Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. RUBY. No; it did not, never. As a matter of fact, I went to the
post office to check on box 1792. I even inquired with the man in
charge of where you purchase the boxes, and I said to him, "Who bought
this box?"
And he said, "I can't give you the information. All I know is, it is a
legitimate business box purchase."
And I checked the various contents of mail there.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you know Officer Tippit?
Mr. RUBY. I knew there was three Tippits on the force. The only one
I knew used to work for the special services, and I am certain this
wasn't the Tippit, this wasn't the man.
Mr. RANKIN. The man that was murdered. There was a story that you were
seen sitting in your Carousel Club with Mr. Weissman, Officer Tippit,
and another who has been called a rich oil man, at one time shortly
before the assassination. Can you tell us anything about that?
Mr. RUBY. Who was the rich oil man?
Mr. RANKIN. Can you remember? We haven't been told. We are just trying
to find out anything that you know about him.
Mr. RUBY. I am the one that made such a big issue of Bernard Weissman's
ad. Maybe you do things to cover up, if you are capable of doing it.
As a matter of fact, Saturday afternoon we went over to the Turf Bar
lounge, and it was a whole hullabaloo, and I showed the pictures
"Impeach Earl Warren" to Bellocchio, and he saw the pictures and got
very emotional.
And Bellocchio said, "Why did the newspaper take this ad of Weissman?"
And Bellocchio said, "I have got to leave Dallas."
And suddenly after making that statement, I realized it is his
incapability, and suddenly you do things impulsively, and suddenly you
realize if you love the city, you stay here and you make the best of
it. And there were witnesses.
I said, "The city was good enough for you all before this. Now you feel
that way about it." And that was Bellocchio.
As far as Tippit, it is not Tippitts, it is not Tippitts it is Tippit.
Mr. RANKIN. This Weissman and the rich oil man, did you ever have a
conversation with them?
Mr. RUBY. There was only a few. Bill Rudman from the YMCA, and I
haven't seen him in years.
And there is a Bill Howard, but he is not a rich oil man. He owns the
Stork Club now. He used to dabble in oil.
Chief Justice WARREN. This story was given by a lawyer by the name of
Mark Lane, who is representing Mrs. Marguerite Oswald, the mother of
Lee Harvey Oswald, and it was in the paper, so we subpenaed him, and
he testified that someone had given him information to the effect that
a week or two before President Kennedy was assassinated, that in your
Carousel Club you and Weissman and Tippit, Officer Tippit, the one who
was killed, and a rich oil man had an interview or conversation for an
hour or two.
And we asked him who it was that told him, and he said that it was
confidential and he couldn't tell at the moment, but that he would find
out for us if whether he could be released or not from his confidential
relationship.
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