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, Larry, isn’t it a fact that the reason why you left
was because you didn’t want to have any part of what you saw going on
then?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t understand what you mean by that.
Mr. HUBERT. You saw Jack being nervous. You saw him taking all these
pictures. You saw his great concern about the death of the President.
Didn’t it occur to you, and isn’t it a fact that the reason you had
left was because you figured that you didn’t want to have any part of
anything that was going on, although you didn’t know what was going on?
Isn’t that a fact?
Mr. CRAFARD. No. I cannot say that it is, because I had no idea there
was anything going on, period.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was there anything about Jack that indicated to you a
peculiar concern about the death of the President, that the death of
the President itself was some sort of a concern, a great concern to him
more than it seemed to be to you or to Andy or anybody else?
Mr. CRAFARD. It seemed to me more like it was more of a personal effect
on him than it did on anybody else that I talked to very much.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What do you mean by that?
Mr. CRAFARD. I can’t really explain it. To me, I was shocked and
everything, but it wasn’t like it had been a member, more or less, say,
a member of my own family. With him, it hit him more like it had been a
member of his own family, it seemed to.
Mr. GRIFFIN. There was something he said in that connection?
Mr. CRAFARD. I think he said something, but I don’t recall what he said.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask you this: Were you present when Jack learned
that Officer Tippit had been shot?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe so. I’m not sure. I think Jack was at the club
or come to the club just shortly afterward.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember Jack’s talking about Officer Tippit?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes; I think he said he knew him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Jack talk a lot about the death of the President?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t believe any more than anybody else did.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about Officer Tippit? Did he talk about that?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; I don’t recall as he said much about it other than the
fact that he said he knew him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You indicated yesterday that you felt Jack’s concern
over the death of the President was related to his concern for the
convention business in Dallas. You remarked about his saying this is
going to ruin the convention business.
Mr. CRAFARD. Something to that effect. That was one of the first things
he said, but that was the only time he referred to it that I can recall.
Mr. GRIFFIN. As you look at his activities, do you think that his
concern or what had happened down in Dallas, meaning the death of the
President and perhaps even the death of Officer Tippit, that Jack’s
concern might have been more related to his fear about what would be
happening to his business rather than any sympathy and grief over the
man himself?
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