Mr. REEVES. It seems to me like it might have been over 4 months--4 or
5 months--I don’t know for sure.
Mr. HUBERT. You think it was in October or November of 1963?
Mr. REEVES. Let’s see, it must have been in about September.
Mr. HUBERT. September 1963?
Mr. REEVES. I wouldn’t say for sure now, but it was, all I know is I
just remember being--it scared me, you know. I was scared, you know, I
didn’t want Jack--some kind of unknown guy to come along and kill him,
a guy just working for him, and I heard him say it, and I told Jack.
What I wanted Jack to do was go back there and hide until the boy got
in a good humor, you see.
Jack Ruby--seemed--he was always a nice fellow to me and I wasn’t
thinking about him being rough enough to do something like that. I
really wasn’t, because I never thought no more about Jack Ruby coming
around in the garage, coming in my office around there talking to
me--he came around a lot of times late at night. He maybe would stop by
and say a few words and he treated me just like a baby. He would bring
me sandwiches and things like that and I figured he was just a nice
fellow, you know, is all I could figure out.
Now, he had a good many--I don’t remember--it seems to me like he had
several more. If there was anybody that came into town that was broke
and Jack knew it, he would take them in and get them some clothes and
feed them and give them some money.
Mr. HUBERT. How do you know all that?
Mr. REEVES. Well, I would see him doing it. Whether the guy was all
right, I don’t know. They was strangers to me. I was working for the
Allright Co., worked 12 hours a night and have been for 2 or 3 years
and I was just seeing things--seeing people doing it and I thought he
was running a legitimate place. I knew I was running a perfect place,
the parking system, and we’ve got lots of customers, and you know,
people parking in our place, going up to his club, parking in there.
Mr. HUBERT. All right, Mr. Reeves, is there anything else you know
about this--any other facts that might throw some light on the
assassination of President Kennedy or the shooting of Lee Oswald?
Mr. REEVES. Nothing that I know of, because I didn’t know Oswald. If
I ever seen him, I don’t remember. The only thing, after I seen his
picture in the newspapers and come out on the television with the
pictures and all, it seemed like his face got familiar, but I never
seen him before that I know of.
Mr. HUBERT. You say you have seen pictures of Oswald in the paper and
all that?
Mr. REEVES. That’s right, and on television.
Mr. HUBERT. So that you formed the impression that maybe you had seen
him before?
Mr. REEVES. No, sir--well, it does seem like, you know, he got familiar
as I seen him on television and in the paper, but as far as seeing him
before, I mean before that happened, I don’t think I ever did see him.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you think he has any resemblance, does he look like this
man Larry Crafard, this man I just showed you a picture of?
Mr. REEVES. Well, I don’t think he favors him any--seeing him in the
pictures, but I wouldn’t think so--no, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Have you ever been interviewed by any members of the
Commission staff?
Mr. REEVES. By an FBI man.
Mr. HUBERT. But, you haven’t been interviewed by me?
Mr. REEVES. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Before this deposition this morning?
Mr. REEVES. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Thank you very, very much, Mr. Reeves.
Mr. REEVES. I’m sure glad to tell facts if I knew anything, I would
just be glad to help, because I would be glad to help, because
President Kennedy was one of my best friends. I liked him better than
any man on earth--I sure did.
Mr. HUBERT. Thank you very much, Mr. Reeves, for coming.
Mr. REEVES. Sure glad to.
Mr. HUBERT. Thank you, that’s all.