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F. ROSE - R. S. STOVALL - J. P. ADAMCIK On November 22, 1963, the date of the assassination of the
President, Detectives G. F. Rose and R.S. Stovall arrived at the
homicide Office at approximately 2:00 PM. This was as soon after
the killing as we could get to the office. We were in the office
about 10 or 15 minutes when at approximately 2:15 PM, Lee Harvey
Oswald was brought into the Homicide Office. We (Rose and Stovall)
talked to him briefly, obtaining his ID and name, and at about
2:30 PM Capt. Fritz, R. M. Sims, and E.L. Boyd came into the office.
Capt. Fritz instructed Detectives Rose and Stovall to get one
additional man and to go Irving, Texas, meet the County Officers
and make a search of the house at 2515 West 5th, Irving. This
was the house where Lee Oswald's wife lived with Ruth Paine, and
Oswald stayed there on week ends. We took Detective J. P. Adamcik
and immediately drove to 2515 West 5th, Irving and parked about
one-half block from the Paine Home to await the arrival of the
County Officers, after approximately a 40-minute wait, Detectives
Harry H. Weatherford, E. W. (Buddy) Walthers, and J.L. Oxford
of the Dallas County CID arrived. We instructed them of our mission
and drove to the front of the Paine home. Detectives Adamcik and
two of the County Officers went to the back door, and one county
officer and Stovall and Rose went to the front door - time approximately
3:30 PM. Upon stepping onto the front porch, we heard the TV and
see two people sitting in the living room. Ruth Paine answered
our knock on the door. She was very cordial, and her first statement
after we presented our ID, was "Come on in, we were expecting
you. Just as soon as we heard where it happened, we figured someone
would be out." She invited us
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to make a search of her home at which time we began a methodical
search of the house, for a list of items we took from the house
see the attached property list. [ Page
1 | Page 2]At approximately 3:45
PM Michael Ralph Paine walked up the walkway and entered the house
without knocking. He told Ruth Paine "I heard where the President
was shot, and I came right on over to see if I could be of any
help to you." He also told her that he had just walked off
the job. At the suggestion of Marina Oswald, wife of Lee Harvey
Oswald, we also made a search of the garage, which is attached
to the Paine home. Mrs. Oswald was asked about her husband's
rifle, and she stated that he kept it in the garage wrapped in
a blanket. She was speaking in Russian, and Ruth Paine was interpreting
for us. She pointed to a rolled-up blanket laying on the garage
floor, and said, "That is where he keeps his rifle".
(in Russian, interpreted by Ruth Paine) Also see attached Property
List. After some confusion as
to what to do with the children, Ruth Paine agreed to accompany
Marina Oswald to the City Hall, and we began loading the property
that we were confiscating for evidence into our car and into the
car of the Dallas County Sheriff's office. About this time Mrs.
Bill Randall, who lives at 2439 West 5th, Irving, approached Det.
Adamcik and told him that her brother Wesley Frazier took Oswald
to work this morning, November 22, 1963, and that she saw Oswald
carry something over to her brother's car and put it in the back
seat. It was long and wrapped in paper or a box. She was suspicious.
She said that her brother was visiting her father at Parkland
Hospital, and we could reach him there.
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We placed Michael Ralph Paine in the County Car, and Ruth Paine
and Marina Oswald and her two small children into our car. We
drove immediately to the City Hall and parked our car in the basement
of the City Hall. We brought Michael Paine, Ruth Paine, Marina
Oswald and her two small children to the third floor, Homicide
and Robbery Bureau Office, and then after a few minutes moved
them to the Forgery Bureau Office, due to the crowded condition
of the Homicide Office, time approximately 6:00 PM. After getting
the Paines and Mrs. Oswald settled and while waiting for an interpreter,
we started trying to locate Wesley Frazier. We contacted Parkland
and found that Wesley Frazier was not at Parkland Hospital. We
made a check of the Irving Clinics and found out via phone that
Wesley was at the Irving Professional Center visiting his father.
Det Rose called the Irving Police Department and talked to Det.
Mc Cabe, who stated that he would immediately go to the Irving
Professional Center and take Wesley Frazier into custody and instructed
us to call him back in 15 minutes to verify the arrest. We called
Det. J. A. Mc Cabe back at about 6:45 PM, and ge informed us that
he had effected the arrest of Wesley Frazier, and we could pick
Frazier up at the Irving Police department. We (Dets. Rose and
Stovall) drove immediately to Irving, arriving there at approximately
7:00PM. We talked to Det. Mc Cabe and he agreed to accompany us
along with Wesley Frazier to the Irving Professional Center to
make a search of Wesley Frazier's car, a 1954 black Chevrolet,
4 dr , License VK 3926. We made a thorough search of Frazier's
car with negative results, the proceeded to Frazier's home, 2439
West 5th, Irving (1/2 block from the Paine home) and made a search
of the Randle home (also Frazier home) and confiscated a 303 calibre
rifle, full clip, and partial box 303 calibre ammunition belonging
to Wesley Frazier (placed in Property Room).After a while Wesley
Frazier's
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sister, Linnie Randle, came in and she, Linnie Randle, Wesley Frazier and a Rev. Campble of the Irving Baptist Church, were brought to the City Hall, Homicide and Robbery Office, where affidavits were taken from Wesley Frazier and Linnie Randle - time approximately 9:00 PM. After finishing the affidavits, we (Dets. Rose and Stovall) started back to Irving, Texas, with the above witnesses. About midway we received a radio call to return to the office with the witnesses. We turned around at Irving Boulevard and Stemmons Expressway and drove back to City Hall, and Det. Rose called Capt. Fritz by telephone and Capt. Fritz asked that we run Wesley Frazier on the Polygraph machine. We took Frazier to the ID Bureau, and Capt. Dowdy called Det. R. D. Lewis at home. R. D. Lewis arrived on the fourth floor about 12:10 AM, 11-23-63. This examination showed conclusively that Wesley Frazier was truthful, and that the facts stated by Frazier in his affidavit were true (See his Affidavit). We took Frazier, his sister, and their minister home and got off duty at 2:00 AM.
G.F. Rose
R.S. Stovall
J.P. Adamcik
