Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (14 of 26): Hearings Vol. XIV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GRIFFIN. What I am trying to get at here is, is there anything in
particular that made you remember this?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; nothing in particular.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is there anything else in this interview of November 25,
that you think ought to be changed or corrected?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; I don’t believe so.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now let me hand you what is marked for the purpose of
identification as Dallas, Tex., April 14, 1964, Alice R. Nichols’
Exhibit 5356. This document consists of two pages, and it purports to
be a copy of an interview that you had with another FBI Agent, Mr.
Albert Sayres. I guess you talked with Sayers on the 25th, also, but
this interview was on January 18, 1964. Have you had a chance to read
that over?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes. I have.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Are there any additions or corrections you would make in
that?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; that is correct.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now I want to go back, and I am going to ask you some
questions that are, some of which are biographical and some have to do
with Jack Ruby, and some helter-skelter. When did your husband die?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, I was divorced in 1947, but he didn’t die until
1961.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did he do for a living?
Mrs. NICHOLS. While we were married, he was with Commercial Standard
Insurance Co.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that here in Dallas?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did he do after your divorce?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, I didn’t talk to him very often. He went into the
insurance adjusting business, his own business for a while. Then I
understand at the time of his death he was in the jewelry business.
Mr. GRIFFIN. There is a Nichols’ Garage here in town. Is that any
relationship to your husband?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; it is not.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I believe also that the building that Jack had the
Carousel Club in is owned by the Nichols’ family or by the Nichols’
estate.
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes; I have heard that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that any relationship to your husband?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; there is no relationship.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did you happen to meet Jack Ruby?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I first saw him in a grocery store.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where was that?
Mrs. NICHOLS. It was close to his Silver Spur nightclub, there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. South Ervay Street?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes. I was in a grocery store.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Were you living in that general area?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No. My mother lived close by.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And you never met him before?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Jack come up and talk to you?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No; he didn’t. I had my daughter with me, and later on
when I was waiting for the bus to go home, he saw me standing on the
corner and he came over and introduced himself.
Mr. GRIFFIN. About when was that?
Mrs. NICHOLS. That was the early part of 1949. I don’t know the exact
date.
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