There are a couple of matters that I would like to .ask if you know. It may be that you do not know at all. Can you tell us either from your own knowledge or from what would be normal under the circum stances, what food was afforded to Oswald from the time he was arrested on through, if you know?
Captain FRITZ. What food was furnished him?

Mr. Hubert.

Yes.
Captain FRITZ. Of course the food in the jail, I wouldn't know anything about. I don't have anything to do with the food in the jail.
I didn't remember in the beginning until someone reminded me that we fed him what he would eat while he was there at the office while we were talking to him.

Mr. Hubert.

That was Friday on November 22 in the afternoon?
Captain FRITZ. Yes, sir; in the afternoon. He didn't want a great deal. He didn't eat very much, but we brought him what he would eat and drink. I believe he drank coffee a couple of times. I didn't remember those things until the officers reminded me in the office. We do that for almost all prisoners.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he have supper at the usual hour that day?
Captain FRITZ. I am not sure about that.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you know anything else about the other meals that he may have had during the Saturday and Sunday?
Captain FRITZ. Saturday and Sunday, I don't know. I wouldn't know about any food other than the things that were brought into the office.

Mr. Hubert.

In other words, that would be strictly up to the jail personnel?
Captain FRITZ. Yes, sir; that's right. They take care of the food in the jail.

Mr. Hubert.

He was returned, I think, and the records would show that, to the jail at mealtimes? In other words, the interrogation was stopped?
Captain FRITZ. I am not sure. I am not even sure about what time their mealtimes are in the jail, and they might not have been. They could have been or could not, but I do know that after being reminded of it by the officers, he was given anything he wanted to eat or drink while he was there in my office in the way of milk or coffee or anything of that nature.

Mr. Hubert.

We also note that an attorney, Mr. H. Louis Nichols, connected with the Dallas Bar Association, came to see Oswald at some time. Do you know anything about that .as to when he came?
Captain FRITZ. I heard of that, of course, but he didn't come to my office. He went to the chief's office.

Mr. Hubert.

In any case, the interview between Oswald and Mr. Nichols did not take place when the prisoner was in your custody?
Captain FRITZ. No, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

I understand also that at all times when the prisoner was in your custody, he was on what is called a "Tempo"' in the police department? That is to say, a release from the jail custody to the division custody, and also showed the return of the prisoner?
Captain FRITZ. Well, I would have to look at the record to tell whether that is true, but you know he was brought to my office when he was arrested. It is entirely possible he had never been to jail when he was in my office first, so he naturally wouldn't be under a Tempo, and he was there for some time before he went to jail.

Mr. Hubert.

But after he--
Captain FRITZ. Then every time we bring him out, he would be on a Tempo; yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

There was an assembly of the press held late at night of the 22d or possibly early morning of the 23d to which Oswald was brought. Chief Curry and Henry Wade were there, and there were a number of press personnel there. It was held in the assembly room. Did you go to that?
Captain FRITZ. No.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you know anything about it at all?
Captain FRITZ. I knew about it. I know that the chief told me to have him

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