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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IV - Page 228« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of J. W. Fritz)

Mr. Ball.
about Saturday night now, you have told us about showing him the enlarged photograph.
Mr. Fritz.
I show 9:30 the morning of the 24th.
Mr. Ball.
I am talking about the night.
Mr. Fritz.
All right.
Mr. Dulles.
6:30 at night.
Mr. Ball.
6:30 in the evening.
Mr. Fritz.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
You showed him the photographs?
Mr. Fritz.
Yes, sir; pictures.
Mr. Ball.
And he told you they weren't his?
Mr. Fritz.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
What did he tell you then? Didn't he tell you then he didn't want to answer any more questions?
Mr. Fritz.
Let's see if he did.
Mr. Ball.
Yes.
Mr. Fritz.
That is the time that he told me about the photography, that he knew all about photography, and then he said, he didn't want to answer any more questions.
Mr. Ball.
What time did you put him back in jail?
Mr. Fritz.
7:15 p.m.
Mr. Ball.
And you didn't see him again that night?
Mr. Fritz.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Now, the next morning you checked him out of jail?
Mr. Fritz.
Yes, sir; the 24th we had him down in the morning, yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Who was present that time?
Mr. Fritz.
That time here at 9:30 in the morning, one of the postal inspectors, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Sorrels, Mr. Bookhout, and I am not sure about Mr. Sorrels staying in there all the time. He was in there part of the time, and that is the time that I showed him the map, too, that morning with these markings on it.
Mr. Ball.
What did he say?
Mr. Fritz.
Well, he said they didn't mean anything. Those markings were places he had gone looking for work. I asked him at that time, too, more about his religious beliefs, and Inspector Kelley asked him what he thought about religion and he said he didn't think too much of it. I believe he said of the philosophy of religion.
So he asked him two or three other questions and he was a little evasive so I asked him if he believed in a deity. He said he didn't care to discuss that with me.
Mr. Ball.
What else was said?
Mr. Fritz.
I asked him, too, I believe on that same morning, I asked him more about his political beliefs and he told me he didn't belong to any political party and he told me he was-a Marxist but that he wasn't a Marxist-Leninist, that he was just a Marxist, and that he again told me that he believed in the Castro revolution. That is the morning of the transfer.
Mr. Ball.
You asked him about the gun again, didn't you?
Mr. Fritz.
I asked him about a lot of things that morning, I sure did.
Mr. Ball.
Tell us about it.
Mr. Fritz.
He denied anything about Alek Hidell, and again about his belief in the Fair Play for Cuba.
Mr. Ball.
What about the rifle?
Mr. Fritz.
I asked him about the Neely Street address and he denied that address. He denied having a picture made over there and he even denied living there. I told him he had people who visited him over there and he said they were just wrong about visiting.
Mr. Ball.
Did you ask him again about the rifle, did you ask him if that was the picture, that that rifle was his?
Mr. Fritz.
Yes, sir; I am sure I did.
Mr. Ball.
Look at your notes.
Mr. Fritz.
All right, sir. Yes, sir; I did. I asked him again if that was his picture holding the rifle and he said it was not.
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