Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. KennedyUnited States. Warren Commission
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Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
After a third lineup at about 7:40 p.m., Oswald was returned to Fritz’
office.[C5-8] About an hour later, after further questioning, Oswald’s
fingerprints and palmprints were taken and a paraffin test (see
app. XI) administered in Fritz’ office, after which the questioning
resumed.[C5-9] At 11:26 p.m. Fritz signed the complaint charging Oswald
with the murder of President Kennedy.[C5-10] Shortly after midnight,
detectives took Oswald to the basement assembly room for an appearance
of several minutes before members of the press.[C5-11] At about 12:20
a.m. Oswald was delivered to the jailer who placed him in a maximum
security cell on the fifth floor.[C5-12] His cell was the center one in
a block of three cells that were separated from the remainder of the
jail area. The cells on either side of Oswald were empty and a guard
was nearby whenever Oswald was present.[C5-13] Shortly after 1:30 a.m.
Oswald was brought to the identification bureau on the fourth floor
and arraigned before Justice of the Peace Johnston, this time for the
murder of President Kennedy.[C5-14]
Questioning resumed in Fritz’ office on Saturday morning at about 10:25
a.m., and the session lasted nearly an hour and 10 minutes.[C5-15]
Oswald was then returned to his cell for an hour, and at 12:35 p.m.
he was brought back to Fritz’ office for an additional half-hour of
questioning.[C5-16] From 1:10 to 1:30 p.m., Oswald’s wife and mother
visited him in the fourth floor visiting area;[C5-17] at 1:40 p.m.
he attempted to call an attorney in New York.[C5-18] He appeared in
another lineup at 2:15 p.m.[C5-19] At 2:45 p.m., with Oswald’s consent,
a member of the identification bureau obtained fingernail scrapings
and specimens of hair from him.[C5-20] He returned to the fourth floor
at 3:30 p.m. for a 10-minute visit with his brother, Robert.[C5-21]
Between 4 and 4:30 p.m., Oswald made two telephone calls to Mrs. Ruth
Paine[C5-22] at her home in Irving; at about 5:30 p.m. he was visited
by the president of the Dallas Bar Association[C5-23] with whom he
spoke for about 5 minutes. From 6 to 7:15 p.m. Oswald was interrogated
once again in Captain Fritz’ office and then returned to his
cell.[C5-24] At 8 p.m. he called the Paine residence again and asked to
speak to his wife, but Mrs. Paine told him that his wife was no longer
there.[C5-25]
Oswald was signed out of jail at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 24, and
taken to Captain Fritz’ office for a final round of questioning.[C5-26]
The transfer party left Fritz’ office at about 11:15 a.m.;[C5-27] at
11:21 a.m. Oswald was shot.[C5-28] He was declared dead at Parkland
Hospital at 1:07 p.m.[C5-29]
Interrogation Sessions
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