(Testimony of Buell Wesley Frazier)
Mr. Ball.
I have been informed that was 142. My notes show that the brown paper sack is 142.
I think we can call the witness now.
The Chairman.
All right; would you call Mr. Frazier, please.
Raise your right hand to be sworn, please.
Do you solemnly swear the testimony you will give before this Commission will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Mr. Frazier.
I do.
The Chairman.
Will you be seated, please?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir.
The Chairman.
Mr. Joseph Ball of our staff will examine you, Mr. Frazier, but I would like to read a very short statement concerning the purpose of the meeting.
The purpose of today's hearing is to hear the testimony of Buell Wesley Frazier, and Linnie Mae Randle. The Commission has been advised, that these two witnesses have stated that they saw Lee Harvey Oswald on the morning of November 22, 1963. The Commission proposes to ask these witnesses questions concerning their knowledge of the assassination of President Kennedy. You have a copy of this, have you not?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir.
The Chairman.
All right, you may proceed, Mr. Ball.
Mr. Ball.
You call yourself Buell or Wesley?
Mr. Frazier.
I go by Wesley.
Mr. Ball.
Well, Wesley, what is your age?
Mr. Frazier.
Sir?
Mr. Ball.
What is your age?
Mr. Frazier.
Nineteen.
Mr. Ball.
Where do you live?
Mr. Frazier.
For the time being I am living in Irving now.
Mr. Ball.
Irving, Tex.
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
What is the address where you live?
Mr. Frazier.
2439 West Fifth Street.
Mr. Ball.
Did you live there in November 1963?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; I did.
Mr. Ball.
And who lives in that house with you?
Mr. Frazier.
My sister and brother-in-law and their three children.
Mr. Ball.
Will you state their names, your sister's name?
Mr. Frazier.
Linnie Mae Randle and my brother-in-law. I believe his real name is William Edward Randle. We call him Bill. They have three little girls, Diana, Patricia and Caroline Sue.
Mr. Ball.
Where does your mother live?
Mr. Frazier.
She lives in Huntsville.
Mr. Ball.
Where is that?
Mr. Frazier.
That is about 200 miles south of Dallas there.
Mr. Ball.
What is the name of the town?
Mr. Frazier.
Town, you mean where my mother lives? Huntsville.
Mr. Ball.
Huntsville?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; that is about, it is about 70, 80 miles north of Houston.
Mr. Ball.
What is your mother's name?
Mr. Frazier.
Essie Mae Williams.
Mr. Ball.
Was she visiting you and your sister sometime in November 1963?
Mr. Frazier.
Yes, sir; she was.
Mr. Ball.
How long was she there?
Mr. Frazier.
She was there for, I believe, for a period of about 4 or 5 weeks because my stepfather was with her and he got sick and they had to put him in the hospital and he was in the hospital 3 or 4 weeks, somewhere, 4 or 5 weeks because they were there a week before he got sick.
Mr. Ball.
Then on November 21 and 22, living with you in this residence at Irving, Tex., were your mother, Mrs. Williams, and your sister, Linnie Mae Randle?
Mr. Frazier.
Right.
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