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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XIV - Page 64« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Curtis Laverne Crafard Resumed)

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.
Mr. Griffin.
Do they give away prizes every night?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes; weekends mostly.
Mr. Griffin.
How about during the week?
Mr. Crafard.
Not too often. Sometimes they did. It depends on the size of the crowd.
Mr. Griffin.
Where did Jack get his prizes?
Mr. Crafard.
I don't know.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he give away twist boards?
Mr. Crafard.
He gave away twist boards, Rusty Warren records, two bottles of champagne, Wilkinson sword-edged blades, and stuffed animals.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he give away all of those items every night they had a raffle or different nights?
Mr. Crafard.
He would give whoever won their choice. They would have, give away, three prizes each night, and everyone would have their choices out of the prizes.
Mr. Griffin.
I am going to hand you what I have marked as "C. L. Crafard, April 1964, 5207," and I have signed my name to it. That is a photograph. Can you tell me where that picture was taken?
Mr. Crafard.
It was taken in Mr. Ruby's office.
Mr. Griffin.
Is the arrangement of chair and desk and what appears to be a couch in the foreground the arrangement that existed at the time that you worked there?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes. This couch here is part of a sectional that was turned crosswise of the office, the other portion being against the wall on the left-hand side of the picture, which is where you cannot see it.
Mr. Griffin.
Are the people in this photograph looking in the direction of the TV camera, I mean of the TV set?
Mr. Crafard.
I would say the woman as I am looking at the left of the picture, Joy Dale, is looking more in the direction than the rest of them, the TV set in the corner over this way.
Mr. Griffin.
There is a TV set as you look from Jack Ruby's position in the photograph. It would be off at the far wall in the left-hand corner?
Mr. Crafard.
To the left of him; yes, it would be to his left.
Mr. Griffin.
Is there a door shown behind Jack Ruby there?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes; that is the door connecting his office to what was my room.
Mr. Griffin.
So, in order to get into your room, you had to walk through Jack's office?
Mr. Crafard.
No. I had a door off in the hall to my room, but this was a connecting door from his office to my room.
Mr. Griffin.
Where is the door that enters Jack's office?
Mr. Crafard.
It would be almost immediately behind the girl on the right-band side, who is Little Lynn.
Mr. Griffin.
Is that door sort of opened up through the middle of the wall or at one end of the wall?
Mr. Crafard.
More or less to the end of the wall.
Mr. Griffin.
Let's mark on there, then, Little Lynn on the side that she is on, and Jack Ruby in the middle; I am marking this on the back. And Joy Dale. Now, the background of this picture, there appear to be tacked up on the door a number of papers. Was that customary?
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