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
Captain FRITZ. Well, I would have to look at the record to tell whether
that is true, but you know he was brought to my office when he was
arrested. It is entirely possible he had never been to jail when he was
in my office first, so he naturally wouldn’t be under a Tempo, and he
was there for some time before he went to jail.
Mr. HUBERT. But after he----
Captain FRITZ. Then every time we bring him out, he would be on a
Tempo; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. There was an assembly of the press held late at night
of the 22d or possibly early morning of the 23d to which Oswald was
brought. Chief Curry and Henry Wade were there, and there were a number
of press personnel there. It was held in the assembly room. Did you go
to that?
Captain FRITZ. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know anything about it at all?
Captain FRITZ. I knew about it. I know that the chief told me to have
him carried to the assembly room, to the showup room, and I directed
some of my officers to take him down there, but I didn’t attend the
discussion.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know Jack Ruby at all, or did you know?
Captain FRITZ. Did I know him before; no, sir, I did not. I never knew
him before, to the best of my knowledge. That is the first time I ever
saw him, when he was arrested. In fact, when the shooting happened, I
thought some officer had lost his reasoning and shot that man, because
of so many officers being down there.
And I asked one of the officers quickly if that was an officer that
shot him, and he said it was “Jack Ruby.” And I said, “Who is Jack
Ruby?” And he said, “He owns a club downtown.”
Mr. HUBERT. What officer was that?
Captain FRITZ. I don’t know, some of my officers.
Mr. HUBERT. Of course you have seen pictures?
Captain FRITZ. Several of the officers knew him, but I didn’t know him.
Mr. HUBERT. You have seen pictures of Ruby and perhaps you have seen
him in person since?
Captain FRITZ. Oh, yes; I have questioned him since then.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you search your memory and tell us whether you saw that
same person in and about the police department, particularly the third
floor, on the 22d and 23d?
Captain FRITZ. No, sir; I did not. I was very busy at that time. It is
possible I could have seen him. If I did, I wouldn’t have known him,
because there was 200 or 300 people I didn’t know.
There was a mob scene, a terrible thing, and I would have uniformed
officers help me to get from my office to the chief’s office, to the
elevator, and back, to get through the crowd, so he could have been in
that crowd and I wouldn’t know it. I have heard since, he was in the
crowd, and he probably was. I wouldn’t have known. I would have thought
he was another one of those men from the same crowd.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have anything to do with the planning of the exact
transfer of Oswald to the county jail?
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