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. What did you expect to have happen to the mail that you got
at the Carousel?
Mr. CRAFARD. I didn’t even realize I had left any mail. I had wrote to
the people. I hadn’t been getting any answers. My mother doesn’t write
an awful lot, and I hadn’t got any letters from my cousin for a little
while. My sister hadn’t answered the letter I wrote to her, so I just——
Mr. HUBERT. Weren’t you going out with a girl that you had gotten
fairly close to by that time?
Mr. CRAFARD. She had left Texas at this time. She had left Texas and,
as far as I know, went out to California.
Mr. HUBERT. Was there anybody else that you were interested in there?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you say to us now that in your opinion, and by this I
mean your departure from Dallas under the circumstances you did depart
was normal in your life?
Mr. CRAFARD. Somewhat, yes; most of the time I go to leave, I just take
off and go.
Mr. HUBERT. You have done that before?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Many times?
Mr. CRAFARD. I’ve done it two or three times I can recall. I usually
leave from around my people, if I’m around my sister I’ll say something
to her that I’m going to take off and where I plan on going. If I
leave home I usually say something to the folks on where I plan on
going.
Mr. HUBERT. After you found out that Jack had killed Oswald, did it
ever occur to you that the way in which you had left Dallas might seem
odd?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes; it did occur to me that it might seem very odd.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you communicate that view to anyone?
Mr. CRAFARD. I think I said something to my sister to the effect that
I thought it might be kind of suspicious the way I had left Dallas, so
suddenly, without saying anything to anybody.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you say that to your cousin, too?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t know for sure if I said anything to Gail about
that or not.
Mr. HUBERT. I think you told us that you spoke to your cousin, I am
talking about Roberts now, about the fact that you had left Dallas on
Saturday evening and the manner in which you left.
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t recall saying anything to him about the fact that
I thought it might be suspicious.
Mr. HUBERT. No; I am not suggesting that. But what I want to ask you
is whether he thought that the way in which you left might throw some
suspicion.
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t recall him saying anything about it, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did it occur to you that perhaps one easy way to clarify
your position would be to contact the FBI or some police agency and
tell them where you were?
Mr. CRAFARD. I didn’t think about that. I figured that if they were
looking for me, if I had heard anything about the fact that they were
looking for me I figured I’d go to the nearest police station and tell
them who I was and that they was looking for me. But that is the only
thing I thought about on that.
Mr. HUBERT. Didn’t you rather know that they were looking for you?
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