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Buell Wesley Frazier Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Buell Wesley Frazier, based on 20 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

20 records1963–19645 events2 places

Chronological biography

1963

Grassy Knoll1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, three men who were standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository, directly underneath the supposed snipers nest, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier had given Oswald a lift to work on the morning of the assassination. He stated that Oswald had carried a paper bag about 27 inches (69 cm) long, a length consistent with Fraziers description of Oswald holding one end of the package cupped in his right hand and the other tucked under his armpit

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Frazier also claims that the bag Oswald had carried was a standard grocery store bag rather than a handmade package like the one that the Dallas police brought out of the Texas School Book Depository.

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Later states on two occasions that the bag he saw was much too short to have contained the rifle, even in its disassembled state.

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

There is no credible evidence that Oswald brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository himself. Either he had at least one accomplice, or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Whether or not Oswald had actually claimed to be carrying curtain rods, Fraziers and Randles accounts demonstrate that Oswald had not been carrying a rifle: the paper bag he was holding was much too small, and was not the same type as the package supposedly found on the sixth floor.

Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, three men who were standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository, directly underneath the supposed snipers nest, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll

Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

There is no credible evidence that Oswald brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository himself. Either he had at least one accomplice, or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Whether or not Oswald had actually claimed to be carrying curtain rods, Fraziers and Randles accounts demonstrate that Oswald had not been carrying a rifle: the paper bag he was holding was much too small, and was not the same type as the package supposedly

Texas School Book Depository1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

found on the sixth floor.

Rifle Bag in Texas School Book Depository21 November 1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald asked Buell Wesley Frazier, a co-worker, for a ride to Irving, saying he had to pick up some curtain rods, the next morning, after leaving $170 and his wedding ring, he returned to Dallas with Frazier, carrying a long paper bag with him

Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy23 November 1963
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Dallas

Claims the 1st shot was when Kennedys car turned from Houston onto Elm

1964

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

Buell Wesley Frazier had given Oswald a lift to work on the morning of the assassination.

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

Buell Wesley Frazier, Billy Lovelady and Otis Williams, three men who were standing on the front steps of the Texas School Book Depository, directly underneath the supposed sniper's nest, claimed that all the shots came from the general direction of the grassy knoll

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

Frazier also claims that the bag Oswald had carried was a standard grocery store bag rather than a handmade package like the one that the Dallas police brought out of the Texas School Book Depository.

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

He stated that Oswald had carried a paper bag about 27 inches (69 cm) long, a length consistent with Frazier's description of Oswald holding one end of the package cupped in his right hand and the other tucked under his armpit.

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

States that the bag he saw was much too short to have contained the rifle, even in its disassembled state.

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

The only evidence that Oswald had carried anything at all resembling a rifle on the morning of 22 November 1963 was Wesley Frazier's account of Oswald carrying curtain rods.

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

There is no credible evidence that Oswald brought a rifle into the Texas School Book Depository himself. Either he had at least one accomplice, or the rifle was brought into the building without his knowledge.

Testimony1964
Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF · Witness · Washington

Whether or not Oswald had actually claimed to be carrying curtain rods, Frazier's and Randle's accounts demonstrate that Oswald had not been carrying a rifle: the paper bag he was holding was much too small, and was not the same type as the package supposedly found on the sixth floor.

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