He has done nothing wrong. He has no reason to lie.
Be Frazier. "Why do I have to make up a story? I didn't do nothin'."
He has done nothing wrong.
I couldn't agree more but being in the wrong place at the wrong time is a big problem.
He has no reason to lie.
Frazier has every reason to lie, he was extensively interrogated and was threatened with violence, all because he drove the assassin to work and witnessed the rifle bag being carried into the building where the rifle was used. So it's clear that in Frazier's mind the best defence is at least to disassociate himself from the package and the best way is to claim that the bag was too small for a rifle, then simpleton Frazier on the fly invented a cockamamie story, which simply doesn't stand up to scrutiny, because we know Oswald didn't need curtain rods, no curtain rods were found, the bag was found with Oswald's prints and the bag was an exact fit for Oswald's rifle.
Another interesting factoid is another simpleton Dougherty testified that some of the fellows and specifically Shelley saw the bag, but obviously Shelley knew better than to admit that he saw Oswald carry the murder weapon. But poor old Frazier had no choice but to slightly twist and admit what he saw, but the best excuse Frazier could come up with, was to introduce a little white lie.
Mr. BALL - Did you ever see Lee Oswald carry any sort of large package?
Mr. DOUGHERTY - Well, I didn't, but some of the fellows said they did.
Mr. BALL - Who said that?
Mr. DOUGHERTY - Well, Bill Shelley, he told me that he thought he saw him carrying a fairly good-sized package.
Mr. BALL - When did Shelley tell you that?
Mr. DOUGHERTY - Well, it was--the day after it happened.https://www.jfk-assassination.net/russ/testimony/doughert.htmBe Frazier. "Why do I have to make up a story? I didn't do nothin'."
That's a Freudian slip, if he "didn't do nothin", then he "must have done somethin"! Hahaha!
Seriously though, Frazier was for all intents and purposes as innocent as a new born, but under these extreme circumstances a man will do what a man's gotta do, to protect himself!
JohnM