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. HUBERT. Now, that impression got firmer and firmer in your mind, as
I gather it, as the week went on?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. After that Sunday television seeing Jack shoot him
there; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. But when you told Don Green your impression, it was not the
same day, was it?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No, sir; it was a week later.
Mr. HUBERT. It was actually the Sunday later?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I believe it was Saturday or Sunday.
Mr. HUBERT. And the impression began to grow on you more and more that
it might well be the same man?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. And as a matter of fact, as I understand you, it grew so
much that you thought you should tell someone about it?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I called Don and asked him what he thought I should do.
Mr. HUBERT. And he suggested coming to the office and I think you have
told us about that.
Was there another man around there you heard had come from California?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. There was somebody waiting to see Jack, like I said,
that was sitting—there was a aisle going straight and you got to turn
left—back by the pole where the light switches are, and he was waiting
to see him and I believe he said he was from California and he was in
his middle thirties, a black-headed fellow. I never met the man and he
saw Jack and he was still there when I left.
Mr. HUBERT. Who was?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. This fellow we are speaking of now.
Mr. HUBERT. From California, you mean?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I think he said he was from California. I think when I
came in the doorman said, “Well, there are two other people here and
the photographer to see him ahead of you,” when I first came in, and he
said, “He’s late now, but you can have a seat and wait if you want to.”
And the two other people were the fellow whom I assumed that looked
like this Oswald, and this fellow, I believe that said he was from
California and the photographer—were the three people in front of me.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see the man who said he was from California talk to
the man you think was Oswald?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. You had never seen Oswald before?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No; never had.
Mr. HUBERT. You were shown pictures of Oswald, is that right?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I was shown a police photograph of him, front and side
view, with three others.
Mr. HUBERT. What was your impression at that time as to whether Oswald
was the man you had seen in the Carousel?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I wasn’t asked my impression at that time—all I was
asked is, “Pick out Oswald,” and I said, “There he is, anybody walking
in Dallas could do it.”
Mr. HUBERT. What was the purpose in having you pick out Oswald?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I would imagine the police department wanted to know if
I really knew him or really had seen someone like him.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, when you picked out Oswald, were you simply picking
out Oswald because you had seen his picture on television, or were you
picking him out because he was the man you thought you had seen in the
Carousel?
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