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. GRIFFIN. Do you recall that during the week before the President
was assassinated, that Tammi quit her job or left her employment with
Mr. Ruby?
Mrs. RICHEY. I know she quit; but I can’t say that it was right there
in that week. I can’t remember these things.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Can you tell us what you remember about the circumstances
under which she quit?
Mrs. RICHEY. Under which she quit?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes. Did she have an argument with Mr. Ruby or what was
the reason that you know about?
Mrs. RICHEY. I don’t know really. I don’t remember.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Directing your attention to the day that the President was
killed which is Friday, November 22, do you remember where you were at
the time that you first learned President Kennedy had been shot?
Mrs. RICHEY. I was in bed asleep.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And how did it come to your attention?
Mrs. RICHEY. My mother was watching “As the World Turns” and she woke
me and she says, “The President’s been shot” and I said, “huh.” And she
said, “Yea.” I said, “You are kidding” and she said, “come here and see
it. It is on the TV.” I had just got in there and then they were down
there, the reporters and all were down there, and that is where I was
at.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was the first contact you had that day on the 22d
with anybody associated with the Carousel Club?
Mrs. RICHEY. With Andrew I guess. I am not real sure. Now I can’t
be positive about these things. I remember more after he was killed
because I was asked questions about it, you know, about the days
afterwards. But before they didn’t ask me and they don’t stick in my
mind.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Maybe my question isn’t clear. I am asking you after you
heard that the President had been shot----
Mrs. RICHEY. The President had been shot?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes; when did you next hear from or talk to somebody
connected with the club?
Mrs. RICHEY. I must have talked to the man that kept bar, because I
think that I called him and asked him if we were going to be open that
night because it was saying that the rest of the clubs were going to be
closed.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was that man?
Mrs. RICHEY. Andrew Armstrong.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall where you telephoned him at?
Mrs. RICHEY. At his home.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did he--you have any clear recollection of this?
Mrs. RICHEY. I remember that I talked to Andrew but I don’t remember if
I talked to someone else before. Okay.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did you first learn that the clubs were going to be
closed?
Mrs. RICHEY. Well, I must have talked to Andrew two or three times that
day because he didn’t know for sure or not. No, that wasn’t right; or
was it. Wait, I’ve got to think a minute.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Take your time.
Mrs. RICHEY. I talked to Jack the night before he killed Lee Harvey
Oswald. I talked to Jack over the phone, and he told me that the clubs
were going to be closed, but I thought it was on a Saturday night.
Didn’t he kill Oswald on a Sunday?
Mr. GRIFFIN. That is right.
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