could it be. And as soon as we heard that name, some association started working in our minds--and the fact that there was a gun there.
But my opinion--and again--was influenced naturally by what you read and hear in the papers. We were out of contact with people in Dallas, and out of contact with events.
The only thing we could judge is what we read in the papers.
Sometimes you read something like he was going to get some money, and naturally you start thinking that possibly somebody bought him.
Now, we heard, also, that he was getting some regular checks from somewhere.

Mr. Jenner.

Where did you hear that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That I read in the papers some place he was getting regular checks.

Mr. Jenner.

That didn't score with your recollection, did it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; I just read that in the papers some place.
Then you read this and that. I am not a detective. It is not up to me to make any conclusions.

Mr. Jenner.

This letter was written, I take it--it is dated December 12, 1963. At the time you wrote it you had some of these newspaper articles in mind that were affecting your opinion, were they?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; but it contains all the facts----

Mr. Jenner.

Excuse me. Have you looked at the original of that letter?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, it looks to me that this is the original.

Mr. Jenner.

That is your signature on the letter?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

You will note it is dated December 12, 1963.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. December 12, 1963.

Mr. Jenner.

Would you look at the envelope that is attached to the letter. Is that envelope addressed in your handwriting, or does it have any of your handwriting on it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; it is printed.

Mr. Jenner.

Typed?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Typed, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And is that the envelope in which you dispatched that letter?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; it looks like that envelope.

Mr. Jenner.

What is the date of the stamp cancellation?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. December 13, 1963.

Mr. Jenner.

Where?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Port-an-Prince, Haiti. It was sent from Haiti, this letter.

Mr. Jenner.

Yes; that is your letter, and you dispatched it?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, you say in that letter, after expressing your sympathies to Mrs. Auchincloss, and your very kind comments about Mrs. Kennedy, "I do hope that Marina and her children (I understand she has two now) will not suffer too badly throughout their lives, and that the stigma will not affect the innocent children. Somehow, I still have a lingering doubt, notwithstanding all the evidence, of Oswald's guilt."
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Exactly.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, please explain that remark in that letter.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Unless the man is guilty, I will not be his judge unless he is proven to be guilty by the court, I will not be his judge, and there will be always a doubt in my mind, and throughout my testimony I explained sufficiently why I have those doubts. And mainly because he did not have any permanent animosity for President Kennedy. That is why I have the doubts.

Mr. Jenner.

And that expression in this letter is based on all the things you have told me about in this long examination?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

A natural, I would assume, view on the part of any humanitarian person--that you just cannot imagine anybody murdering anybody else?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And he in turn had been murdered.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.

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