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. Are you not sure that he had jobs with both companies?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. The Spartan Co. there was such a company and Jack and
Harry Epstein was his partner at that time and they sold novelties and
premiums.
By the way, Harry Epstein was a business associate of Jack’s for a good
many years and knows him well. If there is anything that you might want
to find out about his impetuousness or his decisive manner, because
Harry and Jack always fought verbally, so Harry can give you a pretty
good reason or reasons of his personality in that respect.
I don’t know where you can find Harry. He could be in Chicago, he could
be anywhere.
Mr. GRIFFIN. The family has lost track of him?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Well, look; when the partnership breaks up--normally
the partner comes over to the house and you meet him and see him and
you have lunch with him. But when it breaks up you lose all contact
with those people because he wasn’t my contact, he was Jack’s contact.
And Jack being in Dallas all these years we didn’t even see Harry.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Was Harry, would you say Harry, was one of the people who
knew him best when he lived in Chicago?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. One of the best.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who would you say, who else would you say, knew Jack best
when Jack lived in Chicago?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Benny Kay.
Mr. GRIFFIN. What was his connection with Benny Kay.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Very dear friends.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Any business associates?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I don’t know as any business associates but Benny Kay
is a well respected businessman in Chicago.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I am not asking for important people who knew him.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Let’s say they bummed around together quite a bit.
Mr. GRIFFIN. But if we were to go out and look for people who knew Jack
better than anybody else, outside of the family, who were the people
that you would name?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Put his name down, Benny Kay.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who else would you name?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Harry Epstein.
Mr. GRIFFIN. Who else?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Hershey Colvin, and this Marty Gimpel that died, Marty
could have given you a better report than anybody. Because Marty lived
with him down in Dallas.
Mr. GRIFFIN. I am talking about Chicago.
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Marty knew him from Chicago. Marty worked at the post
office in Chicago.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about Alex Gruber?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Don’t know him. Never heard his name. Isn’t that odd?
Of all the names that are in Chicago I never heard of him.
Mr. GRIFFIN. How about Sam Gordon?
Mr. RUBENSTEIN. Sam Gordon was a business associate of Jack, but not as
good as these others. Sam was in the highlight of the depression and
then moved to L.A.
Mr. GRIFFIN. So your idea was Benny Kay, Hershey Colvin and Harry
Epstein outside of Marty Gimpel who is now deceased?
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