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. I can’t say that there was a meeting of any kind
planning the transfer, but if there was, I wasn’t there. At the time of
the transfer, when the chief told me that an armored money truck had
been provided to transfer him, I know it was a surprise to me, because
I had never heard of that. I had never heard of that before, and I told
the chief I didn’t think it was a good thing to try to move him in a
money wagon, because we don’t know the driver or anything about the
wagon, and it would be clumsy and awkward, and I didn’t think it was a
good idea at all.
I had nothing to do with the setting up of the plan, until my talk with
the chief just before the transfer, nor with the setting up of the
security in the basement. None of that comes under my heading.
Mr. HUBERT. When did you become aware that it would be the
responsibility of the Dallas Police Department rather than the
sheriff’s office to transfer Oswald?
Captain FRITZ. The day before the transfer.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean on Saturday?
Captain FRITZ. That would have been on Saturday, I believe. I don’t
want to be too positive about an hour or time, but in one of my
conversations with the chief, I asked him if the sheriff intended to
transfer him or if we would transfer him, and he told me that he had
been talking to the sheriff and we would transfer him.
Mr. HUBERT. You are pretty sure that would have been on Saturday and
not Sunday morning?
Captain FRITZ. No, sir; it wouldn’t have been on Sunday morning. It
would have been before Sunday morning, because some reference was made
about the time of transfer.
Mr. HUBERT. What reference was made about the time of transfer?
Captain FRITZ. Well, in one of my conversations with the chief, you
will see from my testimony, the chief asked me about transferring him
at 4 o’clock the day before, and I told him I didn’t think we could be
through with our questioning at that time.
At that time he asked me about 10 o’clock the next morning, and I told
him we thought we could be ready by 10 o’clock the next morning. We
went, I believe, an hour overtime with the interrogation, but we tried
to finish up by 10 o’clock the next morning.
Mr. HUBERT. Is there anything that makes you certain that the decision
that the Dallas Police Department would be responsible for the transfer
rather than the sheriff’s office, was made on Saturday rather than
Sunday?
Captain FRITZ. On Saturday rather than Sunday, I am sure that it was,
because I had talked to the sheriff one time myself during one of those
previous days, and I made some remark to him, something about the
transfer, and he told me to bring him on when we were ready; so I can’t
tell you exactly what conversation that was, but it was pretty well
understood we were to do the transferring.
Mr. HUBERT. That was a departure from the usual system?
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