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. All right. I'm going to call this "Fischer Deposition
Exhibit No. 1," and ask you to read this statement, which appears to be
dated November 22, 1963, and ask you to state if there's anything in
that statement that does not appear to be accurate.
(Thereupon, the statement of Mr. Fischer dated Nov. 22, 1963, is
identified as "Fischer Deposition Exhibit No. 1.)
Mr. FISCHER. You want me to read this now?
Mr. BELIN. You can just read it to yourself and then you can tell me
when you get through whether or not there is anything in that statement
that doesn't appear to be accurate.
Mr. FISCHER. [After reading Exhibit No. 1.] That is correct.
Mr. BELIN. Is this what you told these people there?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Now, in this statement it says that the man appeared to be
in his twenties--is that what you told them?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. It says that all you could see was his head, now you've told
me here today that you could see his chest?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes; from the middle of his chest up. I could see his
shoulders.
Uh--the man taking that particular piece of paper was a court reporter
in the records building, and he didn't--he didn't relate--he had about
12 of these things to take--well, yeah, 12 or 15--however many people
there were in the sheriff's office at that time. And he was, like
I say, he was in a hurry to get it down and I said I could see his
head--and, so, he put that down. And that is right. I could see his
head.
Mr. BELIN. The statement here says that he was light-headed and that he
had on an open-neck shirt. Did he have an open-neck shirt on?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Now, what about being light-headed?
Mr. FISCHER. By "light-headed," I meant that he didn't have black hair.
He didn't have dark--he didn't have--well, when I say "dark," I mean
black. He didn't have black hair. He didn't have blonde hair. When I
said, "light-headed," I didn't mean blonde--or I would have said that,
but--uh.
Mr. BELIN. What color of hair did you mean? Did you say "light-headed"?
Mr. FISCHER. I believe I did say "light-headed"--because I didn't--like
I say--I didn't want it to appear that he was dark.
Mr. BELIN. By "dark," what color do you mean?
Mr. FISCHER. Black.
Mr. BELIN. Well, once again, I'll ask you, to the best of your
recollection, what color hair did he have?
Mr. FISCHER. Uh--like I say, it's too hard for me to--uh--to tell one
way or the other. At the distance I was, uh--it's just--it's just too
hard for me to--I'm not going to say it because I don't know for sure,
just exactly what shade of hair he did have. It wasn't blonde and it
wasn't black. Somewhere in between. And it was a shade of brown that
as to whether it was a dark brown, a light brown, a medium brown, or
whatever you call it--I don't know.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
The statement says that you saw him in the window there. Do you
remember how far the window was open?
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