Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BALL. After a few moments you had him come in, in a little while,
to your office?
Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Do you have that in time when he came into your office?
Mr. FRITZ. The chief's map would have been, I could have made this
better if I had used the chief's map and put the lieutenant's office
over here.
Mr. BALL. Don't worry about it. That is close enough. We have him from
X which is the conference room into your office.
Mr. FRITZ. Yes; my desk is right here and I sit behind it right here
and there are some chairs and telephone table right here and I had him
sitting in a chair, right here.
Mr. BALL. Right beside you?
Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir; I have other chairs along here.
Mr. BALL. All right.
Now, Captain, about what time did you first bring him to your office?
Mr. FRITZ. Let's see, I have it right here. Oswald was arrested at 1:40
and I think he was taken to the city hall about 2:15 and I started
talking to him probably a little bit after that.
Mr. BALL. About what time?
Don't you have a time marked in your report there?
Mr. FRITZ. I think so.
Mr. BALL. Of 2:25.
Mr. FRITZ. 2:25?
Mr. BALL. On page 237 of your report, your report of Sims and Boyd
refers to a time that he was brought to your room, and I believe 165.
Mr. FRITZ. My report, my report should have a report right there that
should show it. This shows here 2:15 and I don't think that is right.
Mr. BALL. Mr. Baker's report on 165 gives the time also.
Mr. FRITZ. The nearest that I have here then would be shortly after
2:15 p.m.
Mr. BALL. You will notice that Sims and Boyd make it, state they
brought him from the conference room to your office at about 2:20.
Mr. FRITZ. That might be all right because I have 2:15 here but I think
2:15 may be 5 or 10 minutes too early.
Mr. BALL. It was soon after you got there?
Mr. FRITZ. Soon after I got there.
Mr. BALL. That you brought him into your office?
Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Who was present when you talked with him?
Mr. FRITZ. At that time, when I first brought him in there there would
be Sims and Boyd and probably one or two officers from the office, I
am not sure, just who else might have been there. I know those two, I
am sure, I believe those two were there. Just about the time I started
talking to him, I had just started to question him, I got a phone
call from Mr. Shanklin, Gordon Shanklin, agent in charge of the FBI
calling for Mr. Bookhout, and I asked Mr. Bookhout to go to pick up the
extension.
Mr. BALL. Was Mr. Bookhout there?
Mr. FRITZ. He had just come into the lieutenant's office and Mr.
Shanklin asked that Mr. Hosty be in on that questioning, he said he
wanted him in there because of Mr. Hosty knowing these people and he
had been talking to them and he wanted him in there right then.
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