I didn't ask him one way or the other, but I did ask him some questions and he told me that he shot him, told me that he was all torn up about the Presidential killing, that he felt terribly sorry for Mrs. Kennedy. He didn't want to see her to have to come back to Dallas for a trial, and a lot of other things like that.
Mr. Ball. Did you ask him how he got down to the jail?
Mr. Fritz. Yes; I did.
Mr. Ball. What did he say?
Mr. Fritz. He told me he came down that ramp from the outside. So I told him, I said, "No, you couldn't have come down that ramp because there would be an officer at the top and an officer at the bottom and you couldn't come down that ramp." He said, "I am not going to talk to you any more, I am not going to get into trouble," and he never talked to me any more about it.
Mr. Ball. Did you ever talk to him again?
Mr. Fritz. I don't think I ever talked to him after that. I talked to him a little while then and I don't believe I ever talked to him after that. I asked him when he first decided to kill Oswald, and he didn't tell me that. He told me something else, talked about something else.
Mr. Ball. What was that time, you said you could give us the time?
Mr. Fritz. Yes, sir; I can give you the time. 3:05.
Mr. Ball. What time?