Mr. Dulles.

any members of Oswald's family, his wife, his mother, saw him or talked with him?

Mr. Curry.

No, sir; I was not.

Mr. Dulles.

Do you know whether any of your officers were?

Mr. Curry.

I understood they were brought to the third floor of the city hall and were placed in a room, and that if any of them were present it probably would have been Captain Fritz.

Mr. Dulles.

He would know about it?

Mr. Curry.

I believe he would, yes.

Mr. Dulles.

Thank you.

Mr. Rankin.

Will you tell us what Officer Tippit's reputation was with your police force?

Mr. Curry.

He had a reputation of being a very fine, dedicated officer.

Mr. Rankin.

How long had he been with you?

Mr. Curry.

I believe he came to work for us in 1952, after he had had service in the paratroopers, I believe, and he had made several jumps into Europe. He was raised in a rural community, and he was very well thought of by the people in the community where he grew up. He was a rather quiet, serious minded young man. He seemed to be very devoted to his family, and he was an active church man.

Mr. Rankin.

What was his rank?

Mr. Curry.

Patrolman. He was not a real aggressive type. officer. In fact, he seemed to be just a little bit shy, if you were to meet him, I believe, shy, retiring type, but certainly not afraid of anything. I think in his personnel investigation it showed that during, as he was growing up, sometimes his shyness was mistaken for perhaps fear, but that it only took a time or two for someone to exploit this to find out it wasn't fear. It was merely a quiet, shy-type individual.

Mr. Rankin.

Was there any record in the police department of any disciplinary action toward him?

Mr. Curry.

The only disciplinary action ever taken was he was given a day off one time because he had missed court on two occasions.

Mr. Dulles.

Missed what?

Mr. Curry.

Missed court.

Mr. Rankin.

He had been unable to testify or something?

Mr. Curry.

Yes, sir; in city court they have to appear 1 day a week. They are notified each week to appear but they are told on one day will be their court day and if any cases coming up it would be that time. And on two occasions he failed to appear. I think one time he forgot it and I think another time he said he was tied up on a radio call or something and didn't notify him and it is just a departmental policy if you miss court twice you are given a day off for it.

Mr. Rankin.

Was that the penalty that was imposed?

Mr. Curry.

Yes, it was. He took it in very good graces, he didn't feel like he was being mistreated.

Mr. Rankin.

That was the only disciplinary action against him?

Mr. Curry.

Yes, sir; there was one other complaint in his file, where he had stopped a lady and given her a ticket and also had given her, he gave her two tickets, one for no operator's license, and after he had issued the tickets she found her driver's license, and she called to him across the street, and said something about she found her license and he told her okay, show it in court, but she thought he was being rather abrupt and discourteous to her, she felt like he should have come back over and taken this ticket for driver's license and destroyed it.
Under our rules and regulations you cannot destroy a ticket; if it is destroyed it has to be accounted in our auditor's office and that was the only complaint in the years on the force.

Mr. Dulles.

A rumor reached me that Officer Tippit had been some way involved in some narcotic trouble, I don't know what the foundation of that is. Do you know anything about that at all?

Mr. Curry.

Nothing whatsoever; no, sir.