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
Mrs. NICHOLS. I never did ask him if he had a gun in his pocket, and
he never did tell me. I never did see him take it out of his pocket.
When we would go by the club, he would pick up the money and I would be
sitting at a table, and I don’t know when he got the gun, whether he
got it out of his pocket or whether he kept it at the club.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where would you see the gun; on the table or where?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, I just saw it with the moneybag, and we would walk
out to the car.
Mr. GRIFFIN. He would carry it in his moneybag?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, I don’t remember ever seeing it in the moneybag,
but he used to put it on the seat with the moneybag.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would he ever lock the money up in the trunk of his car?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I never did see him do that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now what did he use to do with his money after he took it
out of the club?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, I thought he put it in a night depository. He would
take me home first, and I don’t know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You also indicated to the FBI that Jack was a gambler,
liked to gamble?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I never did see him gamble, but he told me that
he—several times that he had gone back to the Artists Club and played
cards after he took me home. I never did see Jack gamble. He never
talked to me about that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know who the owner was of the Artists Club?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I don’t know who owned it. A man by the name of Harris
was managing it. I think it was a musicians’ union.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What kind of gambling would they have at the Artists Club?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I never did see them gambling there, but I imagine it was
cards, I don’t know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was this a——
Mrs. NICHOLS. They served food there, and we have gone up there late to
get something to eat.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did they have a back room of some sort where they gambled?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I don’t know. I never did see them gambling there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know who Jack gambled with there?
Mrs. NICHOLS. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. About how often would you say he would go there?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Well, he only mentioned that to me for a short period of
time. I would say 3 or 4 months that he mentioned to me that he would
go up there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you know a man by the name of Johnny Ross?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Yes; I have seen him in the Vegas Club a few times.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I believe you described him as a gambler?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Jack told me that he was a gambler.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know if Jack ever gambled with him?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Jack never did mention.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What kind of gambling did Johnny Ross do?
Mrs. NICHOLS. I don’t know.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did Jack have any business association with Johnny Ross?
Mrs. NICHOLS. Not that I know of.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now Jack called you on the day the President was killed?
Mrs. NICHOLS. That’s right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long had it been before then that you had last seen
Jack?
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