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 sent two men to the place that I was working and
had them pick me up for investigation without a warrant, bodily remove
me out of my office, and held me on robbery by firearms, which I
couldn’t have a writ of habeas corpus that night, or something, I had
to go before a judge or something, and I didn’t get out until the next
morning, and he didn’t even appear at the hearing.
Mr. HUBERT. How long ago was that?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. That was in—I think it was March or April of 1961, I
believe.
Mr. HUBERT. You haven’t seen him since?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Well, when I had to go down to the police station, I
did.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean the next morning?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. No; when I had to go down for questioning. No, he
didn’t even show up at the hearing there.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know a man by the name of Jess Willard Lynch
[spelling] J-e-s-s W-i-l-l-a-r-d L-y-n-c-h?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I don’t think so—the name doesn’t sound familiar. I
know a Lynch, but Jess Willard Lynch?
Mr. HUBERT. What Lynch do you know?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I know a Donald Lynch from school.
Mr. HUBERT. Is he in Dallas?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. I believe so.
Mr. HUBERT. How long has it been since you have seen him?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. High school.
Mr. HUBERT. I see—that is to say about 10 or 12 years ago?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Roughly—that name doesn’t sound familiar.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know a person by the name of Earlene Roberts?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Earlene Roberts—I don’t remember whether I know her or
not. Closely, I don’t—I could have dated her or seen her, but closely,
I don’t remember.
Mr. HUBERT. I’ll put it this way, when I mention the name of Earlene
Roberts, do you associate it with anybody you know?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Well, I used to go out quite a bit in my life, and I
went with a number of people, and I was thinking that I dated one time
a girl named Earlene, but I don’t remember her last name—that’s why I
stopped and hesitated.
Mr. HUBERT. And that’s the person whose image came to your mind when I
mentioned Earlene Roberts?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know that Earlene Roberts, that I am talking about,
is the sister of Bertha Cheek?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. If she’s her sister, I was trying to think if I ever
met Bertha’s sister. I talked to her on the phone once. Bertha told me
she had two sisters, I believe, wait a minute—Earlene Roberts is the
one that lives in California, I believe, I believe it is, and Bertha
went out to see her, maybe, when Bertha went out to California 4 or
5 days on some business, and then I was helping her remodel the home
over there and painting then, and I think I had to call her and I think
Earlene Roberts was the person I called in California, I think.
Mr. HUBERT. You called the person in California for Cheek?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. To talk to Bertha when she was out there.
Mr. HUBERT. That was when?
Mr. LITCHFIELD. Maybe October—maybe November.
Mr. HUBERT. It was after you were negotiating with her?
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