Mr. SENATOR. But I had been in a pretty shaky mood that day, most
naturally nervous.
Mr. HUBERT. But your point is that if he did ask you about whether you
had gone out with Ruby in the early hours of the morning, you did not
tell him about the concern of Ruby over the Bernard Weissman ad, nor
did you tell him about taking the pictures of the Earl Warren poster?
Mr. SENATOR. No, I didn’t tell him that.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, what was your reason for not?
Mr. SENATOR. No particular reason.
As a matter of fact, I’m sorry that I—I should have told him. If I
thought about it I should have told him that because I think this was a
benefactor for Jack Ruby.
Mr. HUBERT. And you say that the reason why you did not mention these
two episodes was forgetfulness?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
I was a pretty shaken boy. I’m not used to something like this. This is
something that will shake you up.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it that you were shaken up and thought it best not to
mention anything about it, or that you actually forgot?
Mr. SENATOR. Just forgot.
Mr. HUBERT. And I assume that that officer then carried you through the
events of Saturday morning after you got up and Saturday afternoon and
Saturday night and Sunday morning, is that not so?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And at that time did you tell him what you had done on
Saturday afternoon?
Mr. SENATOR. No, because I didn’t—I don’t think I did because I don’t
know if I was questioned on that. As a matter of fact, to the best of
my knowledge I don’t think I was questioned at any time what I did on
Saturday afternoon, to the best of my knowledge that I can think of.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean they questioned you about what you did on Friday
night and Saturday morning?
Mr. SENATOR. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And Sunday morning, but they omitted Saturday afternoon?
Mr. SENATOR. The best that I can recollect, it was more important of
the events of when I had seen Jack, and the times that he got home and
when I got home.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you tell him concerning all of those matters
approximately as you have told us to date?
Mr. SENATOR. You mean from the events of Saturday?
Mr. HUBERT. Friday, Saturday and Sunday up to the point we have reached
in this deposition.
Mr. SENATOR. Yes, but you are more thorough than they are.
Mr. HUBERT. How long do you suppose that interview with the police
officer lasted?
Mr. SENATOR. I have no idea.
Mr. HUBERT. What happened next?
Mr. SENATOR. From there he took me to the FBI on the same floor in
another room, and his story was about the same.
Of course, if I remember right, I think he goes back like you started,
you know, my name——
Mr. HUBERT. That is to say, the FBI examination of you?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember his name. Yes, the FBI man. And if I
recall right, I think he asked me, you know, my name, how old I was,
you know, like you started off.
Mr. HUBERT. He went into details as it were?
Mr. SENATOR. Pardon me?
Mr. HUBERT. He went into more detail?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, yes; because the details—in other words, he started
from where I came from, my name and how old I was and things of that
nature, like you did.
Mr. HUBERT. And I think you said that his examination was thorough as
it were.
Mr. SENATOR. Well, there was more to it.
Mr. HUBERT. In what way? Did he ask you for more details?
Mr. SENATOR. Well, he went into my personal life, you know, like you
started off.
Mr. HUBERT. Would you say that his examination of you was along the
same lines as mine has been?
Mr. SENATOR. No; because—well, in certain parts I would say, but I
think yours are more meticulous—is that the proper word—than his. In
other words, yours are more thorough.
Mr. HUBERT. But he asked you to account for your time?
Mr. SENATOR. Oh, yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And you told him about going out in the morning with Jack,
having been awakened by Jack and going out, and so forth?
Mr. SENATOR. No; I forgot that. In other words, when they shoved me
from one to the other, it was the same way.
Mr. HUBERT. You mean you do not have any recollection of having told
the FBI that Jack had awakened you in the morning and that you had gone
out with him?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember if I did or not. I may have. I don’t
remember if I did or not, now, on that.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you have any distinct recollections as to whether or not
you mentioned the Earl Warren poster or the concern of Ruby about the
Bernard Weissman advertisement?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember if I did or not. Maybe I did, maybe I
didn’t. I don’t remember that.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he ask you about accounting for your time on Saturday
afternoon?
Mr. SENATOR. I don’t remember that, either.
Mr. HUBERT. How long did this interrogation by the FBI man take?
Mr. SENATOR. Of course, it’s guesswork again. I would say maybe it took
a couple hours.
Mr. HUBERT. Was it one man or more?