The rifle used by Lee Harvey Oswald to shoot President Kennedy from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository was found by Deputy Constable Seymour Weitzman and then handed over to Captain Fritz.
Henry Wade requested that Oswald be moved to the Dallas Sheriff's office on the night of November 22, 1963, but Captain Fritz declined. Instead, Fritz sanctioned the transfer of Oswald on the morning of November 24, 1963.
Chief of Dallas Police Jesse Curry states that the transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald to the Dallas County Jail was left entirely to the discretion of Captain J.W. Fritz.
Recent interview of Buell Frazier recalling his interrogation by Captain Fritz regarding JFK's assassination. Frazier, a coworker of Oswald's at the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, TX, was suspected of being an accomplice to Oswald in theā¦