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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 55« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mark Resumed In Open Session Lane)

Mr. Rankin.
But the $150 you are speaking of was in his rooming house at Dallas.
Mr. Lane.
Yes.
Mr. Rankin.
Do you have any affidavit or information in support of that statement about the $150?
Mr. Lane.
I do not have an affidavit. I have the statement of a reporter who was told that--he was told this by a police officer who was present when the money was found in the Dallas rooming house. I have his statement. I can again ask for his permission to release that.
Mr. Rankin.
Would you do that, please.
Mr. Lane.
Yes, sir.
Senator COOPER. Mr. Chairman--perhaps it has been done, but I think it would be proper in all cases in which he has referred to conversations that he has had with individuals who made statements to him about some aspect of this matter, and whose names he has not identified, that if he could give to the Commission in all of those cases the names of the individuals who gave him this information.
Mr. Lane.
Yes, sir.
Senator COOPER. I mean at sometime--don't you think?
Mr. Rankin.
Yes, sir, it would be very helpful.
Mr. Lane.
Yes, sir. I think there are only two occasions where I indicated I had to check the source, and one is the name of the rifle association board member whose name I will be happy to give to you, but I just do not recall my office has that.
Senator COOPER. I did not remember that you gave the name of this individual who told you that some policeman had told him that he had been present when the $150 was found.
Mr. Lane.
Yes; that is one.
Senator COOPER. Did you give that name?
Mr. Lane.
No; I did not give that name.
Mr. Rankin.
You said you were going to ask him his permission.
Mr. Lane.
Yes; that's correct.
Then Oswald took a taxi, which took him approximately a half mile beyond his own house, his own room in Dallas, and he either walked or ran back to get his jacket--although it was a very warm day in Dallas. That day Mrs. Kennedy said later on that, reviewing the moment before the President was shot--she said she saw this overpass ahead and looked forward to being under it for a moment because there would be some brief shade to protect them from the powerful sun that day.
Well, Oswald ran home to get his Jacket. He left the house, saw a police car parked, went up to the police car, according to the affidavit of Mrs. Markham, leaned on the car, and when the officer came out, he shot him to death, and then he went to the movies. And in the movies, and just before he went into the Texas Theatre, he was so extremely agitated that a gentleman on the outside of the theatre I think his name is John Brewer--I am not certain--you have that affidavit, I am sure indicated that Oswald was acting very agitated, the cashier made the same statement, and changing from seat to seat. The police were called and he was arrested.
Of course, one would wonder why Oswald, who might have thought that he had made his getaway while in the Texas Theatre unobserved, would become so extremely agitated, when just a moment after he allegedly shot the President and the Governor, with the policeman charging up the stairs, pointing a pistol at him, about to arrest him for these two terrible crimes, he was calm, according to Mr. Truly, but he became agitated only when he thought he had secured his getaway.

I think those of us who saw, as we all did, I guess, Oswald on television in his brief appearance would conclude that he seemed, even while in custody and charged with these two crimes, somewhat calm under the circumstances--calm when charged with the assassination, calm a moment after killing the President, when a policeman pointed a pistol at him, but agitated only in the theatre, and just before going to the theatre when he might have concluded that he was then in the clear.
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