(Testimony of Willie B. Slack)
Mr. Hubert.
Yes.
Mr. Slack.
[Witness nods head.]
Mr. Hubert.
She can't--you have to say something, because the reporter can't record silence.
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir; I forget.
Mr. Hubert.
You didn't see the shooting, as I understand it?
Mr. Slack.
No, sir; I saw the shuffle out there.
Mr. Hubert.
And then they brought Ruby and Oswald in?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Did either Ruby or Oswald say anything that you, yourself heard ?
Mr. Slack.
No, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you notice the time that they brought them in? Who came in first?
Mr. Slack.
I don't know, sir. Like I say, the lieutenant told me to call the doctor, and, of course, my back end was turned a few seconds.
Mr. Hubert.
When you say, "lieutenant," I believe you are referring to Lieutenant Wiggins?
Mr. Slack.
Wiggins; yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
So, you called the dispatcher and told him what you said you told him and. what happened next, to your recollection ?
Mr. Slack.
Well, it was Just about over with then except the ambulance did come in, and, of course, that was-a little confusion around there.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you know anything about the times of, say the movement of Ruby up in. the elevator to the jail, or the time when the ambulance arrived and the time when it left with Oswald?
Mr. Slack.
No, sir; not the exact time; no, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
No record was made on any of that?
Mr. Slack.
Not that I know of. Not in our office.
Mr. Hubert.
What is the form called that you filled in with your own hand about the time of movement? Does that have a number?
Mr. Slack.
We call it a booking card.
Mr. Hubert.
Booking card?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
And I think you testified that yesterday you looked at it to refresh your memory and it is in your handwriting, and it states 11:20?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Apparently sometime ago, let's say on December 12, you were interviewed by the FBI, and at that time you stated it was between 11:25 and 11:30 that Oswald was brought down. Can you assist us in explaining this
discrepancy between the two times? Do you remember that interview?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir; I remember the interview; yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Edmond Hardin and Paul Scott, and yourself?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you recall telling them it was 11:25?
Mr. Slack.
No, sir; I don't.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you have any recollection now about it, or are you relying upon what you saw on the records yesterday when you looked at
Mr. Slack.
That would be the way I would have to go on it, sir, would be the records there.
Mr. Hubert.
You are satisfied that the record which is normally made extemporaneously with the act is really more accurate than your present memory right now?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Or would have been more accurate actually than your statement to the FBI agent if, in fact, you did say that?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
I would like you to Just read these two documents. The one, the FBI report, and the other, the letter. Have you had occasion to read the two documents I have handed you, sir?
Mr. Slack.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Let me mark them then for identification.
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