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. HUBERT. So, there was some doubt in your mind as to whether it was
Jack Ruby?
Mrs. PITTS. Yes, sir. It was a doubt in something wrong with him the
way he was talking to me. Other things--times I would have, you know,
just laid my work down and went ahead on.
I called my daughter and told her, and she said, “Well, are you going
over there now?” And, “No; he don’t sound right to me over the phone. I
am going to wait.”
Mr. HUBERT. What I want to get at is this, whether or not you can say
it was Jack Ruby that you were talking to but that he seemed different?
Mrs. PITTS. Yes, sir; that was him.
Mr. HUBERT. Or whether or not he seemed so different that you were not
sure that it was Jack Ruby?
Mrs. PITTS. Yes, sir. It was him. I’m sure of that, but then he just
was indifferent. He sure did talk indifferent; yes, sir. He sure did.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, did he tell you that he was going out, or that he
would be back around 2?
Mrs. PITTS. Said he was going out, he would try to be back by 2. That
is what he told me. He says, “You call me before.” That is what he told
me.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he tell you when he was going out, Mrs. Pitts?
Mrs. PITTS. No, sir; didn’t tell me, says, “I am going out.” That is
what he says, and I says to him, I says, “If you are going to have
company or something”--I says, “I can wait and come tomorrow.” He said,
“Oh, no; you come on.”
Mr. HUBERT. Can you fix a little better for us the time that this
conversation took place?
Mrs. PITTS. It was after 8 o’clock, was way after 8, but just to tell
the truth----
Mr. HUBERT. You say “Way after 8,” you mean way after 8 on the way to 9?
Mrs. PITTS. Well, I imagine somewhere around 8:30, then, I guess it was.
Mr. HUBERT. It wasn’t after 9?
Mrs. PITTS. No, sir; it wasn’t after 9.
Mr. HUBERT. How can you be sure about that? Is there anything that you
remember that makes you say it was not before 8 but afterward, and not
before 9?
Mrs. PITTS. Well, the children had the programs on Sundays, and I know
then that they was a, you know, singing, and that is why I know it was
between 8--8:30 and 9.
Mr. HUBERT. That was what I was trying to get at, get something that
you could identify so that you could fix the time that way.
Mrs. PITTS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you go to church, perhaps, that day?
Mrs. PITTS. No, sir; I didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Children go to church?
Mrs. PITTS. No, sir; they--they was intending to go to church. One--you
see, one, I think, did go to Sunday school, but church.
Mr. HUBERT. What time did he go?
Mrs. PITTS. That one going to Sunday school was ready and gone before
then.
Mr. HUBERT. What time does Sunday school begin?
Mrs. PITTS. Well, Sunday school begins around, I think, 9 o’clock.
Mr. HUBERT. So, he had already gone?
Mrs. PITTS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Could you say----
Mrs. PITTS. Have to walk a little piece.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, does that help you to fix the time of the
conversation with Mr. Ruby?
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