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. RUBENSTEIN. No. I am almost positive that not one of those people
even know Jack.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about Mike, Michael Levin.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Mike is our family lawyer. Mike knew Jack ever since he
was a kid.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about Marty Eritt?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Marty Eritt I told you they probably went to school
together and probably knew each other on the West Side.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Barney Ross?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Barney Ross he has known all his life.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was your connection with the Jack Ruby Appeal
Committee?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. It was hard to get members names. A lot of people,
business people, don’t want to put their names on this kind of a
committee. So I used my name, I said, “Mike, go ahead and use my name.”
I had nothing to hide and nothing to be ashamed of. We needed money.
Those trials are expensive, gentlemen.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who was handling the funds for the defense?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Earl.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about the money that was raised by the Jack Ruby
Appeal Committee? Did Earl have anything to do with that?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Earl.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you have anything to do with the raising of funds
other than this letter and this advertisement?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Nothing outside of these two.
Mr. GRIFFIN. When was the first time that you talked with your brother
Jack after the shooting?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I think it was down in Dallas. I believe it was down in
Dallas when I was down there.
Mr. GRIFFIN. That was December sometime?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes, sir, either the 22d or the 23d of December is as
close as I can get to it.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall seeing him on that occasion?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you recall how long you talked to him?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Quite a while. I think I was there with Eva, and who
else was down there, Sammy.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Can you tell us what you said to him and what he said?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. What did we talk about: Something about, this is the
gist of it if I can remember right because I walked away thinking about
it to myself that he loved the President and something happened to him,
that he don’t remember exactly what it was, and all that I remembered
is the last time when he was down at the Western Union office when he
wired that dancer of his $25 that she needed for room rent and I says,
“What else, Jack?” And he said, “That is all I can remember.”
Then he mentioned something about the policemen down in Dallas. He said
they lied. He said, “I didn’t say any of those things.”
Mr. GRIFFIN. That would have been after the trial that he mentioned
that to you. I am talking about conversations he had before the trial.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Oh, that is right, yes.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Do you remember that meeting?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Well, there wasn’t much to say. First of all they have
a little piece of glass that big that you can see him through.
Mr. GRIFFIN. You are indicating about 6 by 6.
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