HSCA Record#: 180-10109-10089
Agency File#: 002930

MEMORANDUM

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)

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	Mr. JOHN SPENCER informed Jim Alcock and
me that he was the landlord at 1824 Dauphine Street [Handwritten note by
propinquity-happy Jim Garrison: "This is seven blocks from Clay Shaw's
residence."] when THORNLEY lived there with JEANNE HACK whom THORNLEY said
was his wife. He said that 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 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.

...

	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.

...

	SPENCER said that THORNLEY never expressed any feelings one way or the other
about President Kennedy. SPENCER said that he has never seen LEE HARVEY OSWALD with
THORNLEY or JEANNE. ... SPENCER said that he knows CLAY SHAW and that on a couple
of occasions SHAW came over to his residence at 1824 Dauphine to give him some tips
on restoring the property. However, he said that to his knowledge SHAW had never
met THORNLEY and when SHAW was at his property THORNLEY was not living there at the
time. [Sic; another grammatical error by the Assistant D.A. made famous for them...]