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. HUBERT. And he followed that?
Mr. PAUL. He followed that very closely.
Mr. HUBERT. After that, did he go very much?
Mr. PAUL. No; once in a while on holidays—he made it a habit of going
on holidays to the synagogue.
Mr. HUBERT. That’s the Jewish holidays?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. But he didn’t go every week?
Mr. PAUL. No—no.
Mr. HUBERT. Was it a surprise to you that he would be going to the
synagogue?
Mr. PAUL. To tell you the truth, I didn’t—anything Jack does is no
surprise to me.
Mr. HUBERT. I’m sorry (addressing the reporter) I didn’t get that, did
you get that?
The REPORTER. “To tell you the truth, anything Jack does is no surprise
to me.”
Mr. HUBERT. But it was not his normal custom?
Mr. PAUL. No; but he says he’s going to pray because a thing like that
happened.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, that, you think, was about what time?
Mr. PAUL. About 6 o’clock in the evening.
Mr. HUBERT. And that conversation was just a matter of a few minutes,
too?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. When did you hear from him next?
Mr. PAUL. I don’t know whether it was that night again, after he
got out of synagogue—I can’t recall. But, he didn’t call me again—I
know—until Saturday night, or until Saturday afternoon, and he said,
“Did you see my ad in the paper?” I says, “What paper?” Well, Saturday
is a pretty bad paper, and I said, “What paper?” He says, “In the Times
Herald and the News.” I said, “What did you put?” He said, “That
I’m closing down for 3 days.” I said, “That’s what you said to me
yesterday.” He said, “But, it’s in the paper.” I said, “All right, I
believe you.”
Mr. HUBERT. You think that was Saturday afternoon?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. You had not spoken to him or seen him since the night
before?
Mr. PAUL. No—I didn’t see him—no; when I saw him was Thursday night.
Mr. HUBERT. You were at the club then?
Mr. PAUL. Yes; then he called me Saturday when I got home.
Mr. HUBERT. About what time was that?
Mr. PAUL. Well, I didn’t feel too good that night, and I left home—I
generally work until 1 o’clock in the morning. I left at 11 o’clock
and he said he called the place and they told him I went home and they
told him I didn’t feel well, and he says, “What’s wrong with you?” And
I says, “I’ve got a cold,” and then he told me that he was downtown and
that nobody was doing any business, so I says to him, “Well, if nobody
is doing any business, I guess you had better close.”
Mr. HUBERT. And what did he say to that?
Mr. PAUL. Then he called me back one more time—I didn’t give you this
before because I didn’t—then he called me back one more time and told
me that he was over at his sister’s house, Eva’s house, and Eva was
crying and they are both crying.
Mr. HUBERT. This was Saturday night?
Mr. PAUL. This was Saturday night—that was late. I said, “Jack, I don’t
feel good. Let me go to sleep.”
Mr. HUBERT. How long after the first call on Saturday night did the
second call come?
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