(Testimony of Curtis L. Crafard Resumed)
Mr. Crafard.
then I spent Thursday night, Friday, Saturday night there, and then I left there Sunday. They were making a trip up north, and they took me up north quite a ways with them, and then I hitchhiked up home.
Mr. Griffin.
When you were in Dallas, Tex, where did you stay?
Mr. Crafard.
I stayed at the mission most of the time.
Mr. Hubert.
What mission is that?
Mr. Crafard.
City mission.
Mr. Hubert.
Where is it located?
Mr. Crafard.
I believe it is on Ervay Street.
Mr. Hubert.
You mean it is a religious organization?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Runs sort of a hostel or hotel for----
Mr. Crafard.
Place for guys on the road to stay.
Mr. Hubert.
How did you manage for money on your trip from up north to Dallas, and Dallas on down west, and then again north to Washington?
Mr. Crafard.
I had some money when I left Dallas, when I left Clare.
Mr. Hubert.
How much did you have.
Mr. Crafard.
$40, $50, something like that.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you work at anytime after you left Clare?
Mr. Crafard.
Oh, no; I'didn't work after I left Clare.
Mr. Hubert.
You didn't earn any money during that period?
Mr. Crafard.
No. I haven't worked since about the 18th of February, I think it is, at a job.
Mr. Griffin.
Who else did you see in Dallas beside the lawyers, Andy Armstrong, and the Ruby family?
Mr. Crafard.
I saw the people around the mission, and i say, I did work i day in Dallas, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Where, and how much did you make?
Mr. Crafard.
I made about $7; I think I got about $7 out of it. It was out of the labor pool.
Mr. Hubert.
How much money did you have when you got to Dallas?
Mr. Crafard.
I was just about broke when I got into Dallas.
Mr. Hubert.
How did you manage to live?
Mr. Crafard.
That is why I said I stayed at the mission.
Mr. Hubert.
It still required money for food.
Mr. Crafard.
It is a place where they feed you and they give you a place to sleep.
Mr. Hubert.
Did anybody in Dallas give you any money?
Mr. Crafard.
After I had appeared, after I had appeared on the witness stand, Eva Grant gave me, her and her brother all together, I think gave me $8.
Mr. Hubert.
$8?
Mr. Crafard.
That is right; all total.
Mr. Hubert.
What was the purpose of that?
Mr. Crafard.
Money to eat on.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you ask them or they asked you?
Mr. Crafard.
They asked me how I was living, and I told them, and I told them---they give me money to eat on, and I spent Monday, Tuesday--Sunday, I think Sunday, Monday and Tuesday night that I slept in the Carousel Club. They gave me the key to the club so I could stay there.
Mr. Hubert.
Who did; Eva?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Was the club in operation at that time?
Mr. Crafard.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
That was after you testified?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Had it been changed from the time you had seen it before?
Mr. Crafard.
There had been no redecoration or anything. I don't think they called it the Carousel. There was a Club de Copa or something, they had run it a little while, and then they revoked her liquor license.
Mr. Hubert.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
But the interior of the club, did you notice any changes?
Mr. Crafard.
No.
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