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. GRIFFIN. Do you recall Jack ever mentioning or did you ever hear
anything about the Triangle Manufacturing Co.
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t recall it, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall if Jack had any dealings with any people in
Wisconsin?
Mr. CRAFARD. Not that I know of, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I am going to turn over to the back of page 5. There is a
name written at the top of the back of page 5. What name is that?
Mr. CRAFARD. Jerry Lindsay.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who is Jerry Lindsay?
Mr. CRAFARD. He called in wanting a job. He had been a floorman in
another club and he called in asking about a job at the Carousel Club.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What is a floorman?
Mr. CRAFARD. A polite way of saying bouncer.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Jack employ a bouncer while you were there?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you ever talk to Jack about why he did or did not, why
he didn’t have a bouncer?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was there any need for a bouncer?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir; not the Carousel Club. This would have been in
connection with the Vegas Club, I believe.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was there a tougher crowd at the Vegas Club?
Mr. CRAFARD. They had sometimes some pretty tough crowds out there on
weekend nights. People would get drunk and start giving them trouble.
The floorman would talk to the man trying to get him to quiet and if he
wouldn’t be quiet he would escort him to the door.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The Vegas Club didn’t have stripteasers did it?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yet there was a tougher crowd there at the Vegas.
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why was that?
Mr. CRAFARD. The type of crowd that frequented the clubs, the Carousel
Club and the other burlesque shows in town was the businessmen more
than anything, whereas the Vegas Club’s clientele was more or less
common laborers, working people. It was a dance club where you could
go in and buy beer, soft drinks and you could dance, and the clientele
there was of the rougher nature.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I was a little bit confused in your testimony yesterday.
Was it your impression that Jack was doing better financially off the
Vegas than off the Carousel?
Mr. CRAFARD. Definitely; yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And you say that with positiveness? What makes you so
positive about that?
Mr. CRAFARD. Two or three different times Jack said if it wasn’t for
the Vegas Club he would have had to close the Carousel down a long time
before. The Vegas Club was making enough money to keep the Carousel and
the Vegas both running.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why do you think he kept the Carousel open?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t know, sir. There had been a stretch where I guess
he had had pretty bad luck with the Carousel, hadn’t been making much
money and he used the money he made from the Vegas Club to keep the
Carousel going at that time from what I understood.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But the time you were working there was the Carousel
carrying its own?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe so; yes, sir; to my knowledge.
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