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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. X - Page 314« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Clifton M. Shasteen)

Mr. Shasteen.
The fact is, he never did want his hair cut--he always wanted it to look like it was about a week old when he cut it and he got a haircut about every 2 weeks, and I don't think he ever went over 2 weeks--he either got a haircut on Friday night or Saturday morning, and in running that back through my mind, and I thought about it then and I have since.
Mr. Jenner.
And on that occasion was this 14-year-old boy with him?
Mr. Shasteen.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And that is the occasion when you were sneaking out to the football game?
Mr. Shasteen.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And you did see him and you did see the 14-year-old boy on that occasion?
Mr. Shasteen.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Which of your employees cut his hair that night, if you know of your own knowledge.
Mr. Shasteen.
Buddy Lowe, the one that just works part time.
Mr. Jenner.
The new man--the middle chair?
Mr. Shasteen.
Yes, and the only thing--he had told me the next morning, you know, about it and I wondered why I didn't think something about the character, but the next morning, he said, "Man, that guy was really inquisitive about where you were going last night." That guy that come in with him. Of course, we don't know his name from Adam and we have lots of customers that we don't know their names.
Mr. Jenner.
When he came in with the 14-year-old boy, did the 14-year-old boy get his hair cut at the same time?
Mr. Shasteen.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
He just sat in the shop?
Mr. Shasteen.
He just come with him. I assumed, and I'm just saying this because I haven't ever saw him before and never saw him other than with Oswald, that he doesn't live in Irving.
Mr. Jenner.
He did not?
Mr. Shasteen.
I don't believe the boy lived there, because, you know, in other words--it has been in the back of my mind and the last--and when I see school kids, I'm always kind of wondering if I'm ever going to see him again and I never, had never saw that kid since.
Mr. Jenner.
You have never seen that boy since?
Mr. Shasteen.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, normally, this man you have in mind has his hair cut every 2 weeks?
Mr. Shasteen.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Either on Friday night or on Saturday morning?
Mr. Shasteen.
Right.
Mr. Jenner.
And there were occasions when you personally cut his hair?
Mr. Shasteen.
Yes; I think I cut it--I know of three times that I cut it and I might have cut it more than that, but I don't think that I did because you just can't hardly forget a guy like that or you can't miss knowing him when he is in your chair.
Mr. Jenner.
You Cut his hair three times and your other barbers in your shop, your employees, also cut his hair, is that right?
Mr. Shasteen.
That's right.
Mr. Jenner.
And over what period of time----
Mr. Shasteen.
Oh, I would say we cut his hair five or possibly six times.
Mr. Jenner.
Five or six times?
Mr. Shasteen.
At least.
Mr. Jenner.
Five and possibly six?
Mr. Shasteen.
At least--being in the barber business and all and studying people and all, they might go an extra week, but ordinarily, you know, in cutting their hair, you can tell about how long they've gone in other words, if you knew how they cut it before, you can tell just about how long they have gone for a haircut, and that's what I was referring to a while ago, and it was about 2 weeks before that, and the only times I can remember definitely out of the five times and possibly six he was in my shop--I'd say that all the five
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