(Testimony of Andrew , Jr. Armstrong)
Mr. Hubert.
Why not--it was rather strange conduct just to pick up and leave?
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, I didn't give it any thought--he left the way he came. He came unexpectedly and he left unexpectedly. It didn't bother me one bit whether he stayed or whether he left.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you, prior to the shooting of Oswald, give any thought to the possibility that maybe this man Crafard was getting out of town for some reason?
Mr. Armstrong.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you know how he was getting out of town?
Mr. Armstrong.
No; I didn't--I didn't know how he was leaving.
Mr. Hubert.
Have you ever found out?
Mr. Armstrong.
No; I didn't ask him when I saw him at the trial.
Mr. Hubert.
Tell us about what conversation you--there was between you and Crafard at the trial of Ruby?
Mr. Armstrong.
No Conversation at all. He did most of the talking.
Mr. Hubert.
Tell us what he said?
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, he didn't say anything, but he said something about--he was surprised when he heard about Jack--the shooting of Oswald, and Jack, and that the FBI had contacted him, and I just told him that I had found the letter from this girl Gayle and had given it to the FBI and that was about all there was--that was about it.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he tell you where he had been?
Mr. Armstrong.
No; he didn't tell me where he had been. He said he had a job in some kind of mine somewhere up in Missouri or wherever he was, and he left there to come back here to the trial.
Mr. Hubert.
He told you that he had come to Dallas for the purpose of attending the trial?
Mr. Armstrong.
Yes; for the purpose of testifying.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you remember where it was you spoke to him?
Mr. Armstrong.
In the county courthouse downtown.
Mr. Hubert.
You mean just in the hallway?
Mr. Armstrong.
Downstairs--just as you come in the door.
Mr. Hubert.
You only had one conversation with him?
Mr. Armstrong.
Yes; that afternoon I was on my way back after recess and he was on one side of the street and I was on the other side of the street and he saw me and he came across the street and he said, "You remember this suit?" It was the suit that Jack bought him, and I said, "Yes." And he said, "This is all I've got--that Jack bought it for me."
Mr. Hubert.
Is that the only other time you spoke to him?
Mr. Armstrong.
That's the only time.
Mr. Hubert.
How long did the conversation last?
Mr. Armstrong.
Not longer than a few minutes.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, after Ruby shot Oswald, did you give any thought to the possibility that Crafard's sudden departure the way he went might be linked up with the shooting of Oswald by Ruby?
Mr. Armstrong.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
You never have given any thought to that?
Mr. Armstrong.
No, no; not at all.
Mr. Hubert.
Prior to the shooting of Oswald, and now that you look back on it, can you tell us anything that indicated that he might have been thinking of doing it?
Mr. Armstrong.
That Jack might have been thinking of doing it?
Mr. Hubert.
You understand I don't mean that you knew prior to the shooting that he was going to do it, but now that you look back on those days.
Mr. Armstrong.
I know what you mean.
Mr. Hubert.
Is there anything that you can remember?
Mr. Armstrong.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
That might throw some light on what he was thinking about in that regard?
Mr. Armstrong.
No; I don't believe he was thinking about it until after he did it. The reason why I say that, because you've got to know Jack--he always
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