Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. CONWAY. Well, he was quick to anger and he was, I would say, a vile
nature--he was mean when he was angry, just ornery--he was vicious
almost, you might say, is the best word I can describe it.
Mr. JENNER. Did it come to your particular attention as contrasted with
his two brothers, Robert and John?
Mr. CONWAY. Yes; John was a very genuine character, a fine boy.
Mr. JENNER. What about Robert?
Mr. CONWAY. Robert was much more spunky than John, but Robert didn't
very often get into much trouble.
Mr. JENNER. Nothing like Lee?
Mr. CONWAY. No; he didn't walk up and down the street looking for
children to throw stones at, like Lee did. He was a bad kid.
Mr. JENNER. Did he get into kid fights and encounters with children in
the neighborhood?
Mr. CONWAY. Yes; he would become angry with them but as far as actually
seeing him fight--the children didn't fight with him much, they got out
of his way. They would hide or move on and it would be pretty hard to
catch him in a fight because it would be pretty hard for him to have
caught one of them.
Mr. JENNER. Was this a persistent sort of thing over a period of 4
years or were they isolated incidences?
Mr. CONWAY. Naturally, it's hard to say, but I would see those things
not too often, but you know that was just the picture it built in my
mind. I didn't see him very often--I have seen him try to fight with
his half brother and his brother and he would tear into them and they
would hold him off to try to keep him out of trouble and he would try
to kick their shins, just all sort of things like that--I don't--it's
been a long time.
Mr. JENNER. Was he left alone a good deal?
Mr. CONWAY. Yes, sir; quite a lot.
Mr. JENNER. Describe that circumstance, will you please?
Mr. CONWAY. That would be hard for me to describe to you too accurately
because no more than I know about it, but I do know he would get
home--I would hear the boys, one of them say to the other one, "Where
is Lee," and they would say, "He's in the house," or something like
that and that's about all I would know. But I would see him in and out.
He had a dog that he was very fond of, Lee did, and I would see him
play with the dog around the place and I would have reason for accurate
knowledge that there was no one there but him, but so far as just being
absolutely sure--I'm not.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have a recollection now whether Mrs. Oswald, his
mother, worked?
Mr. CONWAY. Yes, sir; she did work and I have heard my wife speak of
where she worked, but I don't recall. She worked days and I usually
worked nights--I usually worked nights.
Mr. JENNER. So you were around the neighborhood, was that true, of this
4-year period as a rule?
Mr. CONWAY. I believe it was. I'm not absolutely sure but I believe it
was.
Mr. JENNER. At least off and on during the 4-year period you did work
nights?
Mr. CONWAY. I'm almost sure that I did.
Mr. JENNER. So that you would get to see these boys in the daytime and
after school at least?
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