Did Captain Westbrook Watch Tippit's Murder?

[Jim Hargrove]

I don't think the images are pornographic. I just intended to draw attention to the document in a humorous way.

But since the issue of Larry Crafard was brought up, here is how John wrote about it on pp. 728-729 of H&L:

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NOTE: After the assassination Laura learned that (Harvey)

Oswald began work at the TSBD on October 16. She could not

understand how (Harvey) Oswald, while workingat the Book

Depository, had time to visit the TEC Claims office at 2210 Main Street (1

mile from the TSBD) and her office at 1206 Ross Avenue (6 blocks from the TSBD). She

also wondered why (Harvey) Oswald would continue to file unemployment claims if he

was working.

After the Warren Commission issued its final Report, Laura studied the 26 vol-*
umes of testimony and evidence. She located two photographs in the Volumes that
reminded her of the "Teamster" and took the time to look up the man's name. She
learned the man in the photographs was Larry Crafard, a former employ ee of Jack Ruby,
and wondered if he was the "Teamster." After seeing Crafard's photograph, she searched
the TEC records for his name. She wrote, "I found it (Crafard's application with the
TEC) in the inactive file after my return to work that day." In her 90-page manuscript,
in which she memorialized her interviews with two Oswald's, Laura wrote, "I wish I
could settle this question in my mind (if Crafard was the Teamster), but I can't." But
why would Larry Crafard identify himself as Oswald? For what purpose?
A review of Warren Commission records appears to settle the question of
whether Crafard could have been the "Teamster" who visited the TEC offices pretend-
ing to be Oswald.


Jack Ruby met Larry Crafard when he (Crafard) was working at the Texas
State Fair (October 5-20). Crafard did not begin working for Ruby and living
at the Carousel club until November 1, two weeks after Laura Kittrell interviewed
the "Teamster."


Photographs of Crafard published in the 26 Volumes are very misleading as
they show him with a closed mouth and wearing a long sleeved jacket. W hen
these photographs were taken Larry Crafard's front teeth were missing en*
tirely and he had tattoos on both arms.If Laura Kittrell had known that Crafard
was missing his front teeth she would have realized that the "Teamster," who laughed
loud enough to be heard throughout the room, was not Crafard.

NOTE: Laura Kittrell never realized she was one of the few people who met both Harvey

and Lee Oswald face to face. She was also the only witness who recognized the subtle dif-

ferences between these two young intelligence operatives. Had Laura been given the op*-

portunity to interview two of Cuba s top intelligence agents, identical twin brothers An*

tonio and Patricio DeiLaGuardia, it is doubtful that she would have recognized any dif-*

ference.

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It's obviously difficult to believe a concept like "Two Oswalds." It's difficult for researchers today to accept it, and it was tough for Laura Kittrell back in the day. Her description of the differences between the two guys, however, was dead on.

I wish other researchers would study the evidence that Harvey Oswald did spent a brief period of his youth in the San Diego area, just like that school note indicated.