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. LITCHFIELD. He had on a white sweater and kind of a T-shirt-type
sweater, and a pair of, I guess they were gray khakis or they might
have been gabardine, there was no crease in them and they were real
sloppy and his hair wasn’t combed, you know.
Mr. HUBERT. You didn’t talk to him?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No, I didn’t talk to anybody while I was there other
than Jack and I did meet that photographer—I don’t remember his name.
Jack introduced me, and I did meet that great big guy. He came back
into the office—he did once while I was in there with Jack and he
had just gotten married to some girl from Galveston and they were
celebrating their honeymoon and I was thinking, “You’ve got to be a nut
to come to a place like this to celebrate a honeymoon.”
Mr. HUBERT. When you came out of Jack’s office, did you see this man
that you think might be Oswald in there still?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. When you come out of his office, you can’t see
nothing—you walk down the hall and turn left and then you are back in
the club part of it—the Carousel.
Now, when I came back in the club part, the man that I thought was
Oswald had already seen Jack—I was the last one to see him—I don’t
think there were more than two or three people left in the club—this
big heavy-set fellow and his wife were still there.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, this man you thought was Oswald was waiting
to see Jack?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And he was ahead of you?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And you had an opportunity to observe him then as the man
who got to see Jack before you did?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Was he there before you got there?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And was sitting down at the table?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Was he drinking something?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I don’t remember if he had something or not. He was in
front of me and all I could see was his back at that time.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ever get a look at his face?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. When he left he had to walk right by me. The door is
not more than—it’s one of these partition-type doors and it is not
more than 5 feet or 4 feet wide, and the table I was sitting at—I was
sitting at the edge of the door. I couldn’t help but see him when he
walked along there.
Mr. HUBERT. How long was he in with Jack?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No more than 10 or 15 or 20 minutes, maybe, at the most.
Mr. HUBERT. And when he came out you went in Jack’s office?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No; you see, Jack’s office is back, in the back and you
got to walk down two halls and Jack came out and got me. This fellow
came out and then Jack came out and got me and I went back there with
him.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you observe what this fellow you thought might be
Oswald did at that time?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. He went on out the door.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ever see him again?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No; not until I saw him on television—and I thought it
was the same one.
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