Mr. Fritz.

Well, of course, I have had a good many years of experience, and I attempted, I still go to school to our police schools, and I now attend seminars at different places, Oklahoma University and Texas University and go to most any training school that is available.

Mr. Ball.

On November 22, 1963, you had been told the President or before November 22, 1963, you had been told that the President was coming to Dallas?

Mr. Fritz.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

And had you taken certain precautions for his safety?

Mr. Fritz.

Well, we had taken some precautions but those were changed. We were told in the beginning that we would be in the parade directly behind it, I don't know whether it was the second or third car, but the Vice President's car, that we would be directly behind that, and we did make preparation for that.
But at 10 o'clock the night before the parade, Chief Stevenson called me at home and told me that had been changed, and I was assigned with two of my officers to the speakers' stand at the Trade Mart.

Mr. Fritz.

Was most of your work out at the Trade Mart that day?

Mr. Fritz.

Well, we didn't have a great deal of work to do there, other than check the speakers' stand and make a check to see if everything was all right before the President got there. He would have been there in 10 more minutes.

Mr. Ball.

Did you check the waiters who had been hired?

Mr. Fritz.

That wasn't my job.

Mr. Ball.

Someone else did?

Mr. Fritz.

Someone else did; yes.

Mr. Ball.

How many men did you have assigned?

Mr. Fritz.

Where?

Mr. Ball.

With you at the Trade Mart.

Mr. Fritz.

Two.

Mr. Ball.

Who were they?

Mr. Fritz.

Detectives Sims and Boyd.

Mr. Ball.

And they are both homicide?

Mr. Fritz.

Both homicide officers; yes. I had other officers assigned to different places. I had two of my officers assigned to ride in the car that was in front of the parade a half mile, with Chief Lumpkin. That was Senkel and Turner.

Mr. Ball.

You were at the Trade Mart when you heard the President had been shot?

Mr. Fritz.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

That was about what time you heard that? You have a little notebook there.

Mr. Fritz.

Yes, sir; I have a notebook.

Mr. Ball.

Did you make notes as of that time?

Mr. Fritz.

We made this, not at that time, we made this after the tragedy.

Mr. Ball.

How long after?

Mr. Fritz.

We started on it real soon after, and we have been working on it ever since.

Mr. Ball.

Did somebody assist you in the preparation of that notebook?

Mr. Fritz.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Who was that?

Mr. Fritz.

I had several officers assist me with this, and some secretaries, of course, that helped us with it. I had my lieutenant, T. L. Baker, help me to put this book together, this larger book, I think you have a copy of it there, and to make some additional books like this.
Of course, we worked the whole office ever since it happened so it is hard to say just who helped.

Mr. Ball.

Now, the book you are talking about is a notebook that you have with you, the book at which you are looking now?

Mr. Fritz.

This is the book I am talking about.

Mr. Ball.

You made a formal report, didn't you, to the attorney general of Texas?

Mr. Fritz.

We, we didn't make it for the attorney general of Texas. At the time we made this we were just making, we were told that we would probably