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. Not while an act was in progress. Usually, during the
roulette wheel, I would put the prizes out and I’d take them off when
it was over.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would the stage be lighted in the same way for the drawing
of prizes as it would be when an M.C. was on stage?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would only the stage be lit or would the patrons, the
customer area, also be?
Mr. CRAFARD. Just the stage.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you ever have occasion to look out into the audience
from the stage when the roulette wheel, when the drawing, was in
progress?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Could you see faces in the audience?
Mr. CRAFARD. It was pretty hard to make out any faces unless they were
sitting right next, and then you wouldn’t recognize them.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Unless they were sitting right next to the runway of the
stage?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And there were——
Mr. CRAFARD. Excuse me a minute, please.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. CRAFARD. You can just see a gentleman standing on the right-hand
corner of some of these photographs. This gentleman was the M.C. at
that time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall who he was?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe it was Johnny. Yes; there is the box, one of his
boxes. It was Johnny, but I am not sure what his last name was. There
is a woman in one of these pictures; I believe I can just see myself,
but it is not clear enough to make out. I believe it is me standing
there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. This picture that you are looking at, this large
photograph, is actually a series of small photographs?
Mr. CRAFARD. It is actually a series of small photographs. It would be
the first and second photograph in the middle series of photographs
where you can just vaguely see me.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, I want to show you what I have marked in the same
fashion Exhibit 5211. Do you recognize any of the people in that
photograph, that set of photographs?
Mr. CRAFARD. There is Johnny on the stage, the first one in the first
series. I can see Johnny on the stage again.
The next one shows Johnny.
The next one shows Johnny and, I believe it is Tammi True.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who is the heavy man in the short-sleeved shirt that is
shown?
Mr. CRAFARD. I don’t remember his name. He was to the club on several
different occasions. He always sat in the same place because he was
such a heavy man nobody could get around him, such a big one.
In the middle series of photographs shows Tammi True in each of them.
And on the outside series of photographs is Little Lynn in Jack’s
office holding some stuffed animals.
The bottom picture on the right-hand series shows Johnny with one of
his puppets.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask you this about the fat man in the short
sleeves. Was he a friend of Jack’s?
Mr. CRAFARD. They knew each other. They seemed to be friendly, always
talked, Jack would always speak to him when he came in.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you associate any name with this man?
Mr. CRAFARD. I can’t remember his name, sir.
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