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. Let me ask you. Some people I think perhaps who knew Jack
were upset and nervous and perhaps didn’t really remember accurately,
weren’t able to accurately state what did happen when they were first
interviewed. Were you so nervous and upset about it that you wouldn’t
have remembered accurately on the 26th of November what you had done on
Saturday? What was your state of mind?
Mrs. RICHEY. I was pretty shaken up, I know that. It is a pretty
terrible thing to have happened, so close to you, you just don’t think
it can.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Let me mark for identification here what is a report of
an interview which two agents of the FBI, Peggs and Zimmerman, had
with you on November 26. I am going to mark that Marjorie R. Richey
Deposition Exhibit No. 1, July 21, 1964, Washington, D.C.
(The document referred to was marked Marjorie R. Richey Deposition
Exhibit No. 1 for identification.)
Mr. GRIFFIN. I will give you a chance to read it. Look that over and
see if that interview report refreshes your recollection in any way.
Mrs. RICHEY. I don’t believe I said “several years ago.”
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you read the sentence that you are referring to?
Mrs. RICHEY. It says:
“Mrs. Ethier has been working at the Carousel since”--no, that is
wrong. “She first met Jack Ruby several years ago through her sister.”
I don’t think I said several years ago, because I know now I might have
said that but I know that it wasn’t several years, I am sure.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How long before the 22d of November, 1963, did you think
you met Jack?
Mrs. RICHEY. About a year before that, because Janice, we call her Nice
and Janice--had been working there for about a year I think. Now these
aren’t accurate dates, but about a year. I don’t believe I said several
years. I may have. I mean like you said I might have been upset and I
was nervous. As far as I know except for that “several years” that is
right.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Then is it your best recollection at this time that it is
accurate that you called Jack Ruby about noon on Saturday?
Mrs. RICHEY. That is something else I can’t be sure about. It may have
been noon. I just don’t remember. To me it seemed later than that, but
it may not have been.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now how long did you talk with Jack on that occasion?
Mrs. RICHEY. Not but just a few minutes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember anything he said to you?
Mrs. RICHEY. I remember I called him and I said, “Jack, this is
Margie.” He said, “Yes.” and I said, “Could you tell me if we are going
to be open tonight?” and he said, “No, isn’t it terrible?” and I said,
“Do you mean about the President?” and he said, “Yes.” and his voice
was shaking and this isn’t like him.
I mean it really was. And then I said, “Well, we are not going to
be open.” because I didn’t want to go into it because that is what
everybody was talking about, and I, you know. So then he said, “No, we
won’t be open tonight or tomorrow night.”
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