Mr. JENNER. That occurred to you?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That occurred to me.
Mr. JENNER. As soon as you heard the name Lee?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. As soon as I heard the name Lee. Now, why it
occurred to me--because he was a crazy lunatic.
Mr. JENNER. Did you think about the rifle you had seen?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Immediately something occurred in my mind--the
rifle. Actually, my wife and I were driving from a reception at the
Syrian Embassy, where we heard the story of the assassination. We were
driving to the house of this friend of ours who works at the Embassy
and wondering who 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?