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
I mean he was good to these type people, you know, and, of course,
these weren’t people of tremendous means or of that nature, and
everyone had a cut price, he always gave them a discount on the drinks.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I want to go back a bit. Talking about the ownership of
the Vegas Club and the Carousel Club, did Jack rent the premises of the
Vegas Club or did he own part of that building?
Mr. SENATOR. No, I think he rented it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. He rented it, so when you talk about ownership of that
operation out there——
Mr. SENATOR. Not owning the building.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You are not talking about any real estate.
Mr. SENATOR. No, no.
Mr. GRIFFIN. He did have some physical assets out there I suppose? He
had tables and chairs?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And a piano maybe?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So, that is what you are talking about when you talk about
ownership?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Right?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes. In other words, ownership, I refer to the merchandise
or the things in the place, not only the building.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about the right to get the profits if there were any?
Did he get the profits off the Vegas Club or did Eva Grant get the
profits, or did they share it in some way?
Mr. SENATOR. This part I don’t know. All I know is the money was
handled by Eva, and which way the money ever swung was left out of
my—wasn’t any of my business.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Jack had a practice at the Carousel, and correct me if I
am wrong about this, that at the end of every night, he would take that
night’s receipts and he would take them down to his car, right?
Mr. SENATOR. Either that or put them in his pocket.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Or put them in his pocket?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes, whichever he saw fit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now what would he do once he got that money in his pocket
or in the car? What would he do with it, take it back to the apartment?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What would he do with it in the apartment?
Mr. SENATOR. Just leave it in his pants or whatever it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he have a safe back in the apartment?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he have a safe at the Carousel Club?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he visit the Vegas Club every night?
Mr. SENATOR. No. He would probably say he would visit the Vegas
Club—you know, for a while they were running this amateur hour every
Friday, and Jack would go after he closed the Carousel, he would go
over to the Vegas because the Vegas would stay open one hour later.
I don’t know how to describe it. They were able to stay open until
3 o’clock in the morning, and they would have a little bit of
entertainment from 2 to 3, and Jack would sort of MC it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But you say Jack wouldn’t go there every night?
Mr. SENATOR. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. About how many nights a week would he go to the Vegas Club?
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