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November 6, 1967
TO:
JIM GARRISON, District Attorney
FROM:
ANDREW J. SCIAMBRA, Assistant D. A.
RE:
Interview with:
John
SPENCER
1824 Dauphine St., New Orleans, La.
(re: KERRY THORNLEY)
*
*
*
*
*
*
John
1824
Mr. SPENCER informed Jim Alcock and
me that he was the landlord at 1935 Dauphine Street when
THORNLEY lived there with JEANNE HACK whom THORNLEY said
was his wife. He said on the night of the assassination
around 8 o'clock the Secret Service came to his door asking
for
KERRY THORNLEY. He informed them that THORNLEY was at
work and they contacted him at the restaurant where he was
working and took him back to the apartment and talked to
him for about 2 or 3 hours. SPENCER said that the next
morning the FBI also came and interviewed THORNLEY for quite
some time. About 2 or 3 days after the assassination he
said that he found a note in his mail box from THORNLEY
saying, "I must leave. I am going to the Washington, D. C.
area, probably Alexandria. Virginia. I will send you my
address so that you can forward my mail. SPENCER said it
was quite unexpected as THORNLEY had at least 10 days left
in the month before his rent would have been due; that from
the way the note was written he got the impression that
THORNLEY was under some pressure and for some reason had to
leave.
SPENCER said he had had some conversations with
THORNLEY about his book "The Idle Warrior" which was patterned
after OSWALD and that THORNLEY had asked him to read a copy
of the manuscript which had been turned down by several
publishers before the assassination. SPENCER said he never
did get around to reading the manuscript. He said that after
the note he went to THORNLEY's apartment which was Apt. "C"
and every bit of paper in the apartment was torn up in little
bitty pieces resembling confetti. THORNLEY had even watered
down the paper so that the ink was blurred preventing anyone
from reading any part of it. Before THORNLEY left he informed
SPENCER that NBC had offered him a large amount of money for
the last chapter of his book "The Idle Warrior". THORNLEY
was of the opinion that he was going to be a rich man because
of the coincidence of OSWALD being the subject of his book
and the assassination and the arrest and murder of OSWALD.
SPENCER said he believes he has the note in his safety deposit
box and will attempt to find it and contact me or Alcock.
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