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. PALMER. I don’t know. She was terribly upset, of course, about the
assassination, as everyone was, and she did not confide in me as to the
reason for this.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But she did talk to you about it?
Mr. PALMER. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did she first come in and talk to you about it?
Mr. PALMER. It was a Tuesday after the murder.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did she come to your office?
Mr. PALMER. I think she called. I remember seeing her in person but
I can’t recall whether it was in the office or in the coffee shop
downstairs. No, it was in the office, because she had been into the
office of Pappy Dolson’s booking agent on the same floor with AGVA in
the Interurban Building, and I believe, again I am not sure, I know it
was in the Interurban Building or the immediate surroundings and she
was inquiring as to her pay status because of this.
And of course, this being a new thing, I wanted to check it out. Mr.
Paul, I was not aware, would take over the club at that time. So only
after talking to him did I discover that yes, her contract would
continue to be valid and there would be a club operating, and I advised
her of this.
She said, “I don’t care, I just want to get out of town. I don’t like
it.”
This particular club clientele may not have been as selective as some
of the other clubs in town, and there could have been many reasons.
I know from her own verbal statements, that she had been requested
to be convivial, which is above and beyond the requirements of an
entertainer. However, she would not sign an affidavit to that effect,
and frequently associations were continued independent of the club that
would make her continuing there awkward to her.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you know whether at that time she had a relationship of
some sort with a Dallas police officer?
Mr. PALMER. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did she mention that as any reason for not wanting to
continue to work?
Mr. PALMER. No.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you have any information that that was the reason?
Mr. PALMER. I don’t know. No, I haven’t. I gave it no importance. I
assigned no importance to it at all at that time.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Can you give us any suggestions as to what might have
motivated her to leave so abruptly? Has anything come to your attention
that might suggest consideration?
Mr. PALMER. She had frequently wanted to leave prior to that--she
stated this to me--and she couldn’t. As a matter of fact, at one time
she had discontinued exotic dancing entirely for a period of a month or
so, and evidently came back to work at Jack Ruby’s.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Why had she wanted to leave?
Mr. PALMER. She said she had a child and she wanted to get into some
other business at that time. This was quite sometime prior to that.
Mr. GRIFFIN. As long as 6 months or a year before?
Mr. PALMER. Six months at least. She had indicated that out of respect
for her association with a member of the Dallas police force, that she
would probably cease dancing, or that she wanted to.
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