I said, “Yes.”
So I told them about the interview with Ruby in the jail up in the jailhouse. I did not go into detail about the other, because I did not consider that my interview.
Mr. Hubert. You are talking there about the second interview?
Mr. Sorrels. Yes.
Mr. Hubert. Did you mention you had been present?
Mr. Sorrels. I do not recall that I did.
Mr. Hubert. Coming back to the Curry matter, what was your motivation in calling Curry?
Mr. Sorrels. I felt that the testimony or the statements, rather, made by Ruby right after he had shot Oswald would be of benefit to the district attorney in the prosecution of this case, the statements that he made as to the fact that he had worked himself into a state of insanity, also the statement that he guessed he had to show the world that a Jew had guts. And I also recall that during the questioning by Captain Fritz during the interview there that Ruby had made the remark, “Well, I would make a good actor, wouldn’t I?” to Captain Fritz. And I felt that possibly I could not testify, because of the fact that I had not warned Ruby of his constitutional rights.
I thought of that before I talked to him, but the part that I was interested in, that is, determining whether or not anyone else was involved with him, or whether or not he knew Oswald, I didn’t consider—I mean I considered that if I warned him of his constitutional rights on that particular angle, that he might not even tell me that, and that is the reason I did not warn him of his constitutional rights, because I felt it was of paramount interest to our Service to determine whether or not others were involved in this thing besides Ruby, and of paramount interest to determine whether or not Oswald and Ruby knew each other, or had any connection.
Mr. Hubert. Is it a custom, rule, or regulation of your Service that you must warn a person of his constitutional rights before you can question him?