Mr. HUBERT. I think you said you worked for them until--we may be able
to clarify that. I just want to hit the highlights right now.
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe I left in March.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me ask this question. What is the name of the drilling
company?
Mr. CRAFARD. North American Drilling Company. I spent a week or 2 weeks
around Clare there before I left. I believe it was in March, the latter
part of April.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You are sure you got that job by accident?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes; it was purely accident.
Mr. HUBERT. You stayed with them until February, as I understand it?
Mr. CRAFARD. I worked with them until about the 18th of February.
Mr. HUBERT. Then you quit, or what happened?
Mr. CRAFARD. I had bought a rattletrap of a car, and we had moved
locations, and I had car trouble. I was staying about 40 miles from
where we was working, and I had car trouble and I missed out, I missed
about five days of work, and in the meantime they got another man.
Mr. GRIFFIN. This drilling company was drilling for oil?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, when did you get the subpena to appear at Ruby’s trial?
Mr. CRAFARD. I got that in Dallas, Tex., at the courthouse, at the
county courthouse.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, your trip to Dallas was not for the purpose
of attending the trial?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; not--mostly no.
Mr. HUBERT. You say not mostly.
Mr. CRAFARD. That wasn’t my main reason for going.
Mr. HUBERT. Had you been contacted by anybody to appear at the trial
prior to the time you left the North American Drilling Company?
Mr. CRAFARD. Eva Grant’s sister had wrote to my cousin, Mrs. Eaton,
wanting information as to my whereabouts so they could locate me.
Mr. HUBERT. And she gave it to them?
Mr. CRAFARD. No; she refused to.
Mr. HUBERT. But your cousin let you know?
Mr. CRAFARD. They told me about it.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you do?
Mr. CRAFARD. Then when I arrived in Dallas, I went up to find out what
it was all about. I didn’t know for sure what it was about.
Mr. HUBERT. Who did you go to see?
Mr. CRAFARD. I went to the courthouse, and then I talked--the first one
I saw was Andy. Then I talked to the lawyer, Mr. Phil Burleson, and he
subpenaed me then.
Mr. HUBERT. About what date was that, do you know?
Mr. CRAFARD. March 10, I believe it was; yes; it was on my birthday.
Mr. HUBERT. Did it take you from the 18th of February or so to get to
Dallas?
Mr. CRAFARD. I stayed around Clare for, I think, a couple--a week
or two. It was, let’s see, it must have been about the 7th of March
because I was only 3 days going from Clare to Dallas.
Mr. HUBERT. Your purpose in going to Dallas was to try to find your
wife?
Mr. CRAFARD. That is right.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you succeed in that, by the way?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. HUBERT. You haven’t yet?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. HUBERT. When you saw Burleson then, he told you he wanted you to
remain?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he place you under that subpena?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did they use you at the trial?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you tell us roughly what the substance of your
testimony was at the trial?
Mr. CRAFARD. To the effect that I had took the pictures of the “Impeach
Earl Warren” sign and to the effect that he had only planned on
shipping one of his dogs to California.
Mr. HUBERT. That is all that was brought out?
Mr. CRAFARD. That was about the main gist of my testimony.
Mr. HUBERT. You were a witness for the defense, I take it?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you subjected to any cross-examination?
Mr. CRAFARD. I think there were two or three questions put to me on
cross-examination.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you get to talk to Ruby then?
Mr. CRAFARD. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see Eva?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And Andy Armstrong?
Mr. CRAFARD. How is that?
Mr. HUBERT. Andy.
Mr. CRAFARD. I saw him before--I don’t believe I talked to him after I
appeared on the witness stand.
Mr. HUBERT. He was the first one you contacted?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes; he was the first one I saw.
Mr. HUBERT. In Dallas. Did you go over to the club?
Mr. CRAFARD. No. I went to the courthouse.
Mr. HUBERT. And you saw him at the courthouse?
Mr. CRAFARD. Andy saw me; I didn’t see him. Andy saw me and he
recognized me.
Mr. HUBERT. I see. Who else did you talk to while you were in Dallas on
this last occasion?
Mr. CRAFARD. I talked to the Grants, to the Rubys--the brothers and
sisters.
Mr. HUBERT. What about?
Mr. CRAFARD. I talked to them after the trial was over, after I had
appeared on the witness stand.
Mr. HUBERT. You didn’t talk to them before?
Mr. CRAFARD. No. I think I had saw Miss Grant one time, and at the time
when I did Burleson was standing right beside me when I spoke to her,
let her know I was there.
Mr. HUBERT. Did she know where you could be located?
Mr. CRAFARD. She didn’t know, but Burleson did. While I was in Dallas,
you mean?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. CRAFARD. Burleson knew.
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. CRAFARD. Burleson knew.
Mr. HUBERT. She didn’t call you to locate you?
Mr. CRAFARD. No.
Mr. HUBERT. How long were you in Dallas before you testified?
Mr. CRAFARD. Let’s see, I landed in Dallas on Sunday. I was in Dallas
for about 4 days all together before I testified.
Mr. HUBERT. How long were you in Dallas before you contacted Burleson
or met Burleson?
Mr. CRAFARD. I arrived in Dallas Sunday, and I contacted Burleson
Tuesday.
Mr. HUBERT. And you testified on Thursday?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And you left on what day?
Mr. CRAFARD. I think it was, I think I spent--let’s see, I left Dallas
the following Wednesday, I believe it was. I went to California where
I stopped and visited a very good friend of the family’s. I spent--I
arrived there Thursday night about 2 o’clock in the morning. He had
just got home from work, and then I spent Thursday night, Friday,
Saturday night there, and then I left there Sunday. They were making a
trip up north, and they took me up north quite a ways with them, and
then I hitchhiked up home.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When you were in Dallas, Tex., where did you stay?
Mr. CRAFARD. I stayed at the mission most of the time.
Mr. HUBERT. What mission is that?
Mr. CRAFARD. City mission.
Mr. HUBERT. Where is it located?
Mr. CRAFARD. I believe it is on Ervay Street.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean it is a religious organization?
Mr. CRAFARD. Yes.