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  • Collection: The Investigators

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Portrait photograph of Secret Service Agent Forrest V. Sorrels at his desk.

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Fritz pictured with 4 of his grandchildren and his second wife, Alma.

Fritz passed away April 19, 1984 and Alma passed away June 29, 2012.

This is a 62-page FBI folder from the Warren Commission. It relays information about Fleming being a key witness to the assassination of President JFK.

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Original 35mm black and white negative taken by Dallas Times Herald and United Press International photographer Darryl Heikes. The image shows J.W. 'Will' Fritz, Captain of Homicide and Robbery for the Dallas Police, being interviewed by Bill Mercer,…

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Image of the scene of Officer J.D. Tippit's murder in Oak Cliff

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In this testimony Chief Curry stated that he did not reveal the time to the press of the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald. He believes that everyone was "tired" which seems suspicious. I believe he did in fact tell the press without thinking about the…

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INTERVIEW WITH DALLAS POLICE CAPTAIN J.W. FRITZ (112463).mp4
Fritz responds to reporters' questions regarding Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination by Jack Ruby.

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Photographer: William Allen, Dallas Times Herald Staff

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Dallas Morning News photograph of Chief Jesse Curry, Captain J.W. Fritz, and Warren Commission personnel David Belin and John McCloy in the Dallas Police garage.

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Captain J.W. Fritz is questioned by Leon Hubert regarding whether or not he attended a midnight press conference meeting that was held in the station's basement assembly room.

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Captain J.W. Fritz denies any relationship to Jack Ruby prior to Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Department.

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Fritz was the only one to interrogate Lee Harvey Oswald before his assassination by Jack Ruby on November 24, 1963. Fritz's notes are the only remnant of his talk with Oswald as there was no audio recorded or stenographer present.

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Network shows Fritz's ties to key players in the investigation of President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald's deaths.

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Network shows Fritz's ties to other Dallas police officers involved in the investigation of President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald's deaths. Connections among individual officers are also shown.

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Depicts Lee Harvey Oswald, handcuffed to detective James Leavelle, at the moment Jack Ruby jumped from the crowd and shot Oswald.

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James Leavelle with unidentified homicide dectives

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Exhibit showing the tan suit and orangish shoes worn by James Robert "Jim" Leavelle, the Dallas police detective who escorted Lee Harvey Oswald, presumptive assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Dallas, Texas
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