An Interesting Document on Capt. J. Will Fritz

[Gil Jesus]

From 1949. Seems like Capt. Fritz wasn't the supercop they would have us believe. The bottom paragraph describes a bank robbery ( which is a Federal crime under the jurisdiction of the FBI ) where Fritz possessed evidence and refused to turn it over to the Bureau. In fact, at one point he was demoted by the Chief of Police ( Carl Hansson ). That's pretty bad when you get demoted.

 

[Mark Ulrik]

He may have been a lone wolf and somewhat of a publicity hound, but so was Sherlock Holmes. The report also says that, "His ability as an officer cannot be questioned. His informant coverage is excellent."

PS: The scan on the MFF site is easier to read: https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=129778#relPageId=4

[Joe Bauer]

Will Fritz.

The legendary policeman who shouted out to the world press, "This case is cinched!"

Just "48 hours" after JFK was killed in his city?

A murder case that "60 years later" is still full of incredible contradictions in evidence, eye-witness testimony, motive, etc.?

Some "Sherlock Holmes" brilliance in deduction reasoning with that case solved proclamation eh?

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the information. It biases the judgement.”

Sherlock Holmes "A Study In Scarlet."

 

And the great policeman legend Will Fritz's will always carry the ignoble mantle ( along with Curry ) of blame for the worst case of police department negligence in American history when Oswald was slain right in his own building due to his okaying ( along with Fritz and others ) the most illogical security plan one could imagine by transferring Oswald out of his building to the County jail in broad daylight and with a public announcement to thousands of crazies the time and place of such before hand.

Ignoring serious pleas from people in his own department who warned of just such a worst case scenario security breakdown disaster by not moving Oswald in the cover of night and with no public announcements.

Which stole the full JFKA investigative truth from the American people and triggered the most massive loss of trust with seeds of suspicion in the minds of over half our society regards our own government and which is still there after 60 years!

The majority of Americans "still" do not believe the finding of the Warren Commission regards Oswald and the JFK assassination!

Thanks in part to Fritz's leadership role in the greatest police department security breakdown negligence in American history.

That is some stellar police career legacy.

More Jacques Clouseau than Sherlock Holmes ... imo anyways.

When I think of the great Will Fritz my first recollection thoughts are his "this case is cinched" shout out to the world press, his doddering walk away from his Oswald escort team in the DPD building basement to clear away invisible others blocking access to the drive away car and his red faced, fist raised smack down confrontation with 19 year old Buell Wesley Frazier which resulted in a feisty Frazier warning Fritz..."you hit me and we's gonna have one hell of a fight!"

 

Edited July 13, 2023 by Joe Bauer

[Gil Jesus]

1 hour ago, Joe Bauer said:

Will Fritz.

The legendary policeman who shouted out to the world press, "This case is cinched!"

Just "48 hours" after JFK was killed in his city?

A murder case that "60 years later" is still full of incredible contradictions in evidence, eye-witness testimony, motive, etc.?

Some "Sherlock Holmes" brilliance in deduction reasoning with that case solved proclamation eh?

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the information. It biases the judgement.”

Sherlock Holmes "A Study In Scarlet."

 

And the great policeman legend Will Fritz's will always carry the ignoble mantle ( along with Curry ) of blame for the worst case of police department negligence in American history when Oswald was slain right in his own building due to his okaying ( along with Fritz and others ) the most illogical security plan one could imagine by transferring Oswald out of his building to the County jail in broad daylight and with a public announcement to thousands of crazies the time and place of such before hand.

Ignoring serious pleas from people in his own department who warned of just such a worst case scenario security breakdown disaster by not moving Oswald in the cover of night and with no public announcements.

Which stole the full investigative truth from the American people and triggered the most massive loss of trust with seeds of suspicion in the minds of over half our society regards our own government and which is still there after 60 years!

The majority of Americans "still" do not believe the finding of the Warren Commission regards Oswald and the JFK assassination!

Thanks in part to Fritz's leadership role in the greatest police department security breakdown negligence in American history.

That is some stellar police career legacy.

More Jacques Clouseau than Sherlock Holmes ... imo anyways.

When I think of the great Will Fritz my first recollection thoughts are his "this case is cinched" shout out to the world press, his doddering walk away from his Oswald escort team in the DPD building basement to clear away invisible others blocking access to the drive away car and his red faced, fist raised smack down confrontation with 19 year old Buell Wesley Frazier which resulted in a feisty Frazier warning Fritz..."you hit me and we's gonna have one hell of a fight!"

 

It seems that Fritz had a history of not releasing evidence, not only to other divisions within his own department, but to outside agencies as well.

There's a reason for that: you can't tamper with evidence if someone else has it.

Edited July 13, 2023 by Gil Jesus

[Joe Bauer]

9 minutes ago, Gil Jesus said:

It seems that Fritz had a history of not releasing evidence, not only to other divisions within his own department, but to outside agencies as well.

There's a reason for that: you can't tamper with evidence if someone else has it.

And Fritz's interrogation methods were some of the worst suspect rights violating one could imagine.

And the DUMMY did not have a recorder taping Oswald's every word during his interrogations of him, or even a stenographer?

 

[Gil Jesus]

31 minutes ago, Joe Bauer said:

And Fritz's interrogation methods were some of the worst suspect rights violating one could imagine.

And the DUMMY did not have a recorder taping Oswald's every word during his interrogations of him, or even a stenographer?

 

Joe, he knew what he was doing. When you don't keep a record you can say whatever you want to with regard to what was said and done during the interrogation, as long as everybody present gets their stories "right".

To prove that point, FBI Inspector James Malley, the liason between the Bureau and the Commission, sends a memo to the Dallas FBI office on the timing of the Tippit murder, advising them to "make sure that our times jibe."

 

Edited July 13, 2023 by Gil Jesus