Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BELIN. How old are you, Mr. Fischer?
Mr. FISCHER. Twenty-five.
Mr. BELIN. Married?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Children?
Mr. FISCHER. Two.
Mr. BELIN. Did you go to school here in Dallas?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes--high school, yes.
Mr. BELIN. What high school did you go to?
Mr. FISCHER. W. W. Samuell.
Mr. BELIN. Did you complete high school or not?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Have you participated in any postgraduate work since you
graduated from high school?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What is that?
Mr. FISCHER. I've taken courses toward an accounting degree at
Arlington State College, Arlington, Tex.
Mr. BELIN. Are these correspondence courses or have you actually
attended the school?
Mr. FISCHER. No; I've attended the school.
Mr. BELIN. How long did you attend that school?
Mr. FISCHER. I attended 1 year, full time and I attended 1 year, night
school.
Mr. BELIN. And what have you done since after you left Arlington?
Mr. FISCHER. All of the time since I've left Arlington, I've been
working for the Dallas County auditor--with the exception of a
correspondence course that I'm taking at the present time.
Mr. BELIN. Well, by that, you mean you're still working full time but
you are taking the correspondence course also?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. You have been working for 4 or 5 years for the auditor's
office?
Mr. FISCHER. Five years.
Mr. BELIN. Now, Mr. Fischer, I want to take you back to November 22,
1963, and ask you if you remember watching or getting ready to watch,
the Presidential motorcade on that day? Do you remember that?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And were you with anyone else, or not?
Mr. FISCHER. Bob Edwards--he works in the same office that I do.
Mr. BELIN. Does he work there now?
Mr. FISCHER. No; he doesn't. At the present time, he's attending a
college in Oklahoma but I don't remember the name. It's in Tahlequah, I
believe. I don't know the name of the college.
Mr. BELIN. Could that be--I think it's [spelling] T-a-h-l-e-q-u-a-h?
Mr. FISCHER. I think that's it.
Mr. BELIN. Now, when did you and Mr. Edwards leave your place of
employment on that day to watch the motorcade?
Mr. FISCHER. Oh, about--well, let's see. We got off for lunch at a
quarter of twelve and Mr. Lynn, our boss, said that we could take--go
ahead and go on down the street after we got through with lunch, in
other words, don't come back to the office after lunch. Just go on
down the street and watch the parade. Everybody was due back after the
parade was over.
Mr. BELIN. Uh-huh.
Mr. FISCHER. So, I went to lunch at a quarter of twelve, and ate until
about 12 o'clock, and then Bob and I went down to the street--oh, 5
or 10 after 12--and we stood, at first, on Main Street right outside
the records building. And then about 12:15 or 12:20, we were trying to
find a place where we could see better, so we walked down to Houston
and then one block down Houston to Elm and stood there until the parade
came by.
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