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. The name Norma Bennett with the number CA 4-2234.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that Bennett or Barnett?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe it is Bennett. As I have wrote it it appears to
be Barnett.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But you think the name is Bennett.
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe so; yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now who is Norma Bennett?
Mr. CRAFARD. She is a young lady that called in connection with the ad
that Jack had ran, subsequently came in and met Jack. Jack tried to
talk her to go to work as a stripper.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did she ever work for him in any capacity?
Mr. CRAFARD. Not that I know of, sir; not around the Carousel.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you first see her?
Mr. CRAFARD. When she came into the club the day after she phoned.
I believe that was about 4 weeks before President Kennedy was
assassinated.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And did you talk to her at all?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was your conversation with her?
Mr. CRAFARD. Just getting acquainted with her more than anything. She
seemed like a pretty nice girl. We got along pretty well.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long did she remain in the club that day?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe she was around the club most of the afternoon.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And was Jack there during that period?
Mr. CRAFARD. Jack came in after she arrived.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long did Jack stay while she was there?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe he spent a couple of hours around the club.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember any conversation Jack had?
Mr. CRAFARD. Not particularly, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. With reference to the entry on page 4 concerning Norma
Barnett, is there any doubt in your mind that, as it is written, it is
Barnett and not Bennett?
Mr. CRAFARD. No doubt in my mind it is spelled Barnett, B-a-r-n-e-t-t.
Mr. HUBERT. You got that over the phone when she called; is that right?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. What makes you think that her name was not really Barnett
but Bennett?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe that I already spoke of her as Norma Bennett I
believe when I spoke with her. I recall that.
Mr. HUBERT. Your testimony was that you subsequently met her.
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you then learn that her name was Bennett instead of
Barnett?
Mr. CRAFARD. I very seldom used her last name after I met her. I
believe when she introduced herself it sounded to me like she said
Norma Bennett when she introduced herself to Jack.
Mr. HUBERT. Obviously when you heard it over the phone you thought it
was Barnett because that is the way you put it down.
Mr. CRAFARD. That is right, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. But thereafter you think you learned from her that it was
Bennett?
Mr. CRAFARD. I might have misspelled it to myself or something. I
referred to her as Bennett all the time.
Mr. HUBERT. To whom did you refer as Bennett?
Mr. CRAFARD. Whenever I used her name to Jack a couple of times when we
was talking about her.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you ever use the name Bennett to her?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t recall ever using her last name to her, sir.
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