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. Take for instance in the club. All right, here is a man
who is of a temperament you know, he is a temperament man. He has a
temper. And I would probably say that he flies off, if you want to
compare us, I am an angel when it comes to flying off compared to him,
because he can go this fast, you know. I mean he can fly off pretty
well. If somebody was hollering or out-of-line or pinch a girl which
happens now and then while the girls are dancing he doesn’t like this.
Mr. HUBERT. You said you remember two specific instances. Could you
just tell us about those.
Mr. SENATOR. I’ll tell you one.
Mr. HUBERT. About where they happened and the time.
Mr. SENATOR. I saw one happen, this was outside of the club, this one.
Do you want it in the club or out of the club?
Mr. HUBERT. Any one.
Mr. SENATOR. This was outside of the club.
Mr. HUBERT. When was it?
Mr. SENATOR. Last year.
Mr. HUBERT. About what time last year?
Mr. SENATOR. I would probably say it was sometime last summer.
Mr. HUBERT. The summer of 1963?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Tell us what happened.
Mr. SENATOR. I was sitting in the Burgundy Room. You know where the
Burgundy Room is?
Mr. HUBERT. The Adolphus Hotel.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; I was in there having a drink and I was sitting with
this fellow here.
Mr. HUBERT. Who, what fellow?
Mr. SENATOR. His name?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. SENATOR. Don Taber or Tabin.
Mr. HUBERT. T-a-b-e-r or T-a-b-i-n?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. You were with that man?
Mr. SENATOR. I was with him for a while but he shifted. He saw some
girl and went over to talk to her.
Mr. HUBERT. So you were alone at the table?
Mr. SENATOR. I was sitting there. I was sitting at another table and I
assumed he come in looking for me to see what I was doing.
Mr. HUBERT. Who came in?
Mr. SENATOR. Jack Ruby. Jack don’t like to have me drink. He doesn’t
like to see me getting drunk. He thinks I’m always drunk all the while
which I am not. And as he walked in through the door, this Don Taber
was getting pretty well loaded. He had a few drinks in him, you know,
and he has always had a grudge against Jack for some reason or other,
I don’t know what it was, and Jack was always telling him “Don, I want
you to stay away from me” and I have heard him warn him once before by
the club, downstairs from the club. Well, he used a pretty obscene word
with him. I don’t know if you want to take this down or not?
Mr. HUBERT. On the occasion in the Burgundy Room?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Yes; you tell us what happened exactly.
Mr. SENATOR. I think he told him to go “F” yourself.
Mr. HUBERT. Go what?
Mr. SENATOR. Do you want me to use the word?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. SENATOR. He told him to go —— himself.
Mr. HUBERT. Who told who?
Mr. SENATOR. Don to Jack.
Mr. HUBERT. Told that to Jack?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; he is a type, he is a great guy when he is sober but
when he isn’t he is not easy to get along with you know.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean when Jack came in?
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