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. Did you ever consult with Jack Ruby or with Eva Grant
about playing at Jack’s Carousel Club?
Mr. PATTERSON. No. It was my understanding that he had different type
music there than what I played.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How were you known to the Rubys; by what name?
Mr. PATTERSON. Mrs. Grant called me Bobby Patterson.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Have you ever had occasion to talk with Jack Ruby?
Mr. PATTERSON. Yes, I talked with him several times about playing. He
wanted me to start playing in the Vegas, and we talked about salary and
hours and so forth.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Mr. Patterson, I am going to hand you what I have marked
Exhibit 5357, which is a photograph of a page out of that notebook, and
I have marked this photograph, Dallas, Tex., April 14, 1964, Exhibit
5357, Robert C. Patterson, and I signed my name to it. Previously this
same photograph has been marked as Crafard Exhibit No. 5225, and as
Armstrong Exhibit No. 5305-E.
I want to hand you this and ask you to look at the notations on that
notebook. If you can’t read them, indicate to me that you can’t and I
will try to read them for you.
Mr. PATTERSON. I see Billy Brook. I can’t make out the second line.
Bobby Patterson, six something, special friend, and then a ten and two.
No, and quotation marks.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You have to keep your voice up so she can hear you.
Mr. PATTERSON. Three ... I can’t make out that word—I can’t make out
the next word, and 2409 Maple. LA 6-7568 for Robert Patterson—no,
Robert is all.
Three—now I can’t make out the next—six eight three seven four nine
thousand eight, oh six, fifty by a hundred and ninety-two.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recognize any of those notations shown in that
photograph as having anything to do with you?
Mr. PATTERSON. It would be my guess that these were some notations of
where he paid somebody, somebody paid us for playing one night, because
I think this Billy Brook is a singer. I remember Billy Brook that used
to sing over at the Vegas.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he sing there while you also entertained there?
Mr. PATTERSON. Yes, a few times he was there. None of this other, I
don’t know what that could be.
Mr. GRIFFIN. If that notation Bobby Patterson and friends had to do
with you, who would the friend be?
Mr. PATTERSON. Robert Simpson.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Is that the saxophone player?
Mr. PATTERSON. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was that a rate that was paid, six dollars to you and the
additional four dollars to Simpson?
Mr. PATTERSON. It could have been. We usually received the same pay. If
I got $5, he usually received $5. I don’t ever recall making any more
than he did.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is as much as you can remember about that?
Mr. PATTERSON. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Has anything come to your attention in connection with
Jack Ruby or in connection with any of the work you have done for Jack
or his sister, Mrs. Grant, that you think would be of value to the
Commission?
Mr. PATTERSON. No, I can’t recall anything.
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