The testimony of Karen Bennett Carlin was taken at 3:05 p.m., on April
15, 1964, at the Post Office Building, Fort Worth, Tex., by Mr. Leon
D. Hubert, Jr., assistant counsel of the President’s Commission. Mrs.
Carlin was accompanied by her attorney, Mr. Alfred J. Jackson, Jr., and
by her husband, Mr. Bruce Carlin.
Mr. HUBERT. This is the deposition of Karen Bennett Carlin. Let the
record show that Mrs. Carlin is accompanied by her husband, Mr. Bruce
Carlin, and by Mr. Alfred J. Jackson, Jr., attorney at law, in the firm
of Tuchin & Jackson, suite 705, Fair Building, Forth Worth 2, Tex., who
is representing Mrs. Carlin.
Mrs. Carlin, my name is Leon Hubert. I am a member of the advisory
staff of the General Counsel of the President’s Commission. Under the
provisions of Executive Order 11130, dated November 29, 1963, the Joint
Resolution of Congress No. 137, and the rules of procedure adopted by
the Commission, in conformance with the Executive order and the joint
resolution, I have been authorized to take a sworn deposition from you,
Mrs. Carlin.
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, Mrs. Carlin, the nature
of the inquiry today is to determine what facts you know about the
death of Oswald and any other pertinent facts you may know about the
general inquiry and in greater particularity, about your conversation
by telephone and otherwise with Jack Ruby on the night of the 23d of
November, on the 24th of November, and the sending of money by Western
Union to you.
Now Mrs. Carlin, I know that you are expecting a baby, and that as
a matter of fact the time for the baby to be born is actually past.
For that reason, I want to state to you that if in the course of this
deposition, which I do not think will last very long anyhow, but if in
the course of you feel the slightest discomfort and wish to stop it or
recess it, please don’t hesitate to say so, and we will accommodate you
completely. You understand that?
Mrs. CARLIN. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Just any time you feel you want to stop the deposition,
just let us know right away.
Mrs. CARLIN. Okay.
Mr. HUBERT. Now you have appeared here, I think, as a result of a
letter addressed to you by Mr. J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel of the
President’s Commission?
Mrs. CARLIN. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. You have received that letter, I think?