Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (02 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. FRAZIER. 2439 West Fifth Street.
Mr. BALL. Did you live there in November 1963?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. BALL. And who lives in that house with you?
Mr. FRAZIER. My sister and brother-in-law and their three children.
Mr. BALL. Will you state their names, your sister's name?
Mr. FRAZIER. Linnie Mae Randle and my brother-in-law. I believe his
real name is William Edward Randle. We call him Bill. They have three
little girls, Diana, Patricia and Caroline Sue.
Mr. BALL. Where does your mother live?
Mr. FRAZIER. She lives in Huntsville.
Mr. BALL. Where is that?
Mr. FRAZIER. That is about 200 miles south of Dallas there.
Mr. BALL. What is the name of the town?
Mr. FRAZIER. Town, you mean where my mother lives? Huntsville.
Mr. BALL. Huntsville?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; that is about, it is about 70, 80 miles north of
Houston.
Mr. BALL. What is your mother's name?
Mr. FRAZIER. Essie Mae Williams.
Mr. BALL. Was she visiting you and your sister sometime in November
1963?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; she was.
Mr. BALL. How long was she there?
Mr. FRAZIER. She was there for, I believe, for a period of about 4 or 5
weeks because my stepfather was with her and he got sick and they had
to put him in the hospital and he was in the hospital 3 or 4 weeks,
somewheres, 4 or 5 weeks because they were there a week before he got
sick.
Mr. BALL. Then on November 21 and 22, living with you in this residence
at Irving, Tex., were your mother, Mrs. Williams, and your sister,
Linnie Mae Randle?
Mr. FRAZIER. Right.
Mr. BALL. And her husband and their three children?
Mr. FRAZIER. That is right.
Mr. BALL. Where do you work?
Mr. FRAZIER. Work at Texas School Books.
Mr. BALL. How long have you worked there?
Mr. FRAZIER. I have been working there since September.
Mr. BALL. September of 1963?
Mr. FRAZIER. Correct.
Mr. BALL. What kind of work do you do there?
Mr. FRAZIER. I fill orders.
Mr. BALL. How did you happen to get that job?
Mr. FRAZIER. Well, I went to see, first I come up there and started
looking for a job and couldn't find one myself so I went to one of
these employment agencies and through that a lady called up one
morning, I was fixing to go out and look for one, I was looking for
myself in the meantime when they were, too, and so she called up and
gave me a tip to it if I was interested in a job like that I could go
over there and see about that and for the time being I wasn't working
and needed some money and so I did and I went over there and saw Mr.
Truly, and he gave me an interview, and then he hired me the same day I
went over there.
Mr. BALL. You say you came up, you mean you came up from Huntsville?
Mr. FRAZIER. That is right; yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. That was in September 1963?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; it was.
Mr. BALL. Looking for a job around Dallas?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did you go to live with your sister at that time?
Mr. FRAZIER. Yes, sir; I did.
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