Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. CRAFARD. No; I can’t recall who it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What is the next number under Jeff?
Mr. CRAFARD. TA 1-1782.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That “T” is written the same as what you thought was a No.
7?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. In 261——
Mr. CRAFARD. Just a second. Half the time I’ve got to figure it out,
myself.
Yes, that would be TA there, too.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And that is your handwriting?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I take it what you are indicating is that you have a
tendency to make your “T’s” look like “7’s.”
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recognize this number TA 1-1782?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, I don’t sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, on the top of page 1 there is some sort of a word
written.
Mr. CRAFARD. The word “save.”
Mr. GRIFFIN. What is the significance of that?
Mr. CRAFARD. That I want to save that piece of paper, that particular
sheet of paper, that I don’t want to destroy it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I take it that the notation “Vegas Club” with its number
under it is the telephone number of the Vegas Club.
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And the next number is written “Jack’s home” and under
that “Whitehall 15601.”
That is Jack Ruby’s telephone number at home?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, tell us what this next notation “Buddy” Fort Worth——
Mr. CRAFARD. Buddy, Fort Worth, phone No. AX 3-0118 with the words
“twist board” underneath it is the fact that this Buddy was a gentleman
Jack called in reference to the twist board. I believe that is one of
the gentlemen had something to do with making the twist boards in Fort
Worth.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you remember what Buddy’s last name was?
Mr. CRAFARD. I’m not positive. I believe it was Buddy Heard.
Mr. HUBERT. What was your understanding as to Buddy Heard’s connections
to the twist boards?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe that he had something to do with the production
of the twist board in Fort Worth.
Mr. HUBERT. What leads you to believe that?
Mr. CRAFARD. Because of the way it is set up here, he give me the
number, he give me the twist boards. It was something to do with either
the production or the selling of the twist boards.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, there is a line, rather a vacant space under “twist
boards.”
I would just as soon that you not make entries in the book.
After that blank line there is some writing “Fort Worth” and some other
things that follow.
Would you read that into the record, and then tell us what the
significance of that is?
Mr. CRAFARD. It would be the word “Fort Worth” phone No. “ED-51266”
with a dash, and the words “give to Mike Shore only.” That would be a
number where Jack Ruby could be reached and he didn’t want me to give
the number to anyone but Mike Shore.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know why he didn’t want to give it to anyone but
Mike Shore?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir; I do not.
Mr. HUBERT. Was Mike Shore a person that Ruby dealt with regularly?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe he talked to Mike Shore two or three times a
week on the telephone.
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