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. To the girl, and the girl relayed it to me. Just, “Oswald was
shot,” so I looked up and I says, “So what?” I mean—just the regular
coincidence. “So what?” 5 minutes later a fellow that lived around the
corner that knew me—he used to work at the Sky Club years ago, named
Howard something, came in and says, “Jack Ruby shot Oswald.”
Mr. HUBERT. That was in the Bull Pen at Arlington?
Mr. PAUL. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. What was that man’s name?
Mr. PAUL. Howard something.
Mr. HUBERT. That’s his first name?
Mr. PAUL. Howard is his first name—I can’t think of the second
name—he’s just a customer there—he used to work a long time ago at the
Sky Club—I think he was—he used to be their cabinet man there, so I
says, “Go away.” I says, “Wait, I’ll call the house.” So, I called the
house and nobody answered.
Mr. HUBERT. You called Jack’s house?
Mr. PAUL. Yes; I called Jack’s house and nobody answered, so Jackson
and his wife came in and said, “Yes, we just saw it on TV that Jack
Ruby shot Oswald.” So, I says, “All right”—that’s when I called Tom
Howard.
Mr. HUBERT. About what time was it you called Howard, do you know?
Mr. PAUL. I would say it was about in between 11:30 and 12 o’clock.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, between 10 minutes or 15 minutes after the
shooting, to 30 to 40 minutes after the shooting?
Mr. PAUL. Well, you know—shooting—we didn’t think he killed him.
Mr. HUBERT. Yes; I understand.
Mr. PAUL. So, I says, “Tom,” well Tom has been my lawyer for the
longest time.
Mr. HUBERT. He has been your lawyer?
Mr. PAUL. Yes; and Jack’s too.
Mr. HUBERT. Jack’s too?
Mr. PAUL. Yes; and I says, “Tom, see what you could do for Jack. I
heard he shot Oswald.” He says, “Okay,” and that’s it.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he indicate to you that he was not aware that Oswald
had been shot?
Mr. PAUL. I don’t know whether he did or not.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he indicate to you when you talked to him that he was
not aware that Ruby had shot him?
Mr. PAUL. No; I just told him.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he seem to be surprised?
Mr. PAUL. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he say anything to indicate he knew about it?
Mr. PAUL. No; he didn’t. He says, “Okay, I’ll take care of it.” Those
are the words he said.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you asked him to see what he could do and
without indicating whether he knew about it or not, as far as you could
tell, he says, “I’ll see what I can do.” And that was the end of the
conversation?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you make any appointment to meet him yourself?
Mr. PAUL. Who—Tom?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. PAUL. No; I went down to his office anyway.
Mr. HUBERT. So, you were at the Bull Pen at that conversation and you
went where?
Mr. PAUL. Downtown.
Mr. HUBERT. Where did you go?
Mr. PAUL. I went to the—John and I and the girl went down to the police
station and I saw Tom Howard there.
Mr. HUBERT. Inside the station?
Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Whereabouts was it, do you know?
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