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, I come to, in effect, the question I asked you this
morning, Larry. I don’t want you to feel bound by what you said at
another time unless it was the truth.
Mr. CRAFARD. I realize that.
Mr. HUBERT. I suggest to you that the real motivation for leaving
Dallas was that you had found out that Oswald had been in the club, and
that the matter was getting a little too thick for you and you wanted
out of it.
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. HUBERT. That is not true?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir; that is not true.
Mr. HUBERT. You say that is not true even if it is possible that
Armstrong told you that Oswald had been in the club?
Mr. CRAFARD. That is right. If that is the case it was a subconscious
thought. It wasn’t conscious to where I would remember it. It would
have been a subconscious thought that it was the case.
Mr. HUBERT. I don’t understand you when you say it was a subconscious
thought.
Mr. CRAFARD. Just that. It wouldn’t have been something that I thought
about for any period of time. It would have been something that I
had heard it and it just, I didn’t even think about it, and then
subconsciously that could have something to do with my leaving, but on
a conscious level I will say no.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, do you recall discussing it with this person who told
you, in any way, so that you ascertained from the person how they knew?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Had it been Armstrong wouldn’t you have asked him, “Well,
how do you know that, Andy? When did you see him? Where did you see
him? Who was he with?” You would have asked those questions, wouldn’t
you?
Mr. CRAFARD. I would have asked him how he knew for sure.
Mr. HUBERT. You don’t recall asking the person who told you that?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t recall; no.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, now, if you had heard that from some of the people
that you had been riding with it would have had to be after Ruby had
shot Oswald, wouldn’t it?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes; it seems so. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known about
Ruby being involved with him.
Mr. HUBERT. That is correct. But you didn’t find out about Ruby being
involved until Monday morning.
Mr. CRAFARD. That is right.
Mr. HUBERT. Therefore, it had to be after that so far as you are
concerned?
Mr. CRAFARD. That is right, if I wasn’t in Dallas. I believe that I
heard the statement before I left Dallas on the 23d.
Mr. HUBERT. That being the case, unless you want to tell us some other
things, it had to be Armstrong.
Mr. CRAFARD. That is right. That is all I can—I can’t say for sure who
it was, and I can’t even say for sure that I heard the statement before
I left Dallas. But I believe that it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall when it was that you first began to think
about this statement?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; I can’t.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk with the people in Michigan, your relatives
in Michigan about it?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t remember, sir. I might have, with my sister, but I
don’t remember.
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