The testimony of Roger D. Craig was taken at 2:35 p.m., on April 1,
1964, in the office of the U.S. attorney, 301 Post Office Building,
Bryan and Ervay Streets, Dallas, Tex., by Mr. David W. Belin, assistant
counsel of the President's Commission.
Mr. BELIN. Roger Craig, do you want to stand and raise your right hand,
please?
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony that you're about to give is
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Mr. CRAIG. I do.
Mr. BELIN. You can be seated.
Mr. BELIN. Will you please state your full name?
Mr. CRAIG. Roger Dean Craig.
Mr. BELIN. That's (spelling) D-e-a-n?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And where do you live, Mr. Craig?
Mr. CRAIG. 6215 Overlook Drive, Dallas.
Mr. BELIN. And what's your occupation?
Mr. CRAIG. Deputy Sheriff.
Mr. BELIN. For the Dallas County Sheriff's Department?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. How old are you, Mr. Craig?
Mr. CRAIG. 27.
Mr. BELIN. Were you raised here in Texas?
Mr. CRAIG. No. I was born in Wisconsin, raised in Minnesota; and ran
away from home when I was 12 and traveled all over the country.
Mr. BELIN. When you were 12?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Did you have any further schooling after you were 12--or not?
Mr. CRAIG. No; I took high school equivalent test in the Service
in Japan when--uh--I was 19, and passed it and got my high school
equivalent test--I mean, my diploma.
Mr. BELIN. Were you in the Service, then?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes; uh-huh.
Mr. BELIN. In what branch?
Mr. CRAIG. I was in the Army.
Mr. BELIN. And how long were you in the Army?
Mr. CRAIG. 2 years.
Mr. BELIN. Before you joined the Army, what did you do? Were you living
with anyone or were you on your own--or what?
Mr. CRAIG. No; I was married to a girl who lived out in Mesquite.
Mr. BELIN. Where?
Mr. CRAIG. Mesquite. It's a suburb of Dallas. It's not a town.
Mr. BELIN. Uh-huh.
Well, let me go back a little bit. You said you ran away from home when
you were 12?
Mr. CRAIG. Uh-huh.
Mr. BELIN. And then where did you live?
Mr. CRAIG. I lived in South Dakota, worked on ranches up there, and
then Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma.
Mr. BELIN. Well, with any relatives--or were they friends, or what?
Mr. CRAIG. No, no; just jobs. Just working here and there.