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. I think Rhodesia.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Has the family, however, provided sort of a weekly
allowance for Jack?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. We could always see that Jack would get whatever he
needs. They don’t allow too much in there in the first place.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But you indicated he was left, at least while you were
down there during the trial he was left, enough money so that he could
order meals from the outside.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. If he wanted it, naturally.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about before the trial, was he given money for that
purpose?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t know. I think he had money because he was
getting donations all the time in letters.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I see.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Telegrams by the hundreds.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How did he feel about those letters and telegrams?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. He felt pretty good that he didn’t fight the case
alone. He felt like he had help.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What did he think the cause was?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Of course, there was always cranks who didn’t agree
with what he did. We don’t agree with what he did, either. You don’t
avenge a wrong with another wrong but I told the television people
this, and I am going to tell it to you. Chances are this was a hundred
million people. If they were down in Dallas at the same time Jack was,
if they had a gun in their hand they probably would have done the
same thing. I don’t say they would have, probably. Just one of those
incidents. May I add something?
Mr. GRIFFIN. Yes.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Jack left a Western Union office at 11:17, stamped by
his receipt from the money order that he mailed to Fort Worth. The maid
knocked on his door at 8 o’clock that morning to clean up his room.
Jack says, “Come back at 2 o’clock.” Which meant he wanted to sleep.
The girl called him at 10 o’clock from Fort Worth, about there, Jack
got up, took his dog, Sheba, drove down to the Western Union, wired $25
to this, I can’t think of her name.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Little Lynn?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Little Lynn.
He saw the commotion about 450 feet down, and he wanted to know what
was going on and he just happened to be there, and it was figured
out 6 more seconds Jack would have missed the whole thing, if he had
hesitated, because they were walking Oswald from the station to the
wagon.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Did you talk to Jack at all about his activities prior to
the shooting and how he got in?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. No, no; we didn’t even mention anything like that. We
weren’t concerned with what happened before. We were worried, we were
wondering and worried why, and the only answer I can give you is he
must have blacked out. You just black out and you do things like that.
It is like punching somebody in the nose and then you feel sorry for it
later.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Perhaps this would be a good time for you, unless you want
to break for lunch now----
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t care. Can I add something to this?
Mr. GRIFFIN. I would like to ask you if we can go on here maybe we can
finish up.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. In an hour?
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