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. Did you ever hear of his brother Earl having a possible
interest in it?
Mr. SENATOR. Not that I know of.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know Earl?
Mr. SENATOR. Sure. The first time I met Earl is, of course, when all
this happened.
Mr. HUBERT. You didn’t know him before that?
Mr. SENATOR. Never seen him before in my life.
Mr. HUBERT. What about Sam?
Mr. SENATOR. Sam? I knew Sam. I have never seen him that often. Of
course, I met Sam at the Vegas Club. Sam at one time worked there with
Eva, and they couldn’t get along, so Sam was out, fighting like cats
and dogs. Eva is just a hard girl to work for.
Mr. HUBERT. What was Jack Ruby’s attitude toward the police as a group?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, all I know is apparently he must like them. They
always used to come to see him.
Mr. HUBERT. Tell us about those who came to see him. Do you know who
they were?
Mr. SENATOR. I knew a lot of them by face. I didn’t know them all by
name.
Mr. HUBERT. Did they come frequently?
Mr. SENATOR. Various ones, yes, every day. I don’t say it is the same
ones, whoever was coming in, but they would either be plain clothes or
police in uniforms.
Mr. HUBERT. Did they come to inspect or to enjoy the club as a place of
entertainment?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, they came to inspect, to my knowledge I would say
they came to inspect, but Jack always offered them a coffee, asked them
if they wanted coffee, a Seven-Up or a Coke.
Mr. HUBERT. Wasn’t it a rule in fact that they could get such little
items as coffee and Cokes and Seven-Ups and soft drinks without cost?
He gave them that?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes; that was the nature of it.
Mr. HUBERT. What was the arrangement about the entrance fee? They
didn’t pay that, if they came socially?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. HUBERT. You have been on the door yourself?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you have any instructions on that?
Mr. SENATOR. No, they didn’t pay entry.
Mr. HUBERT. Did they pay for drinks?
Mr. SENATOR. They had a special rate.
Mr. HUBERT. What was it?
Mr. SENATOR. I think 40 cents, or anybody that was a friend of his—in
other words, for an example, your taxi drivers, the taxi drivers used
to bring customers. In other words, an out-of-towner would say “where
can you go,” they would say the Carousel or the Colony or wherever they
may bring them.
So they brought them up there, in other words, if they were off duty
and wanted to come up, they were guests of Jack’s, and they paid a
special price for drinks.
Mr. HUBERT. And they didn’t pay the admission charge?
Mr. SENATOR. No. Now the fellows who worked downstairs in the garage,
they were allowed in, but at a special price. The special price was no
different for anybody. It was all one price, the special.
In other words, they gave them a discount on beer or the setups,
whichever they were having, and your hotel bellcaps and things in that
area, he always let them in free.
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