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. PAUL. Yes; but when he sold the Silver Spur at that time, he gave
me money back, because I have the note on the Silver Spur. He gave me
the note on the Silver Spur for the money, so in order to release the
note, he gave me $1,000.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, that’s a different transaction from the $3,700; is it?
Mr. PAUL. That’s from the $3,700. You see, I took a note afterwards,
when he went bankrupt—when he went with the Bob Wills Ranch House, he
gave me a note on the Silver Spur.
Mr. HUBERT. For what amount?
Mr. PAUL. For the $3,700.
Mr. HUBERT. Up to that time you didn’t have a note, but when the Ranch
House folded——
Mr. PAUL. Folded—it didn’t fold, his partner bought him out—the two of
them—he couldn’t—he didn’t get any money out of it anyway.
Mr. HUBERT. Then, he went into the Silver Spur?
Mr. PAUL. No; he was in the Silver Spur before.
Mr. HUBERT. He was in the Silver Spur already?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. He was in both?
Mr. PAUL. Yes; he was in both.
Mr. HUBERT. So, you got him to give you a note to show the $3,700?
Mr. PAUL. But when he sold it, I think he sold it for $2,200, or
$2,700, but he had to pay so many people that he gave me a thousand.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, when he sold the Silver Spur——
Mr. PAUL. I had to give him the note—he couldn’t sell it without the
note.
Mr. HUBERT. Was the note secured in any way?
Mr. PAUL. No; it was registered.
Mr. HUBERT. A registered note, which made it a lien against the Silver
Spur?
Mr. PAUL. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. So that if he was going to sell it to anybody he had
to clear the note, he had to get some sort of cancellation as to
registration and that required the note?
Mr. PAUL. I gave him the note.
Mr. HUBERT. And you gave him the note for $1,000.
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. That left $2,700 still owing?
Mr. PAUL. Not exactly $2,700—he paid me in little sums like 50 or 100—I
think it left about $2,200.
Mr. HUBERT. At that time?
Mr. PAUL. At that time.
Mr. HUBERT. And, of course, you had no more note?
Mr. PAUL. Yes; but when I helped him at the club, he gave me $50 or $25
or anything he could get ahold of to give me, so that eventually the
note went down to $1,200, and that’s what it remained on that deal.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, from August 1957 to May 1958, you helped
out at the Vegas, which he was then operating?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. The Silver Spur had gone?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And then the indebtedness got reduced to about $1,200 you
think as of May 1958?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Is there any further story to that note, or is that money
still owing?
Mr. PAUL. That money is still owing.
Mr. HUBERT. That has never been paid?
Mr. PAUL. No.
Mr. HUBERT. And you have no note for it?
Mr. PAUL. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, after May 1958, what did you do?
Mr. PAUL. I bought into the Bull Pen.
Mr. HUBERT. And that was with Semos?
Mr. PAUL. No, no; that was with Bowman.
Mr. HUBERT. With Bowman?
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