J.W. Fritz and Jesse Curry with the Warren Commission Personnel
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.
Photographed by Joe Lard
www.maryferrell.org
History Matters
May 3, 1964 (date stamped on backside of photo)
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News Staff Photo from Dallas Morning News found on the Mary Ferrell Foundation website
Photograph
J.W. Fritz's Notes from Interrogation of Oswald
Fritz's handwritten notes from Oswald interrogation
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
www.maryferrell.org
History Matters
November 1963
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Trend of J.W. Fritz's Transcription
Trend of the most commonly occurring words from an excerpt of Fritz's FBI Key Persons file.
Fritz’s name appears most often, however, "captain" appears almost simultaneously with "Fritz" until segment 8 during the discussion of Oswald's assassination
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https://voyant-tools.org/
26 February 2018
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Graph
Links of J.W. Fritz's Transcription
Relationships between the most commonly occurring words from an excerpt of Fritz's FBI Key Persons file.
The thicker the grey line, the stronger the relationship is between the two words. The words in blue are the words that appeared most frequently and have the greatest number of ties to the other most frequently used words.
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https://voyant-tools.org/
26 February 2018
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Graph
Interview with Dallas Police Captain J.W. Fritz
Interview with Dallas Police Captain J.W. Fritz
Fritz responds to reporters' questions regarding Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination by Jack Ruby.
NBC Universal Archives
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=dNre_g_DdfY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=dNre_g_DdfY</a>
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24 November 1963
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Buell Wesley Frazier and his interrogation by J.W. Fritz
Buell Wesley Frazier and his interrogation by 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 the assassination of President Kennedy.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUKDrLwaFQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUKDrLwaFQ</a>
Youtube
posted on March 19, 2016
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Who was Lee Harvey Oswald
Fritz, Hudkins, Hosty and Leavelle on Oswald
Reporter Lonnie Hudkins, FBI agent James Hosty, and Dallas police officer Jim Leavelle reminisce on when Oswald was taken into police custody.
PBS Frontline
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2bNFfX1cJc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2bNFfX1cJc</a>
PBS Frontline
posted on Dec 6, 2016
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Captain J.W. Fritz summarizes the case on Oswald
Captain J.W. Fritz summarizes the case on Oswald
Fritz answers a CBS reporter's questions regarding the murder of President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit by Lee Harvey Oswald.
CBS
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-LrxdQbJog">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-LrxdQbJog</a>
Youtube
filmed November 1963
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J.W. Fritz's Social Network
Social network analysis of Captain Fritz and other key players involved in the investigations of JFK and Oswald's deaths.
Network shows Fritz's ties to key players in the investigation of President Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald's deaths.
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J.W. Fritz's Social Network of Dallas Police Officers
Social network analysis of Captain Fritz and the other Dallas police officers involved in the investigations of JFK and Oswald's deaths.
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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created March 19, 2018
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Photograph of JFK's Birthday 1963
JFK's last birthday celebration at the White House.
"President's Birthday Party, given by White House Staff. President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy, Dave Powers, Kenneth O'Donnell, others. White House, Navy Mess Hall." - National Archives
Knudsen, Robert L. (Robert LeRoy), 1929-1989, Photographer
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/194224">National Archives</a>
National Archives
5/29/1963
Caitlin S.
Series: Robert Knudsen White House Photographs, 1/20/1961 - 12/19/1963.
Collection: White House Photographs, 12/19/1960 - 3/11/1964.
Photographic print
Photographic print
ARC Identifier: 194224; NAIL Control Number: NLK-WHP-KN-KNC28785
Black and White Photograph of Kenneth O'Donnell
Kenneth P. O'Donnell
"Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell. White House, Washington, D.C." - JFK Library
Photographer: Abbie Rowe, 1905-1967
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-AR6295-I.aspx">JFK Presidential Library</a>
JFK Presidential Library
25 January 1961
Caitlin S.
Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
See JFK Library Collection: White House Photographs
Black and white photograph
Photograph negative
Digital Identifier: JFKWHP-AR6295-I
Black and White Photograph of Kenneth O'Donnell Accepting Scroll On Behalf of JFK
Kenneth O'Donnell and Scroll from Democratic Committee of Orange County
"Special Assistant to the President Kenneth P. O'Donnell Accepts Scroll from Democratic Committee of Orange County, New York" - JFK Library
Photographer: Abbie Rowe, 1905-1967
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-AR6354-A.aspx">JFK Presidential Library</a>
JFK Presidential Library
16 February 1961
Caitlin S.
Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
See JFK Library Collection: White House Photographs
Black and white photographic print
Photographic print
Digital Identifier: JFKWHP-AR6354-A
Black and White Photograph of Evelyn Lincoln
Evelyn Lincoln, with whom Kenneth O'Donnell often corresponded regarding JFK's day-to-day business.
