Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

 This little exchange shows how bloodied the Warren Commission was. And that goes for Fritz too, although I don't say he had advance knowledge of the assassination. But, he did go on to kill Oswald and frame Ruby, so yes, he was bloodied.

Mr. BALL. Did you ask him what happened that day; where he had been? Mr. FRITZ. Yes, sir. Mr. BALL. What did he say? Mr. FRITZ. Well he told me that he was eating lunch with some of the employees when this happened...

Mr. BALL. At that time didn't you know that one of your officers, Baker, had seen Oswald on the second floor?

What the motherfolk?????? When Oswald said that, Joseph Ball should have responded with: "What? Who were they? We need to question those employees. We need to hear what they have to say about it."

But, the truth is that Oswald never said he ate with other employees. He said that while he was eating in the 1st floor lunchroom, he saw James Jarmon and Harold Norman hanging around. And they both confirmed they were hanging around there at the time. Jarmon said that he forgot to bring any lunch. So, mid-morning, he went out to the lunch truck in front and bought a sandwich, which he put on the shelf in the Domino room, where the warehouse workers, including Oswald, kept their lunch. So, he had to enter the Domino room, where Oswald was, to retrieve his lunch, so he could eat it. Oswald didn't eat with anybody. He was very much a recluse at the TSBD. He wasn't interested in cultivating friendships with anybody.

But, if Oswald had named other employees as his alibi for the assassination, how do you not talk to those employees?

But, Joseph Ball just changed the subject. It was a way of moving the conversation along.

I got to have discussions with Professor Gerald McKnight, and he told me that when Jarmon was questioned at the DPD, he admitted that he saw Oswald eating in the 1st floor lunch room.