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
Mrs. RICHEY. Well, I can’t remember now. I told the FBI and they know
the real date and I can’t even remember right now if it was Friday
night or Saturday night that I talked to him?
Mr. GRIFFIN. You indicate on the 26th of November when you talked with
the FBI that you talked to Ruby around noon on Saturday, the 23d.
Mrs. RICHEY. That is the day after the President was shot, so that was
Saturday.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mrs. RICHEY. So that is right. I talked to him the day before. But I
don’t think it was noon and I don’t think I told him it was noon. It
seems like it was later in the evening. It may not have been. I can’t
really remember.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let’s think about Friday. I am trying to get at what you
might have learned about the clubs on Friday. Did you go to work on
Friday?
Mrs. RICHEY. I don’t remember that either.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did you do the evening that the President was shot?
Mrs. RICHEY. No, we were closed; yes, because we were closed on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday.
Mr. RICHEY. If I can help, you called me. You had called me.
Mrs. RICHEY. On the Friday? I am sure now. I almost positive that we
were closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, because everything else
was closed. I am pretty sure that they were closed.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Your husband suggested that you called him sometime?
Mrs. RICHEY. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. On Friday. What do you remember about that telephone
conversation?
Mrs. RICHEY. Nothing. I mean he was watching television. No, did I call
you then? Are you sure?
Mr. RICHEY. You called me late Friday afternoon.
Mrs. RICHEY. I don’t remember that either. I remember talking to you
when Jack shot Lee Oswald. I am sorry.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you have any recollection whether on Friday you knew
that the clubs were going to be closed for all 3 days?
Mrs. RICHEY. I am pretty sure. No, our club was going to be closed. If
I am not mistaken they were closed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did you first learn that it was going to be closed
for 3 days?
Mrs. RICHEY. I think Andrew must have called me Friday and told me that
we were going to close that night, and then the next day I called him
to find out. It seems like that is the way it was, that I called him
to find out if we were going to work and he told me to call Jack and I
called Jack and Jack told me that we were going to be closed Saturday
and Sunday. If I am not mistaken that is the way it was.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Where did you call Jack?
Mrs. RICHEY. At his apartment.
Mr. GRIFFIN. And you have indicated that you think it was sometime
other than noon?
Mrs. RICHEY. I can’t be real sure. To me right now it seems like that
it was later than noon. It may not have been. I am not real sure.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you think your recollection on the 26th of November
about it would have been better than it is now?
Mrs. RICHEY. Oh, definitely; yes.
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