"Personal Secretary to the President Evelyn Lincoln at her desk in the President’s Secretary’s Office, White House, Washington, D.C." - JFK Library
Photographer: Robert L. Knudsen (Robert LeRoy), 1929-1989
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-KN-17661.aspx">JFK Presidential Library</a>
JFK Presidential Library
28 April 1961
Caitlin S.
Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
See JFK Library Collection: White House Photographs
Black and white photograph negative
Photograph negative
Digital Identifier: JFKWHP-KN-17661
Photograph of Kenneth O'Donnell and White House Army Signal Agency Staff Member
Kenneth O'Donnell and White House Army Signal Agency Staff Member
"Presidential Aide Kenneth P. O’Donnell (left) speaks with an unidentified White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) officer outside the South Portico of the White House, Washington, D.C." - JFK Library
Photographer: Robert L. Knudsen (Robert LeRoy), 1929-1989
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-KN-C17685.aspx">JFK Presidential Library</a>
JFK Presidential Library
27 April 1961
Caitlin S.
Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
See JFK Library Folder: "President Kennedy departs the White House for Andrews Air Force Base; White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA) staff and Kenneth P. O’Donnell outside White House, 3:00PM"
Color photographic print
Color photographic print
Digital Identifier: JFKWHP-KN-C17685
Example of a Memorandum from O'Donnell to All White House Staff
Memorandum describing how to conduct JFK's appointments
"This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Kenneth P. O'Donnell, Appointment Secretary and Special Assistant to the President. Topics include details of the President's appointments and meetings, domestic affairs, and background information prepared for meetings between President Kennedy and individual governors and congressmen. Of note are agendas of the President's daily engagements." - JFK Library
Kenneth P. O'Donnell
<a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-064a-001.aspx">Page 4 of Kenneth P. O'Donnell Folder in the JFK Library</a>
JFK Presidential Library
February 9, 1961
Caitlin S.
Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.
Collection: Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
Series: Staff Memoranda.
Paper memorandum document; facsimile
English
Textual records
Digital Identifier: JFKPOF-064a-001
Kenneth O'Donnell Gives LBJ Permission to Leave Dallas
LBJ requests permission to leave Dallas aboard AF1.
According to Emory Roberts in his witness testimony, while at Parkland Memorial Hospital, LBJ was reluctant to leave Dallas without permission and sent Roberts to acquire permission from O'Donnell to leave aboard AF1.
President (1963-1969 : Johnson); President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 11/30/1963-9/24/1964 (Most Recent)
<a href="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7460774/12/">Page 12 of Kenneth O'Donnell Folder</a>
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Caitlin S.
NARA Series: Records Relating to Key Persons, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Paper document; facsimile
English
Textual records
National Archives Identifier: 7460774
Officer Bob Nolan Transfers Bullet Fragment to Captain J.W. Fritz
The bullet that struck President Kennedy and Governor Connally was placed in possession of Fritz.
According to Doctor Charles Gregory, who removed the bullet fragment from Governor Connally's arm, he gave the fragment to Surgery Supervisor Audrey Bell who gave it to Officer Bob Nolan who gave it to Captain Fritz.
President (1963-1969: Johnson). President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 11/30/1963-9/24/1964 (Most Recent)
Page 11 of J.W. Fritz folder https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7460508
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
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Series: Records Relating to Key Persons, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Textual record
ARC Identifier: 7460508
Search Identifier: JFK Key Persons Files - Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Deputy Weitzman Transfers Oswald's Rifle to Captain J.W. Fritz
Lee Harvey Oswald's rifle was found by Deputies Boone and Weitzman prior to being possessed by Captain 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.
President (1963-1969: Johnson). President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 11/30/1963-9/24/1964 (Most Recent)
Page 13 of J.W. Fritz folder https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7460508
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
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Series: Records Relating to Key Persons, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Textual record
ARC Identifier: 7460508
Search Identifier: JFK Key Persons Files - Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
DA Henry Wade Requests the Transfer of Lee Harvey Oswald
District Attorney Henry Wade requests that Lee Harvey Oswald be transferred from the Dallas Police Department to the Dallas Sheriff's office.
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.
President (1963-1969: Johnson). President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 11/30/1963-9/24/1964 (Most Recent)
Page 36 of J.W. Fritz folder https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7460508
National Archives
11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
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Series: Records Relating to Key Persons, 11/30/1963 - 9/24/1964
Record Group 272: Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1954 - 1965
Textual record
ARC Identifier: 7460508
Search Identifier: JFK Key Persons Files - Assassination of President John F. Kennedy