Mr. Curry.

Yes, sir; ordinarily it wouldn't even come to my attention how it was handled.

Mr. Rankin.

Did it come to your attention this time?

Mr. Curry.

It did this time. I had asked, it seemed to me like it was on Saturday after he had been filed on late or early Friday morning, the news media many times had asked me when are you going to transfer him and I said, "I don't know."

Mr. Rankin.

What do you mean by "early Friday morning?"

Mr. Curry.

I mean early Saturday morning. Late Friday night or early Saturday morning.

Representative Ford.

Where do you actually do this filing?

Mr. Curry.

Ordinarily our detectives would go down to the courthouse which is right near where the President was assassinated and file it in the district attorney's office. However, in this case the district attorney and also his assistant was up at the city hall with us, and we drew up the complaints there at the city hall.

Mr. Rankin.

Who do you mean by we?

Mr. Curry.

When I say we, I mean the Dallas police officers and the homicide officers working in this case.

Mr. Rankin.

I see.

Representative Ford.

What evidence did you have at that point?

Mr. Curry.

I couldn't tell you all the evidence. I think Captain Fritz can tell you better than I. Captain Fritz Just told me on Friday afternoon he said, "We have sufficient evidence to file a case on Oswald for the murder of Tippit." Later on that night, somewhere around midnight, I believe, he told me, he said, "We now have sufficient evidence to file on Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination of President Kennedy."
He told me he had talked it over with Henry Wade and with the assistant district attorney and they agreed we had enough evidence to file a case, and a decision was made then to file the case, which we did.

Representative Ford.

At that time you had the rifle, did you not?

Mr. Curry.

Yes, sir.

Representative Ford.

Who made the original identification of the rifle, the kind of rifle that it was?

Mr. Curry.

I don't know, sir.

Representative Ford.

It was reported that the original identification was a 7.65 Mauser. Are those reports true or untrue?

Mr. Curry.

I wouldn't know, sir.

Representative Ford.

You don't know?

Mr. Curry.

I don't know.

Representative Ford.

Do you know when it was finally determined that it was not a 7.65 Mauser?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir; I don't know that.

Mr. Mccloy.

As far as I know there was no police report that it was a 7.65 rifle.
(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. Rankin.

Chief Curry, do you know of any police records of your police department that showed that this weapon that was purportedly involved in the assassination was a Mauser rifle?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir; not to my knowledge.

Representative Ford.

All of your records show affirmatively it was the Italian rifle?

Mr. Curry.

Yes, sir. That is correct.

Mr. Mccloy.

While we are waiting for Mr. Rankin to continue his examination, let me ask you this question, Chief.
Did you, prior to the assassination, know or hear of Oswald?

Mr. Curry.

Never.

Mr. Mccloy.

Didn't hear that he had been--there was a defector named Oswald in the city of Dallas?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir.

Mr. Mccloy.

Never heard of his name?

Mr. Curry.

We didn't have it in our files.