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. Were you present at that time?
Mr. FRITZ. No.
Mr. BALL. That was in your office?
Mr. FRITZ. In the office.
Mr. BALL. Who was there at the time?
Mr. FRITZ. I don't know. He was there, I know some of my officers were
there, they had to watch him all the time.
Mr. BALL. Sims and Boyd?
Mr. FRITZ. If they weren't there, some homicide officers were.
Mr. BALL. You had two officers with him all times?
Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir; sometimes three.
Mr. BALL. Always with him in the room?
Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir; all the time. They never questioned him but they
stayed in the room.
Mr. BALL. Then your records show another showup at 7:50?
Mr. FRITZ. At what time?
Mr. BALL. 7:50, that is the third showup. Mrs. Davis----
Mr. FRITZ. That would be showup No. 3.
Mr. BALL. That is showup No. 3.
Mr. FRITZ. Showup No. 3 was held for Barbara Jean Davis.
Mr. BALL. And Virginia Davis.
Mr. FRITZ. Virginia Davis.
Mr. BALL. Were you there at the time of the showup?
Mr. FRITZ. No, sir; I don't believe I was there, Mr. Hall, Mr. Sims,
Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Moore.
Mr. BALL. Do you know who chose the people for the showup there?
Mr. FRITZ. Who showed the people; yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Who chose the people. There is a Walter, Richard Walter
Borchgardt.
Mr. FRITZ. Are those the people you mean for the showup?
Mr. BALL. Yes.
Mr. FRITZ. No, sir; I don't know who chose those people.
Mr. BALL. Don Braswell and John Abel.
Mr. FRITZ. No, sir; that would be done by my officers.
Mr. BALL. And you don't think you were present at that?
Mr. FRITZ. No, sir; I don't believe so.
Mr. BALL. Did you ever ask him if he had kept a rifle in the garage at
Irving?
Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir; I did. I asked him and I asked him if he had
brought one from New Orleans. He said he didn't.
Mr. BALL. He did not.
Mr. FRITZ. That is right.
I told him the people at the Paine residence said he did have a rifle
out there, and he kept it out there and he kept it wrapped in a blanket
and he said that wasn't true.
Mr. BALL. Do you remember when that was that you asked him?
Mr. FRITZ. No, sir; during some of those questions.
Mr. BALL. It was after Stovall and Adamcik had come back?
Mr. FRITZ. I believe so.
Mr. BALL. Now, during the evening, did you question him some more?
Mr. FRITZ. Well, I am sure that I did. Let me see.
Mr. BALL. It shows he was fingerprinted at 8:55.
Mr. FRITZ. I probably talked to him a little bit more after that. It
shows he was fingerprinted at what time?
Mr. BALL. 8:55. Or 9 o'clock, around 9 o'clock. Fingerprinted, at that
time there was a paraffin test of the hands and face.
Mr. FRITZ. I don't believe he was fingerprinted. I think we made the
paraffin test in my office.
Mr. BALL. There was a paraffin test.
Mr. FRITZ. I allowed them to use any office right there to make a
paraffin test.
Mr. BALL. And your records show he was fingerprinted there, too.
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