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Who was Lee Harvey Oswald
Reporter Lonnie Hudkins, FBI agent James Hosty, and Dallas police officer Jim Leavelle reminisce on when Oswald was taken into police custody.
View from the Sniper's Nest
The photograph shows the view from the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository onto Elm Street below. President Kennedy's motorcade turned onto this road before Oswald fired at it from this window. The box visible was used by Oswald to…
Threat to Oswald's Life
On the night of November 23, 1963, a threatening call was received regarding Lee Harvey Oswald's life, according to Captain W.B. Frazier. Frazier requested to Captain Fritz that Oswald be transferred to the Dallas County Jail, but Fritz said the…
The Sniper's Nest
The 6th Floor Museum in Dallas, Texas recreation of the 6th floor at the time of the shoot on Nov. 22, 1963. The recreation demonstrates the boxes's ability to hide the shooter.
Response to Ruby killing Oswald
Men present in the basement of the Dallas Police Department react to Jack Ruby's assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald by all moving in the same general direction. One man is shown jumping down from an elevated area while another helps him.
Position of Oswald's Clipboard
Image of where Oswald's clipboard was found by police
Oswald's been shot!
Photograph of the basement of the Dallas Police Department in the aftermath of Jack Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald on Nov. 24, 1963. Present in the photograph are doctor, the media, police officers, and investigators.
Marguerite Oswald in front of the TSBD
Photograph of Marguerite Oswald in front of the Texas School Book Depository in March 1964. Mrs. Oswald is wearing all black and stands in the Grassy Knoll. Photographer Bill Winfrey took the photo after talking to Mrs. Oswald during the Jack Ruby…
Lee Harvey Oswald's Rifle
Mannlicher-Carcano rifle owned by Lee Harvey Oswald that was allegedly used to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.
L. D. Montgomery's Warren Commission Testimony
Jack Ruby, after being arrested by officers of the Dallas Police force, calls his victim, Lee Harvey Oswald, an S.O.B. L. D. Montgomery recalls Ruby's statement in his testimony for the Warren Commission Report on March 24, 1964. L. D. Montgomery was…
L. D. Montgomery present in Oswald interrogation!
Det. L. D. Montgomery testified for the Warren Commission that he was present at the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, but that he does not remember the specifics of the meeting.
John “Will” Fritz
Lawman, Kennedy Assassination Figure. As head of the Dallas Police Department's Robbery-Homicide unit in 1963, he was Lee Harvey Oswald's primary interrogator. Law enforcement officers led by him interrogated Oswald over the less than 48 hours…
Jack Ruby's Full Body Mug Shot
Photograph of Jack Ruby's full body immediately after his arrest on Nov. 24, 1963 for shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby is shown in a standard prisoner outfit of matching pants and short sleeved shirt. He is photographed in front of a wall with a…
Jack Ruby's Fingerprint Card
Dallas Police Department's records of Jack Ruby's fingerprints initially taken on Nov. 24, 1963 following Ruby's assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Department.
J.W. Fritz's Notes from Interrogation of Oswald
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.
J.W. Fritz at the Midnight Conference
Excerpt from the Warren Commission Report regarding Captain Fritz's attendance at a midnight press conference held in the basement of the police department on November 22, 1963.
Interview with Dallas Police Captain J.W. Fritz
Fritz responds to reporters' questions regarding Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination by Jack Ruby.
Deputy Weitzman Transfers Oswald's Rifle to Captain J.W. Fritz
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.
DA Henry Wade Requests the Transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald
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 Curry on Captain Fritz's Transfer of Oswald
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.