT. That's right. Lee Oswald came out----[indicating]----
- Mr. ARNETT. [Indicating.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that about how far Jack was from----
- Mr. ARNETT. [Nods head.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Right. Now, Sunday was the 24th----
- Mr. ARNETT. [Spelling] C-o-m-p----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes. In other words, how far up the [indicating]----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you mean you don't remember or----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, do you feel----
- TESTIMONY OF BUFORD LEE BEATY
- Mr. BEATY. [Makes statement and initials.]
- Mr. BEATY. [Complies.]
- Mr. BEATY. [Complies.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, as you look over here toward the TV cameras----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. I have written "Oswald."
- TESTIMONY OF ALVIN R. BROCK
- Mr. HUBERT. Then your shift would have ended----
- Mr. HUBERT. And you had communication by radio, two men----
- Mr. BROCK. You mean the same----
- Mr. HUBERT. Same car? What did you do? Park your car in the----
- Mr. HUBERT. Be to your----
- Mr. BROCK. No, sir; I just noticed him there. I didn't----
- Mr. BROCK. No, sir; I don't know of anything else that would----
- TESTIMONY OF DETECTIVE B. H. COMBEST
- Mr. COMBEST. Well----
- Mr. HUBERT. On Sunday it begins at----
- Mr. HUBERT. "Area B," the witness is pointing to "area B."
- Mr. COMBEST. About approximately [indicating], because----
- Mr. HUBERT. This was really the front line "1," through "2."
- Mr. HUBERT. And your answer was the same as it was----
- Mr. COMBEST. Yes, sir; it was "no."
- TESTIMONY OF KENNETH HUDSON CROY
- Mr. CROY. [Signs name.]
- Mr. CROY. [Signs and dates.]
- Mr. CROY. [Signs and dates.]
- Mr. CROY. [Marks.]
- Mr. CROY. [Complies.]
- Mr. CROY. [Marks.]
- Mr. CROY. [Makes mark.]
- Mr. CROY. [Signs and dates.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Was that----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, was there----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you come to the police department on the----
- TESTIMONY OF WILBUR JAY CUTCHSHAW
- Mr. CUTCHSHAW. [Complies.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, you act----
- TESTIMONY OF NAPOLEON J. DANIELS
- Mr. DANIELS. I stepped back over to the bannister and----
- Mr. DANIELS. Almost----
- Mr. DANIELS. [Examining instruments referred to.]
- TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM J. HARRISON
- Mr. GRIFFIN. And did you report for duty at the juvenile----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Young and----
- Mr. HARRISON. In other words, keeping----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. I mean at what time----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Well, then----
- Mr. HARRISON. Yes; I believe he was. I am not----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, you had already started out----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk to any people in the patrol division----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you hear any discussion from anybody----
- Mr. HARRISON. They never did tell me that, none of them. Now----
- Mr. MacMASTER. Because of the police measures in effect at that time----
- Mr. HARRISON. "Saved a lot of people some trouble."
- Mr. HARRISON. No. It all seems to be----
- TESTIMONY OF HAROLD B. HOLLY, JR.
- Mr. HOLLY. Well----
- I think he said the photographs he showed me were maybe 3 years old.
- Mr. HOLLY. [Reads report.]
- Mr. HUBERT. Did you then and there----
- TESTIMONY OF HARRY M. KRISS
- Mr. KRISS. Well----
- Mr. HUBERT. Now, we get at this----
- Mr. KRISS. This is Main----
- Mr. KRISS. Right. That is the jail right----
- Mr. HUBERT. On the Commerce Street like that? I am drawing a circle----
- Mr. KRISS. The four----
- Mr. HUBERT. When you say "over here"----
- Mr. KRISS. Well, that is----
- Mr. KRISS. "To----
- Mr. HUBERT. "Shooting."
- Mr. HUBERT. "Position of H. M. Kriss prior"--
- Mr. HUBERT. And your second position----
- Mr. KRISS. No. "2."
