Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. HUBERT. There are a couple of matters that I would like to ask
if you know. It may be that you do not know at all. Can you tell us
either from your own knowledge or from what would be normal under the
circumstances, what food was afforded to Oswald from the time he was
arrested on through, if you know?
Captain FRITZ. What food was furnished him?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Captain FRITZ. Of course the food in the jail, I wouldn’t know anything
about. I don’t have anything to do with the food in the jail.
I didn’t remember in the beginning until someone reminded me that we
fed him what he would eat while he was there at the office while we
were talking to him.
Mr. HUBERT. That was Friday on November 22 in the afternoon?
Captain FRITZ. Yes, sir; in the afternoon. He didn’t want a great deal.
He didn’t eat very much, but we brought him what he would eat and
drink. I believe he drank coffee a couple of times. I didn’t remember
those things until the officers reminded me in the office. We do that
for almost all prisoners.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he have supper at the usual hour that day?
Captain FRITZ. I am not sure about that.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know anything else about the other meals that he may
have had during the Saturday and Sunday?
Captain FRITZ. Saturday and Sunday, I don’t know. I wouldn’t know about
any food other than the things that were brought into the office.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, that would be strictly up to the jail
personnel?
Captain FRITZ. Yes, sir; that’s right. They take care of the food in
the jail.
Mr. HUBERT. He was returned, I think, and the records would show that,
to the jail at mealtimes? In other words, the interrogation was stopped?
Captain FRITZ. I am not sure. I am not even sure about what time their
mealtimes are in the jail, and they might not have been. They could
have been or could not, but I do know that after being reminded of it
by the officers, he was given anything he wanted to eat or drink while
he was there in my office in the way of milk or coffee or anything of
that nature.
Mr. HUBERT. We also note that an attorney, Mr. H. Louis Nichols,
connected with the Dallas Bar Association, came to see Oswald at some
time. Do you know anything about that as to when he came?
Captain FRITZ. I heard of that, of course, but he didn’t come to my
office. He went to the chief’s office.
Mr. HUBERT. In any case, the interview between Oswald and Mr. Nichols
did not take place when the prisoner was in your custody?
Captain FRITZ. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. I understand also that at all times when the prisoner was
in your custody, he was on what is called a “Tempo” in the police
department? That is to say, a release from the jail custody to the
division custody, and also showed the return of the prisoner?
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