Mr. Kantor. No; I was about to mention that while we were waiting for Chief Curry to come out of his office, a man arrived just outside the third floor elevator with—I am sorry, I am really going blank on names—with the entertainment columnist for the Dallas Morning News.
Mr. Griffin. Is that Tony Zoppi?
Mr. Kantor. Tony Zoppi—thank you. That is right. And then the first reaction was sort of one of amusement because Zoppi looked like an entrepreneur of a new event. And I went over. However, there was a large circle of people around George Senator, and I listened to what I could hear, and then moved back to my place which happened to be first in line outside the chief’s office, and I didn’t want to give that up.
Mr. Griffin. How long did you listen to Senator?
Mr. Kantor. Perhaps 3 or 4 minutes. But I got there right at the tail end, because a couple of plainclothes officers came out and removed Senator, and insisted that he should not be talking to the press.
Mr. Griffin. Do you remember anybody else you interviewed on the 24th?
Mr. Kantor. Zoppi came out with a pool report on Jack Ruby’s sister, which a number of reporters listened to and took notes on.
Mr. Griffin. So you were actually interviewing Zoppi at that point?
Mr. Kantor. That is strictly what it amounted to. I spoke to Captain Will Fritz. I spoke to Captain Glen King. But I might add that from the moment that Oswald was shot, we were really cut off. We were getting no more news—whereas we had gotten from our standpoint marvelous cooperation before—we were finding out nothing all of a sudden.
Mr. Griffin. What did you hear Senator say in the few minutes that you did listen to him?