Mr. HUBERT. Just answer the question.
Mrs. GRANT. No, sir. And it just kills me—connections—I had no
connections.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know of a Lois, or perhaps it’s Louis Green?
Mrs. GRANT. Now, I didn’t know him. He was in this town. The
conversation was great about him. He did not know me—he wouldn’t know
me if he saw me and I understand he’s dead. There was absolutely—the
man never even talked to me. I wouldn’t know him—short, tall, or
anything.
Mr. HUBERT. You never met him?
Mrs. GRANT. No; not to my knowledge—no, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know the circumstances of his death?
Mrs. GRANT. I don’t think I was here.
Mr. HUBERT. Did he die—how long ago, do you know?
Mrs. GRANT. I really don’t know, but I was hurt—you know what I
mean—there were certain individuals I read about in the papers. I know
he was considered a character.
Mr. HUBERT. What do you mean by that?
Mrs. GRANT. Well, he was with the rough element—he never worked.
Mr. HUBERT. In Dallas, you mean?
Mrs. GRANT. In Dallas—he was a Dallas man, as much as—-you know, when
you are in the night club business, you see a lot of undesirable
people, but you are not sure.
Mr. HUBERT. Tell us how you got into the night club business yourself.
Mrs. GRANT. Well, when I was on the west coast I ran a restaurant in
back of a bar and it seemed to be quite a lucrative business. That was
Frankie Nolan’s place on Sunset Boulevard. Now, whether that was the
second place or the first place—I don’t know, but then I once went with
a fellow, Harvey Brooker, and his mother had a restaurant and I learned
to manage that.
Mr. HUBERT. That was in San Francisco?
Mrs. GRANT. No; it was in Los Angeles—both these places were in Los
Angeles.
Mr. HUBERT. I was thinking particularly about the Dallas area.
Mrs. GRANT. Then, when I came here and I worked for Harvey Phillips,
the Southwest Tool & Die Co., some real estate man who he was
acquainted with, Fred Shinskey, said, “You know, I know a good spot
where the landlord wants to build a restaurant and night club,” and
Jack got money from the Earl Products—and sent me $1,100 and I think
that was the amount, to put the money down on the lease—the first and
the last months of a 10-year lease. Mr. Waddlington, who owned the
ground, had built the inside of the building—no; the outside of the
building, and part of the inside to my specifications and the idea was
that Jack—Jack was in the service but he was very unhappy in being in
business with my two brothers, and they sent me some money. I think
they sent me—one brother sent me $1,500 and my older brother—with the
things he bought and paid for ran about $2,500—like dishes and intercom
system and a grand piano—ran to about $2,500—and this is Hyman——