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. I suppose so--I thought he was a very strange type of
person and at the time I thought he was considerably above the average
in intelligence around that age--being 9 or 10 or 11, I mean, to catch
on and to notice and be able to learn to do little things.
Mr. JENNER. What is your middle initial, do you have one?
Mr. CONWAY. P. (Spelling) P-i-e-r-c-e.
Mr. JENNER. You probably wondered why I asked you about Leslie Welding
Co. Do you know a man by the name of Hiram L. Conway with Leslie
Welding in Fort Worth?
Mr. CONWAY. No, I don't. I knew there was a Hiram--that--there's more
than one Hiram Conway, about three or four in Fort Worth, I understand.
I never heard of Leslie Welding.
Mr. JENNER. Oswald worked for Leslie Welding at one time.
Mr. CONWAY. He did?
Mr. JENNER. We have an FBI report on an interview with Hiram L. Conway
and that's why I started out with you on that.
Mr. CONWAY. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. From the time that the Oswalds left Fort Worth in 1952,
from that time on, did you ever see Lee Oswald?
Mr. CONWAY. Never saw him again.
Mr. JENNER. Or John?
Mr. CONWAY. Oh, yes; I see John.
Mr. JENNER. He comes to visit you occasionally?
Mr. CONWAY. John never comes to Fort Worth without coming to see me.
Mr. JENNER. And Robert?
Mr. CONWAY. Robert never comes to see me.
Mr. JENNER. Robert lives in Fort Worth.
Mr. CONWAY. Well, I don't ever see him at all.
Mr. JENNER. He never comes back to pay you a visit?
Mr. CONWAY. No.
Mr. JENNER. And Marguerite, have you seen her since they left?
Mr. CONWAY. Since when----
Mr. JENNER. Since 1952?
Mr. CONWAY. My wife has talked with her since then. Just briefly.
Mr. JENNER. Since November 22d?
Mr. CONWAY. No, it was just shortly before that, it wasn't but just
a few days before that. I wouldn't think it was over 5 or 6 weeks.
She ran into her in a department store. No, I don't believe that I
saw Mrs. Oswald at all, but I'm not sure. I've seen her so many times
on television and she looks just like she always did except a little
heavier and a little older, but I don't recall having seen her, but I
remember my wife did and she mentioned it to me.
Mr. JENNER. Does anything occur to you that I haven't been stimulated
to ask you that you think might be of assistance to the Commission in
its work?
Mr. CONWAY. When you were talking on the phone, I was trying to think
of anything, but I don't recall anything, even worth mentioning or even
to go with what you have.
When I said that Lee appeared to be a child that learned rapidly, he
had picked up chess from Bill Bridges and John--you see, I taught Bill
and John to play chess and Robert picked it up from them and then Lee
picked it up from them, and I think I remember hearing the boys say Lee
would beat them once in a while and he would become angry when he would
lose a game.
Mr. JENNER. You heard that, too?
Mr. CONWAY. Yes, I have heard he would become angry.
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