- Mr. HUBERT. And where the down ramp going----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well----
- TESTIMONY OF ROY LEE LOWERY
- Mr. HUBERT. Now, I think you have read----
- Mr. LOWERY. Now, if you will start with Mr. Bookhout's----
- Mr. LOWERY. Well, first one, quote Lowery----
- Mr. HUBERT. Did you tell this man----
- Mr. HUBERT. It is a typographical----
- Mr. LOWERY. Before----
- Mr. LOWERY. I couldn't say which side that----
- Mr. HUBERT. But, then, there was another marked car----
- Mr. LOWERY. Let me brush through it right quick. I don't----
- Mr. LOWERY. No, sir; I believe that's----
- TESTIMONY OF CAPT. FRANK M. MARTIN
- Captain MARTIN. Well, of course, there----
- Captain MARTIN. I don't know----
- I don't know what----
- Captain MARTIN. And----
- Captain MARTIN. Now, wait a minute. You have got Main Street----
- Mr. HUBERT. I think this Officer Harrison was----
- Mr. HUBERT. By "over here," you mean----
- Captain MARTIN. "Ruby before the shooting." Or, "immediately before."
- Mr. HUBERT. Well, I don't know what you mean by----
- Captain MARTIN. Well----
- TESTIMONY OF BILLY JOE MAXEY
- Sergeant MAXEY. That was----
- Mr. HUBERT. Last paragraph on the third----
- Sergeant MAXEY. It's concerning Jack Ruby. "He first met him----
- TESTIMONY OF LOGAN W. MAYO
- Mr. HUBERT. In the Dallas----
- Mr. HUBERT. You were what----
- Mr. MAYO. Then, I left and went----
- Mr. MAYO. The other----
- Mr. MAYO. Do you want me to sign this? I talked to Mr. Wilkinson----
- Mr. MAYO. I don't believe that he had on----
- Mr. HUBERT. Now, you say you reported the fact to the----
- Mr. HUBERT. Could you describe him otherwise, his hair, his height----
- Mr. MAYO. Third time----
- TESTIMONY OF LOUIS D. MILLER
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Well----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. No; I'd like----
- TESTIMONY OF LOUIS D. MILLER RESUMED
- Mr. MILLER. You mean prior to----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember who it was that said, "Who is it?"
- Mr. MILLER. Well, now----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. You can either write it down below----
- Mr. MILLER. To line up on both sides----
- TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM J. NEWMAN
- Mr. NEWMAN. [Nods head.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. No; I don't know, not necessarily that, but what----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. And, is that north, south, east, or west of the----
- Mr. NEWMAN. Do you want me to----
- Mr. NEWMAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. NEWMAN. If I did, I don't recall. I am sure I did, but----
- Mr. NEWMAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. NEWMAN. [Witness nods head.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. How many people would you estimate were over----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, why don't you just write in there "sparse."
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Is it a solid thing or is it a metal set----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Just mark it "car one half hour before shooting."
- Mr. NEWMAN. Well, this officer came up to about--well, opposite me----
- Mr. NEWMAN. [Witness nods head.]
- Mr. NEWMAN. The Police and Courts Building. The city planning or----
- Mr. NEWMAN. [Witness shakes head.]
- Mr. NEWMAN. That I don't remember. It was sometime before the----
- TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM J. NEWMAN RESUMED
- Mr. NEWMAN. Just----
- TESTIMONY OF BOBBY G. PATTERSON
- Mr. PATTERSON. Well, that's what I put it, "about."
- TESTIMONY OF RIO S. PIERCE
- Mr. HUBERT. That is----
- TESTIMONY OF SGT. JAMES A. PUTNAM
- Mr. HUBERT. Now, then, Captain Talbert is your superior officer, too----
- Sergeant PUTNAM. No, I--now, I----
- Sergeant PUTNAM. I----
- Sergeant PUTNAM. I only glanced. I just----
- Mr. HUBERT. On the----
- Sergeant PUTNAM. Well----
- I thank you, sir.
- TESTIMONY OF WILLIE B. SLACK
- Mr. SLACK. Well, he got off the elevator and----
- Mr. HUBERT. When? This morning, or yesterday, or----
- Mr. SLACK. It shows----
- Mr. SLACK. That, I can't answer, because----
- Mr. SLACK. Well----
- Mr. SLACK. The----
- Mr. HUBERT. We have to take it on the record. Just----
- Mr. SLACK. Yes, sir; but----
- Mr. SLACK. I was standing there----
- Mr. SLACK. [Witness nods head.]
