Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. I thought you gave it to me the other day?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. No.
Mr. JENNER. Maybe I could get it from some other source?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. No--not from me. Now, when I first knew George he
was an engineer in charge of the operations of the Rangley Field in
Colorado. Then, he quit the job and went into the business of his
own, which was supposed to be a consultant petroleum engineer and oil
operator.
He was married, as far as I know, three times. I didn't know his first
wife, but I know his daughter by the first wife.
Mr. JENNER. What is her name?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. I don't remember; I'm sorry.
Mr. JENNER. But you have met her?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. Oh, yes; they live here at the Maple Terrace, which is
next door to the Stoneleigh Hotel. The second wife was--that's where
this was when he married the second time--it was to a daughter of the
Sharples, S-h-a-r-p-l-e-s [spelling].
Mr. JENNER. Was her name Wynne, W-y-n-n-e [spelling]?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. No; we called her something else--it will come to
me--just leave that blank. They had two children, both of them were
spastic.
Mr. JENNER. Was a boy and a girl?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. That's right. One of them since died.
Mr. JENNER. The boy?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. The boy. The son is still alive, and it's my
understanding that his second wife divorced and she had to pay him, as
I understand it, $30,000. Of course, you have the records.
Mr. JENNER. Yes, sir.
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. Then, there were two trusts set for the children and
when one of the children died, George De Mohrenschildt wanted to claim
the trust in his name and that was a fight which went to the courts,
but at the request of some of the friends of Mrs. De Mohrenschildt and
my friends, I called George and told him that if he pursues his suit,
that his name will be mud and he can never come back to Dallas.
Mr. JENNER. How would that be enforced? You mean never come back to
Dallas and join this Russian community?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. And be a member, because----
Mr. JENNER. A member of what?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. Of the social group that they were here originally.
You see, he took it differently when I called him. I can tell you
it was a hornet's nest is what it was. Anyhow, he withdrew the
suit--whether I did it or for some other reason, but I think Mrs.
Crespi can give you more information than that.
Mr. JENNER. Mrs. whom?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. Mrs. Crespi, C-r-e-s-p-i [spelling]. She is the one
who asked me to intervene if I can. I believe I could have at that
time because George owed me a little money, frankly, and he has been
borrowing from me occasionally, always repaid, but it took a long time.
The last time he borrowed he repaid very quickly.
Mr. JENNER. The last time he borrowed was it a substantial amount?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. No; $500.
Mr. JENNER. He was divorced from the Sharples girl whose first name you
can't recall at the moment?
Mr. RAIGORODSKY. Isn't that funny?
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