(Testimony of William D. , Jr. Crowe)
Mr. Hubert.
possibility that he is the man you saw a week before the President was shot, in the Carousel Club, and who took some part in your memory act?
Mr. Crowe.
Well, I wouldn't say that he was the man I saw.
Mr. Hubert.
What comment do you have to make about him then?
Mr. Crowe.
He does favor Oswald.
Mr. Hubert.
I gather that your comment as to the man in the picture identified as Exhibit No. 5205 is substantially the same as your comment made with reference to the man in Crafard Exhibit No. 5206, is that correct?
Mr. Crowe.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
Is it stronger or weaker, that is to say, do you think the resemblance to Oswald is stronger in one picture than it is in the other?
Mr. Crowe.
I would say stronger in Crafard Exhibit No. 5205. He is not smiling.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, as to the man you have pointed out in Crafard Exhibits Nos. 5205 and 5206, do you recall ever having seen him in the Carousel before?
Mr. Crowe.
As to him personally, I couldn't say for sure. The clothes are not familiar to me.
Mr. Hubert.
How was the man dressed who ,took part in your memory act that you think might have been Oswald?
Mr. Crowe.
I have no idea as to how he was dressed.
Mr. Hubert.
Your statements concerning the possibility it was Oswald therefore was based entirely on the facial--
Mr. Crowe.
The face alone.
Mr. Hubert.
Of course, you never saw Oswald in person, that is to say unless it was Oswald in the club?
Mr. Crowe.
Yes; I never met him.
Mr. Hubert.
Your identification of the man in the club and the possibility he was Oswald is based, therefore, upon pictures which appeared in the paper and which the police exhibited to you, or the FBI, is that correct?
Mr. Crowe.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you have any recollection now or have you ever had any recollection at any time of the position of the person who might have been Oswald in your memory act relative to other people. Do you understand what I mean? You know he had to be in the first row. Have you any recollection or have you ever had any, as to whether he was center, the left, or the right or what?
Mr. Crowe.
No; they have three runways running out from the stage, and the customers are seated along and around the runways, and they can either be alone or with somebody, you would never know, you had no way of telling.
Mr. Hubert.
You don't recollect whether the man who might have been Oswald was alone or was with someone else?
Mr. Crowe.
No; you can't tell the way they are seated.
Mr. Hubert.
By the way, with reference to those four pictures identified as Exhibits Nos. 5212, 5221, 5205, and 5206 in the deposition of C. L. Crafard, are you able to state that you recognize those pictures generally as being the interior of the Carousel Club?
Mr. Crowe.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
What is your present thought as to the possibility that the man that you had previously spoken about in the pictures identified as Exhibits Nos. 5205 and 5206 of the deposition of Crafard, may have been the man that you stated was a part of your memory act a week prior to the death of the President?
Mr. Crowe.
It is a possibility.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you think it is a greater possibility that from the pictures you have seen of Oswald that it was Oswald than that it was the man in the pictures, Exhibits Nos. 5205 and 5206?
Mr. Crowe.
No; I wouldn't say it was greater or any less.
Mr. Hubert.
In other words, having seen the pictures of Oswald and having seen the pictures of the man in five, Exhibits Nos. 5206 and 5205, your thought is that it could have been either?
Mr. Crowe.
Right.
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