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. No; I don’t. I see one of the waitresses back in the
background. I can’t make out which one it is on the upper right-hand
portion, standing holding a tray, but I can’t make out who it is though.
Mr. GRIFFIN. There is an arrow directed toward one of the individuals
in that picture. Do you ever recall seeing that individual in the club
before?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; I don’t. I don’t recall seeing him at all.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that picture of yourself?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; definitely not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why do you say definitely not?
Mr. CRAFARD. One thing, the clothing. He is wearing a checkered shirt.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. CRAFARD. Any time I was in the club I wore a suit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You always wore a suit?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes. I sometimes took my dress jacket off and put on a
gold livery jacket on.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you ever dressed in a sweater of any sort there?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you wear a tie while you were in the club?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes. This gentleman is wearing what would appear to be a
sport shirt, and I would say he is an older gentleman than I am.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I want to hand you what I have marked for purposes of
identification as “Washington, D.C., C. L. Crafard. April 9, 1964,
Exhibit 5206,” and I have signed my name to it. Do you recognize the
place where that photograph was taken?
Mr. CRAFARD. Mostly on the stage of the Carousel Club looking down the
center runway.
(The document referred to was marked Crafard Exhibit No. 5206 for
identification.)
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you see anybody in that picture that you know?
Mr. CRAFARD. Excuse me; that is looking down the side runway on the
left side.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recognize anybody in that picture?
Mr. CRAFARD. The young lady on the stage with her back to us, I
believe, is the stripper known as Tammi True.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Blond hair?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What is—how about the man who appears to be dressed in a
tuxedo and standing on the stage; do you recognize him?
Mr. CRAFARD. He looks like the comedian known, that I can only remember
the name as, Johnny. He worked with a couple of puppets.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recognize the man in the checked shirt?
Mr. CRAFARD. Only from the fact that it was his picture in the—his
photo in the previous picture that was designated with an arrow.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that an accurate, true and accurate, picture of what
the inside of the Carousel looked like at the time that you worked
there?
Mr. CRAFARD. From that angle; yes. If you like, I can explain what they
was doing when this picture was taken.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you tell us what that depicts?
Mr. CRAFARD. It depicts the, what they call, raffling, you might say;
they give tickets out at the door, and then they spin a roulette wheel,
and the man with the numbers on the ticket that correspond with the
ticket on the roulette wheel wins the prizes. That is what they were
doing at that time; giving away prizes.
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