Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. CROWE. I think we tried a show tune song but I never could sing
so I didn’t do it. I always backed out every time I got on stage, I
wouldn’t do it. I would start into it maybe and then I would quit and
fade out or something, I would chicken out.
Mr. HUBERT. What about the band, did the band play any particular type
of music to start off the show or to end it?
Mr. CROWE. Particular? Just, you know, introduction music.
Mr. HUBERT. Specifically, did they play any type of patriotic music?
Mr. CROWE. Patriotic music?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. CROWE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. By patriotic I mean music like America or----
Mr. CROWE. No, no; it is a jazz combo. They wouldn’t play----
Mr. HUBERT. When did you first hear of the shooting of the President
and where were you?
Mr. CROWE. I was in the Palomino Hotel and I first heard of it about 4
or so, 4:30.
Mr. HUBERT. How do you fix the time?
Mr. CROWE. That is when I woke up.
Mr. HUBERT. How did you hear it, did someone tell you?
Mr. CROWE. On transistor radio.
Mr. HUBERT. No one had called you?
Mr. CROWE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you do after hearing it?
Mr. CROWE. I did what other people did, I guess.
Mr. HUBERT. And that is what?
Mr. CROWE. Cried.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you speak to anyone?
Mr. CROWE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see anyone? Put it this way, who was the first
person you saw or spoke to after that?
Mr. CROWE. Well, let’s see. I woke up, turned on the radio, heard the
news. After composure, I think I went down to the shopping center, had
a bite to eat, came back, and got dressed to go down to the club and
then didn’t feel like working, I didn’t think I should, but nobody had
called me not to, and I got down there, and there was a sign on it, out
front, you know, says “closed.”
Mr. HUBERT. What time was that?
Mr. CROWE. Oh, about 9, I guess.
Mr. HUBERT. No one from the club had called you at all?
Mr. CROWE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know Andy Armstrong?
Mr. CROWE. Yes; Andrew Armstrong. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. He did not call you?
Mr. CROWE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Ruby did not?
Mr. CROWE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. So you just went on your way, I take it?
Mr. CROWE. If they had called me I wouldn’t have gotten dressed and
went down there. No; I went down there and they had a sign on the front
that said closed and I was relieved and glad. I didn’t think they
should be open anyway. I drove around the block and the other two clubs
were closed. So I went back home.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you do, go to bed?
Mr. CROWE. I think I sat and read maybe.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, did you see anyone or talk to anyone after returning
to your apartment?
Mr. CROWE. I don’t know whether it was that night or the night after
I called a friend of mine’s house, Tom Palmer. I spoke with his wife
about the incident.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you talk to Jack Ruby at any time between the
assassination of the President, and the time Oswald was shot?
Mr. CROWE. I never spoke to or seen Jack Ruby again from Thursday night.
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