Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (13 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. EBERHARDT. This part, asked me how come Jack had my phone number.
My baby, my youngest one, when she was born----
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. EBERHARDT. He knew I was a Catholic. He was Jewish, which has
nothing to do with it. It is a christening card, not a present. I
don’t know if you know anything about our religion. When a child is
christened, it is pretty big in our religion. He wanted to send her a
christening card, and that is when I invited him to my house.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When was that?
Mr. EBERHARDT. That was about 2 weeks after the baby was born.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When was the baby born?
Mr. EBERHARDT. May 8.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Wouldn’t this be an accurate statement, “Because this was
the day that Eberhardt’s child was born, Ruby wanted to send the child
a christening card”?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why don’t you cross it out and put “christening card”?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Okay.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, put your initials there.
Mr. EBERHARDT. And I invited him to come out to the house and see the
baby when she was christened. He had never been to my home nor I to his.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is there anything else----
Mr. EBERHARDT. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That you want to change on that?
Mr. EBERHARDT. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is there anything else that you think might be of value to
the Commission, either in connection with the Oswald killing----
Mr. EBERHARDT. Well, this part down here. I don’t know if anybody has
mentioned to you about this or not, but Officer Mullinax, he talked to
me a long time when this boy got killed.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did that occur?
Mr. EBERHARDT. It was in the summer 2 years ago.
Mr. GRIFFIN. 1961 or 1962?
Mr. EBERHARDT. No; 1962.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Uh-huh.
Mr. EBERHARDT. An officer was shot to death in a hotel. There were no
witnesses, except the man that shot him. The man that shot him was not
indicted. There were no witnesses. I went up to Jack’s one night, and
he talked to me one night about it, and he went to the boy’s funeral. I
don’t know if that gives you any idea of how Ruby’s mind is, but it is
unusual in our profession to have a man show up at a funeral. You would
just have to draw your own conclusions as to why he would.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now, Mullinax was on the vice squad?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And Jack tried to be very friendly with all of the members
of the vice squad?
Mr. EBERHARDT. He was friendly with everybody. If he knew you, he would
say hello to you. If he didn’t know you, he was going to try to meet
you.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The vice squad would probably be one of the first to close
his place down if there was any problem?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Liquor board and the vice squad, that is right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You feel that you know Jack well, don’t you?
Mr. EBERHARDT. Yes and no. I know the man from seeing him up there, but
I have never rode in any car with him, never had him at my home, but I
know him from seeing him time after time after time.
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