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. VOEBEL. Yes; and he showed that to me. I guess you want to know now
about his plan for this robbery. Actually I wasn't too much impressed
with the whole idea at first, because I had heard so much talk about
stealing and robbing and things like that, that it really didn't bother
me until he did shock me one day when he came up with a whole plan and
everything that he needed for a burglary, you see.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me about that.
Mr. VOEBEL. Well, we were over at Easton.
Mr. JENNER. Easton High School?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes; we were over there for some program that they were
putting on for junior-high people, acquainting them with the high
school.
Mr. JENNER. Was that right at the time you were graduating from
Beauregard?
Mr. VOEBEL. Right.
Mr. JENNER. And he was preparing to graduate at the same time from
Beauregard; right?
Mr. VOEBEL. I think so.
Mr. JENNER. Wasn't there a period when he dropped out of Beauregard
altogether?
Mr. VOEBEL. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. Or was that at Easton?
Mr. VOEBEL. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. You don't remember that?
Mr. VOEBEL. No.
Mr. JENNER. You don't remember him being out of school entirely for
about a year?
Mr. VOEBEL. No; that might have been over at Easton. It could have been
over there, but I don't remember that at all.
Mr. JENNER. All right, go on with your story.
Mr. VOEBEL. Well, this program we had, that was a band concert, and we
were listening to the band and I think this was when he revealed the
plan for stealing this pistol from a place on Rampart Street.
Mr. JENNER. Did he seek to enlist you in that plan?
Mr. VOEBEL. No; not really, he just told me about it. He had observed
a pistol in this window, this show window, on Rampart Street, and his
plan was to steal it.
Mr. JENNER. It wasn't one of these collector's items?
Mr. VOEBEL. No; I don't think so. I can't remember the pistol, to tell
you the truth, but I don't think it was a collector's piece. It was
just a weapon. It might have been a Smith & Wesson. I think it was an
automatic, but I don't remember. I really didn't pay too much attention
to it.
Mr. JENNER. You actually saw the pistol in the window?
Mr. VOEBEL. Yes. To get back to my story, it was maybe the following
week that I was up at his house, and he came out with a glasscutter and
a box with this plastic pistol in it, and I think he had a plan as to
how he was going to try to get in there and get this pistol.
Mr. JENNER. You mean in the Rampart Street store?
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