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. SENATOR. I was with a friend of mine one day. We went over to—I am
certain you heard of the Vegas Club in Dallas?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. SENATOR. That is where, you know—at that time this is all Jack Ruby
had was the Vegas Club and this is where I met him casually. Never seen
him before, and I was introduced to Jack Ruby like I guess anybody else
walked in, Jack Ruby.
Mr. HUBERT. All right; now, starting from then, would you tell us how
your friendship or acquaintance developed?
Mr. SENATOR. I have seen Jack; I have met Jack here or there, you know;
it can be in a restaurant or whatever it might be or a luncheonette or
something like that. I have met him many times. I have seen him, “Hi,
George”; “Hi, Jack, how are you?”
Mr. HUBERT. Did you go to the Vegas Club frequently after that first
meeting?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, no; very, very seldom, very seldom, and the only time
that I really got close to Jack was about 2 years ago. Always previous
to that it has always been, “Jack, how are you?” wherever I met him;
having coffee, he always offered to buy me something to eat.
Mr. HUBERT. You describe your relationship with Jack up to 2 years ago
as casual?
Mr. SENATOR. Strictly casual, like I’d meet any other friend anywhere
else.
Mr. HUBERT. It could hardly be called friendship as it ultimately
developed, in any case.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; I respected him; he respected me. We talked nice.
Mr. HUBERT. You did not go to the Vegas very much?
Mr. SENATOR. No; I didn’t go to the Vegas very much.
Mr. HUBERT. At the time you indicated that there was a change in that
casual relationship to something else 2 years ago.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Can you tell us what brought that about?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes. (Brief recess.)
Mr. HUBERT. Mr. Senator, we have had about a 10-minute recess. You
understand, of course, that we are continuing this deposition by the
same authority and under the same conditions which I stated to you at
the very beginning of it, and further that you are under the same oath
that you were prior to the recess. Is that agreeable with you? You
understand that?
Mr. SENATOR. I can’t lie because I didn’t bring a lawyer with me.
Mr. HUBERT. What?
Mr. SENATOR. I said I am not lying because I didn’t bring a lawyer with
me.
Mr. HUBERT. So that the record may be clear on the point, I want to see
if I understand your last remark. Does it indicate that you wish to
have a lawyer?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. I just wanted to get it straight.
Mr. SENATOR. I say that I didn’t come here to lie; so I don’t need a
lawyer.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, now we are at the point about 2 years ago when
a casual relationship which you have described with Ruby changed into
something else. Why don’t you just tell us about that in your own words?
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