- Mr. SLACK. There is a little discrepancy----
- Mr. SLACK. You want me to mark it before I----
- Mr. SLACK. No, sir; except the----
- TESTIMONY OF DON FRANCIS STEELE
- Mr. HUBERT. And the----
- Mr. HUBERT. That is the Commerce----
- Sergeant STEELE. Right at the corner----
- Mr. HUBERT. Of Exhibit 50----
- Sergeant STEELE. On page 2, of that same----
- TESTIMONY OF ROY EUGENE VAUGHN
- Mr. HUBERT. What does that mean, "secure the other two?"
- I mean, it's just all according to----
- I think you have had an opportunity to read these three exhibits?
- Mr. VAUGHN. This part----
- TESTIMONY OF DETECTIVE JAMES C. WATSON
- Mr. HUBERT. How long before the shooting did that----
- Mr. HUBERT. You had your back to the Main Street and----
- Mr. WATSON. My back to that----
- Mr. WATSON. No; I just remember glancing----
- TESTIMONY OF G. E. WORLEY
- Mr. WORLEY. Well, right here, if you will see it says----
- Mr. WORLEY. Right. Not this one, because----
- Mr. WORLEY. [Signs and dates.]
- Mr. WORLEY. [Complies.]
- Mr. WORLEY. [Signs and dates.]
- Mr. WORLEY. [Signs and dates.]
- Mr. WORLEY. Well----
- Mr. WORLEY. [Complies.]
- TESTIMONY OF LT. WOODROW WIGGINS
- Mr. HUBERT. Lumpkin, and over him would be----
- Lieutenant WIGGINS. When was I aware that he was en route, or----
- Lieutenant WIGGINS. I have an idea or just about----
- Lieutenant WIGGINS. No, sir; rest of it is----
- Lieutenant WIGGINS. The rest of it is as I----
- Mr. HUBERT. Any omissions that you would like to correct, or----
- Mr. HUBERT. Did you discuss it with Mr.----
- TESTIMONY OF DON RAY ARCHER
- Mr. HUBERT. Was that outside the----
- Mr. HUBERT. To hold the----
- Mr. ARCHER. Now, then----
- Mr. HUBERT. Well----
- Mr. ARCHER. You want me to read----
- Mr. ARCHER. I don't remember. I do know that Alexander----
- TESTIMONY OF BARNARD S. CLARDY
- Mr. HUBERT. Well, now----
- Mr. HUBERT. In any case, your present recollection is definitely----
- Mr. CLARDY. Went to the basement. Lieutenant Smart----
- Mr. HUBERT. Let's see. That would be here, isn't it? [Indicating.]
- Mr. HUBERT. Now, I'll----
- Mr. CLARDY. At no time----
- Mr. HUBERT. And I am calling that "line X to Y."
- Mr. HUBERT. That is to say, you didn't see anybody----
- Mr. CLARDY. In this area here? I----
- Mr. HUBERT. You are describing with the pencil----
- Mr. CLARDY. Yes, sir; shortly after he got----
- Mr. HUBERT. I think that----
- Mr. CLARDY. Whether that is in there or not----
- TESTIMONY OF PATRICK TREVORE DEAN
- VOICE. I hate to interrupt, but----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. When you arrived at 7 o'clock Sunday morning----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Well now, talking now about right up at the----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, you assigned reserve officers--somebody, rather----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. There is a stairway----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Well now, over where the elevators are----
- Mr. DEAN. [No response.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. And do you know where this maintenance man was located----
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. DEAN. At the time----
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. All right. How much before----
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; and we don't need the originals if you want to----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. But you don't know of your own knowledge----
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. GRIFFIN. I understand why you want to, but----
- Mr. DEAN. The man that wrote the----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, between the time that you left the jail office----
- Mr. DEAN. Sorrels asked him first, I believe----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Is one used----
- Mr. DEAN. [No response.]
- Mr. DEAN. Yes; anyhow, I stayed at Parkland Hospital and----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Ruby told you--or you told him----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Well now. Nelson gave a statement----
- Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, you saw McMillon and, as I understand----
- Mr. DEAN. Mutual friend or----
- Okay. Anything else in there that [indicating]----
- Mr. DEAN. Yes, sir; what I took notes----
- Mr. DEAN. The police department----
- Mr. DEAN. She told Patsy, the city hall operator this, and this is----
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- Mr. DEAN. [Indicating.]
- TESTIMONY OF PATRICK TREVORE DEAN RESUMED
- Mr. HUBERT. Is this one of the documents that----
- Mr. HUBERT. Oh, that is reserve----