Mr. ARMSTRONG. At two or three stages he was crying there.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean when speaking to people or otherwise?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. When using the phone.
Mr. HUBERT. Only when speaking to people or when he was not speaking to
people?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Well, he cried when he was speaking to me, after he had
got off the phone.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you crying, too?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Yes; I was.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Jack indicate why he was crying?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he say anything about how the death of the President
would affect the business community of Dallas, and particularly the
convention business here?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. I’m the one that mentioned it first.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you say?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Well, I said, “This will kill the business,
conventionwise, and things probably will slow up quite a bit--drop off
quite a bit.” He said, “Yes; you’ve got a point.” He said, “I think it
will, too.”
Mr. HUBERT. He wasn’t angry at you for making that suggestion?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No.
Mr. HUBERT. He agreed with you, in fact?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. He agreed with me.
Mr. HUBERT. How long did he stay from the time he first came in, which
you say was 5 minutes after you knew--after it had been announced that
the President had been killed?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. I would say he stayed there an hour; approximately an
hour.
Mr. HUBERT. And most of the time, you think, he was on the phone?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Most of the time on the phone.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he get any calls from anybody?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Yes; he got some; the phone rang a couple of times, and
also the pay phone rang a couple of times; some of the girls called him.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you answer it?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. I answered the pay phone and he answered the business
phone.
Mr. HUBERT. And what did you all tell the girls; what were they asking
about?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Well, they were just asking, “Did you hear the news?”
Mr. HUBERT. Did you tell them then that the clubs would be closed?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Not then.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, can you fix about what time Jack left?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No; I can’t.
Mr. HUBERT. You said it was about 1 hour after you heard of the death
of the President, or 1 hour and 5 minutes, and if you think that
estimate is wrong, say so--I mean anybody can be wrong in an estimate.
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No; that’s about right. He came in about 5 minutes after
they announced the death of the President.
Mr. HUBERT. And he stayed about an hour?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. And he stayed about an hour.
Mr. HUBERT. And made these various calls and then left?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Right. Now, what time was the death of the President; do
you have that?
Mr. HUBERT. Well, suppose we assume it was approximately 1:30 p.m.
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. You would think, then, if that is so, he left about 2:35
p.m.?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Something like that.
Mr. HUBERT. Prior to his leaving, then, did he give you any
instructions or tell you what to do?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. He said that the club was going to be closed until
Monday and not to mention it to anybody connected with the other clubs
because he, himself, was pretty sure that they wouldn’t close up; his
competitors didn’t get along--they didn’t get along.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he tell you why Monday?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Why Monday?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No; he didn’t tell me why Monday. He just said that the
club would be closed and for me to call everyone.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he mention Monday that it would be closed Friday night,
Saturday night, and Sunday night?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. He said the club would be closed Friday and Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he say why he was picking those 3 days?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No; he didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. What other instructions did he give you?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. That’s all.
Mr. HUBERT. What about notifying the girls?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Well, I notified them; yes; he gave me the instructions
to notify them--all the acts and the waitresses.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you call Little Lynn--I think her name is Karen Bennett
Carlin?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No; she came down that night, I’m pretty sure. I think I
couldn’t get a’hold of her.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you try to call her?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. I tried.
Mr. HUBERT. But you didn’t reach her?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. I didn’t reach her.
Mr. HUBERT. And you say she came down that night?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. That Friday night.
Mr. ARMSTRONG. I think, and Friday night the club was closed and she
went back home.
Mr. HUBERT. But you don’t know that of your own knowledge?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. No; not to my own knowledge.
Mr. HUBERT. But you are positive that you did not reach Karen--Little
Lynn--Bennett to call her?
Mr. ARMSTRONG. Sure I didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know her husband, Bruce, at all?