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INVESTIGATION OF
THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
HEARINGS
Before the President's Commission
on the Assassination
of President Kennedy
Pursuant To Executive Order 11130, an Executive order creating a Commission to ascertain, evaluate, and report upon the facts relating to the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent violent death of the man charged with the assassination and S.J. Res. 137, 88th Congress, a concurrent resolution conferring upon the Commission the power to administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, receive evidence, and issue subpenas
Volume
XII
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1964
For sale in complete sets by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION
ON THE
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chairman
- Senator Richard B. Russell
- Senator John Sherman Cooper
- Representative Hale Boggs
- Representative Gerald R. Ford
- Mr. Allen W. Dulles
- Mr. John J. McCloy
- J. Lee Rankin, General Counsel
- Assistant Counsel
- Francis W. H. Adams
- Joseph A. Ball
- David W. Belin
- William T. Coleman, Jr.
- Melvin Aron Eisenberg
- Burt W. Griffin
- Leon D. Hubert, Jr.
- Albert E. Jenner, Jr.
- Wesley J. Liebeler
- Norman Redlich
- W. David Slawson
- Arlen Specter
- Samuel A. Stern
- Howard P. Willens[A]
- Staff Members
- Phillip Barson
- Edward A. Conroy
- John Hart Ely
- Alfred Goldberg
- Murray J. Laulicht
- Arthur Marmor
- Richard M. Mosk
- John J. O'Brien
- Stuart Pollak
- Alfredda Scobey
- Charles N. Shaffer, Jr.
Biographical information on the Commissioners and the staff can be found in the Commission's Report.
[A]Mr. Willens also acted as liaison between the Commission and the Department of Justice.
[Preface]
The testimony of the following witnesses is contained in volume XII: Charles Batchelor, Jesse E. Curry, J. E. Decker, W. B. Frazier, O. A. Jones, Jack Revill, James Maurice Solomon, M. W. Stevenson, and Cecil E. Talbert, Charles Oliver Arnett, Buford Lee Beaty, Alvin R. Brock, B. H. Combest, Kenneth Hudson Croy, Wilbur Jay Cutchshaw, Napoleon J. Daniels, William J. Harrison, Harold B. Holly, Jr., Harry M. Kriss, Roy Lee Lowery, Frank M. Martin, Billy Joe Maxey, Logan W. Mayo, Louis D. Miller, William J. Newman, Bobby G. Patterson, Rio S. Pierce, James A. Putnam, Willie B. Slack, Don Francis Steele, Roy Eugene Vaughn, James C. Watson, G. E. Worley, and Woodrow Wiggins, Dallas law enforcement officers who were responsible for planning and executing the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald from the Dallas City Jail to the Dallas County Jail; and Don Ray Archer, Barnard S. Clardy, and Patrick Trevore Dean, who participated in the arrest and questioning of Jack L. Ruby.
[Contents]
| Page | |
| Preface | [v] |
| Testimony of— | |
| Charles Batchelor | [1] |
| Jesse E. Curry | [25] |
| J. E. (Bill) Decker | [42] |
| W. B. Frazier | [52] |
| O. A. Jones | [58] |
| Jack Revill | [73] |
| James Maurice Solomon | [87] |
| M. W. Stevenson | [91] |
| Cecil E. Talbert | [108] |
| Charles Oliver Arnett | [128] |
| Buford Lee Beaty | [158] |
| Alvin R. Brock | [171] |
| B. H. Combest | [176] |
| Kenneth Hudson Croy | [186] |
| Wilbur Jay Cutchshaw | [206] |
| Napoleon J. Daniels | [225] |
| William J. Harrison | [234] |
| Harold B. Holly, Jr | [261] |
| Harry M. Kriss | [266] |
| Roy Lee Lowery | [271] |
| Frank M. Martin | [277] |
| Billy Joe Maxey | [285] |
| Logan W. Mayo | [291] |
| Louis D. Miller | [297] |
| William J. Newman | [314] |
| Bobby G. Patterson | [334] |
| Rio S. Pierce | [337] |
| James A. Putnam | [341] |
| Willie B. Slack | [347] |
| Don Francis Steele | [353] |
| Roy Eugene Vaughn | [357] |
| James C. Watson | [372] |
| G. E. Worley | [378] |
| Woodrow Wiggins | [388] |
| Don Ray Archer | [395] |
| Barnard S. Clardy | [403] |
| Patrick Trevore Dean | [415] |