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. There was some--actually, the two clubs, Colony Club and
the Theatre Lounge closed, and I think there was some doubt as to
whether Ruby’s would close, and I had to determine that. I believe Ruby
was closed until the following Monday. I am not certain.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you have any recollection of being in the Colony Club
or Theatre Lounge on Saturday night?
Mr. PALMER. No, I don’t; I am sorry.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I don’t believe I have any more questions. Is there
anything that you can think of that the Commission ought to know either
about Ruby or about the murder of Oswald, or about the assassination
of the President, that you might want to offer independently of any
questions that I have asked you?
Mr. PALMER. I suppose my other statements are available to you?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes. It is customary that we give you these to look at
to sign, but I am afraid that it didn’t get included in the group of
things that I brought with me from Washington, so I don’t have them to
hand to you. I have one short statement that you made on November 26,
but it has simply to do with Buddy King.
Mr. PALMER. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I would like to have you look at it, but I don’t think it
is germane to what we have talked about today.
Mr. PALMER. I was thinking about my perhaps excitement over the phone
call from Chicago.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you want to tell us about that?
Mr. PALMER. Well, if it is not redundant or repetitious.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Now this is the call that Wilma Hughes received?
Mr. PALMER. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Would you tell us about that?
Mr. PALMER. Well, I recognized immediately on television, Jack. Prior
to that, well Wilma called me stating that she had talked to Conrad
Brown who she called Jack, who also is known professionally as Alton
Sharp.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When did Wilma call you?
Mr. PALMER. Early Sunday morning. And she said will you be seeing Jack
today. The reason I assumed at the time the she asked me was that she
did not herself frequent the clubs as a representative. I said, “It is
doubtful.”
She said “Jackie (meaning Alton Sharp) said to tell Jack Ruby not to
send a letter, it would do no good now.” And I said, “That is cryptic,
what does it mean?”
And she said. “I don’t know, but be sure and tell Jack today.” With no
particular emphasis on the word today.
I said, “I hadn’t planned on seeing Jack Ruby, but if I do, I would
relay the message.” And then later the murder, and I could not quite
correlate any reason why Chicago was indicating to people in my office,
in my jurisdiction, anything that would pertain to AGVA, so I simply
relayed this, and perhaps became over-concerned with it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Have you since learned of anything which would indicate
what that telephone call was?
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