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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 175« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of William Kirk Stuckey)

Mr. Jenner.
This was much more relaxed?
Mr. Stuckey.
Considerably.
Mr. Jenner.
Following that tete-a-tete in Comeaux's Bar for about an hour, did you ever see Oswald after that?
Mr. Stuckey.
That was the last time I ever saw him.
Mr. Jenner.
When was the next time you heard of Oswald?
Mr. Stuckey.
On November 22, 1963.
Mr. Jenner.
What was that occasion?
Mr. Stuckey.
The assassination of President Kennedy.
Mr. Jenner.
How was it raised, what brought it to your attention?
Mr. Stuckey.
I was watching a TV news broadcast at the time, and they had a bulletin in which they said a suspect had been arrested in the assassination, and they mentioned Lee Harvey Oswald, and I fell to the ground practically; I was surprised.
Mr. Jenner.
Was there a video tape?
Mr. Stuckey.
Yes. Following the debate show of August 21, Bill Slatter, the radio announcer, decided that some news had been made that night on the show, so he took Oswald back to the studio to repeat some of the statements he had made on .the radio show for video tape. And they interviewed Oswald for quite a while, I would say for 5 minutes. But I understand that that night they only ran a brief excerpt of that tape, and the rest of it they threw away.
Mr. Jenner.
The station has supplied us with what tape they did not throw away, the video tape.
Mr. Stuckey.
They are not throwing away anything at that station any more, by the way, now.
Mr. Jenner.
I suppose not. Without specification on your part, if you have a recollection, do you recall whether he was right handed or left handed?
Mr. Stuckey.
I don't recall. I don't believe that he ever had the opportunity to use his hand in such a way you could identify it. I never saw him writing.
Mr. Jenner.
At least you never noticed it one way or the other?
Mr. Stuckey.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he smoke?
Mr. Stuckey.
No; he did not smoke. Again, this was part of my--of the impression of him that struck me. He seemed like somebody that took very good care of himself, very prudent, temperate, that sort of person. It was my impression Oswald regarded himself as living in a world of intellectual inferiors.
Mr. Jenner.
Please elaborate on that. And on what do you base that, please?
Mr. Stuckey.
Well, I base a lot of this on the conversation that we had in Comeaux's Bar. After all, I had paid some attention to Oswald, nobody else had particularly, and he seemed to enjoy talking with somebody he didn't regard as a stupid person, and it was my impression he thought that everybody else he had come in contact with was rather cloddish, and got the impression that he thought that he had--his philosophy, the way he felt about things, all this sort of thing, most people just could not understand this, and only an intelligent or educated person could. I don't mean to say that there was any arrogance in his manner. There was just---well, you can spot intelligence, or at least I can, I think, and this was a man who was intelligent, who was aware that he was intelligent, and who would like to have an opportunity to express his intelligence--that was my impression.
Mr. Jenner.
What impression did you obtain of this man with respect to his volatility, that is, did you get any impression that he was quick to anger?
Mr. Stuckey.
No; very well-disciplined, as a matter of fact. After all, he had been provoked on several occasions that afternoon by Bringuier and Butler on the show.
Mr. Jenner.
Or that evening.
Mr. Stuckey.
That evening; yes. And, of course, Bringuier's attempt to convert him to the cause of Revolutionary Students Directorate was presented in a rather biting way, and Oswald just took it, and just more or less told him that he wasn't interested, whereas other people might have gotten a little mad. After all you have to recognize that Oswald--they were ganging up on him. There were a bunch of us around there. There were three people who disagreed
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