Mr. Belin.

About what time was this now?

Mr. Fischer.

This was at--oh--1 o'clock on or about 1 o'clock.

Mr. Belin.

You then went to Sheriff Decker's office?

Mr. FISCHER. I went to Decker's office and--uh--Bob Edwards was in there. He looked up--and he had given them my name and told them--at least, this is what he told me that he told them that we had both been standing there together and had seen this man in the window of the School Book Depository Building. So, that's why they came to get me because he had told them.
There were a lot of other people in the office 12 or 15 other people. They all seemed to be connected with it in some way or another. And I noticed, too, in Sheriff Decker's office was this man and woman and two boys that we had talked to down the street there on Elm that had hit the ground when the shots started.
Mr. BELIN. Now, this man that you saw in the window---did he appear to be standing or sitting--or couldn't you tell?
Mr. FISCHER. He must not have been standing because I don't think the floor was that far away. He could have been standing--I'll take that back. He would have had to have been crouched over. He didn't look like he was crouched over or bent over. He must have been--I'm guessing--but I'm thinking he must have been on his knees or maybe sitting, on a box maybe. But he---I don't think that it's possible that he was standing.
Mr. BELIN. Was he sitting or crouching, or whatever he was doing, in a straight-up position?

Mr. Fischer.

No; he was leaning forward slightly.
Mr: BELIN. About how far forward was he leaning--or couldn't you tell?
Mr. FISCHER. Oh, it was slightly enough to where I could tell, but--oh--his head wasn't out of the window and his head wasn't past the window sill. If he had been much further back in, it would have been hard for me to see him at all.

Mr. Belin.

Now, sometime afterwards, you signed a written statement at

the sheriff's office Is that it?

Mr. Fischer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

And, later, did some policemen bring out a picture of an individual and ask you to try and identify him?

Mr. Fischer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Did they tell you whose picture it was?

Mr. Fischer.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Whose picture did they say it was ?

Mr. FISCHER. Well, they actually showed me two pictures--one of Lee Harvey Oswald, and one of Jack Ruby.

Mr. Belin.

All right. And what did you say?

Mr. Fischer.

I told them that that could have been the man.

Mr. Belin.

Now, which one did you say could have been the man?

Mr. FISCHER. Lee Harvey Oswald. That that could have been the man that I saw in the window of the School Book Depository Building, but that I was not sure. It's possible that a man fit the general description that I gave---but I can't say for sure.
Mr. BELIN. Was there anything different---do you remember the picture?--- between the picture you saw and the man you saw in the window?
Mr. FISCHER. Yes; one thing--and that is in the picture he looked like he hadn't shaved in several days at least. And--uh--I don't know whether at that distance, looking at him from the street in the School Book Depository Building--if I could have been able to---if I could have seen that. I think, if he had been unshaven in the window, it would have made his complexion appear--well---rather dark; but I remember his complexion was light; that is, unless he had just a light beard.
Mr. BELIN. Was the sun shining on his face when you saw him in the window or not-or don't you remember?

Mr. Fischer.

No; uh--no the sun wasn't shining on his face. He was back in the shadow of the window.

Mr. Belin.

When did the policeman come out with this picture---on the same day or on the next day?