Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Now let's turn to a document which I have marked
5101, which is the FBI report, and I will ask you if you have read that?
Mr. COMBEST. Yes, sir; I have.
Mr. HUBERT. If you have any comments to make on that, corrections,
deletions, anything been omitted?
Mr. COMBEST. Well----
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, I want to know whether this represents a
true, full statement of the interview and what you said, or didn't say,
and let's have an explanation of it.
Mr. COMBEST. Okay, sir. On the fourth page there, the third paragraph
where----
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. COMBEST. They relate to the person named as Newman. They
misunderstood me, evidently, on that. He does work at the Theatre
Lounge as it so states there, but Ruby does not have anything to do
with the Theatre Lounge. This is another so-called strip joint in the
downtown area.
Mr. HUBERT. Here is the sentence we are talking about. "He did recall,
however, that an individual by the name of Newman, first name unknown,
was formerly district supervisor for the liquor control board, worked
for Ruby at the Theatre Lounge." Now, your statement is that that is an
incorrect statement of what you said?
Mr. COMBEST. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Will you correct it, please?
Mr. COMBEST. Well, the question was did I know of any police officers
that had worked for Ruby.
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. COMBEST. At the time I told him, "No," I did not and I explained
possibly where they had gotten their information was that a reserve
police officer had made a statement to some news media that he had
worked for Jack Ruby, but he is not a regular policeman for the city of
Dallas, and I also told him that possibly what they had heard that this
L. L. Newman, who formerly worked for the Texas Liquor Control Board
was working at the Theatre Lounge in the downtown area, and possibly
that was what they had heard.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you actually told them that there were two
Newmans involved, one who had been a reserve officer----
Mr. COMBEST. No, sir; I do not recall the name of the reserve officer.
Mr. HUBERT. Two different individuals, one, who had been a reserve
officer and one who had been with the Texas Liquor Control Board?
Mr. COMBEST. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. And your statement to them was that possibly what they were
thinking about when they were questioning you was that the Newman who
had worked for the Texas Liquor Control Board was the one you thought
had once worked for the Theatre Lounge?
Mr. COMBEST. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, did Ruby have any connection with the Theatre Lounge?
Mr. COMBEST. No, sir; none whatsoever.
Mr. HUBERT. Who did, as a matter of fact?
Mr. COMBEST. It is either Abe or Barney Weinstein. One of the brothers
owned the Theatre Lounge. One of the brothers owns the Colony Club.
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