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
So, I realized then that it possibly was the man I saw since he was the
only one I remember in a window and that it had something to do with
the building--that it's possible that the man I saw had something to do
with it.
About that time a deputy from the sheriff's office came up and asked me
if I was Ronald Fischer, and I said, "Yes;" and he said that Sheriff
Decker wanted to see me in his office right now.
Mr. BELIN. About what time was this now?
Mr. FISCHER. This was at--oh--1 o'clock on or about 1 o'clock.
Mr. BELIN. You then went to Sheriff Decker's office?
Mr. FISCHER. I went to Decker's office and--uh--Bob Edwards was in
there. He looked up--and he had given them my name and told them--at
least, this is what he told me--that he told them that we had both
been standing there together and had seen this man in the window of
the School Book Depository Building. So, that's why they came to get
me--because he had told them.
There were a lot of other people in the office--12 or 15 other people.
They all seemed to be connected with it in some way or another. And I
noticed, too, in Sheriff Decker's office was this man and woman and two
boys that we had talked to down the street there on Elm that had hit
the ground when the shots started.
Mr. BELIN. Now, this man that you saw in the window--did he appear to
be standing or sitting--or couldn't you tell?
Mr. FISCHER. He must not have been standing because I don't think the
floor was that far away. He could have been standing--I'll take that
back. He would have had to have been crouched over. He didn't look like
he was crouched over or bent over. He must have been--I'm guessing--but
I'm thinking he must have been on his knees or maybe sitting, on a box
maybe. But he--I don't think that it's possible that he was standing.
Mr. BELIN. Was he sitting or crouching, or whatever he was doing, in a
straight-up position?
Mr. FISCHER. No; he was leaning forward slightly.
Mr. BELIN. About how far forward was he leaning--or couldn't you tell?
Mr. FISCHER. Oh, it was slightly--enough to where I could tell,
but--oh--his head wasn't out of the window and his head wasn't past the
window sill. If he had been much further back in, it would have been
hard for me to see him at all.
Mr. BELIN. Now, sometime afterwards, you signed a written statement at
the sheriff's office--is that it?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And, later, did some policemen bring out a picture of an
individual and ask you to try and identify him?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Did they tell you whose picture it was?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Whose picture did they say it was?
Mr. FISCHER. Well, they actually showed me two pictures--one of Lee
Harvey Oswald, and one of Jack Ruby.
Mr. BELIN. All right. And what did you say?
Mr. FISCHER. I told them that that could have been the man.
Mr. BELIN. Now, which one did you say could have been the man?
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