Mr. BURLESON. Do you or not?
Mrs. GRANT. I don’t.
Mr. BURLESON. Then, subsequently, Mr. Howard had myself go up and talk
to Jack—you learned that, did you not?
Mrs. GRANT. I learned there were about three or four or five attorneys
that went up and talked to Jack.
Mr. BURLESON. Then, Mr. Belli came in town and at the time, did you
hear from Mr. Tonahill?
Mrs. GRANT. Yes.
Mr. BURLESON. He called you in the middle of the night, I believe?
Mrs. GRANT. That’s right.
Mr. BURLESON. And did he tell you that he and Mr. Belli were together?
Mrs. GRANT. No.
Mr. BURLESON. Did he just mention himself?
Mrs. GRANT. Yes.
Mr. BURLESON. What did he say?
Mrs. GRANT. He asked me if I had hired an attorney and I said, “I think
Earl got somebody.” And they were discussing it with Percy Foreman, but
I was wrong. They never got to Percy Foreman because Tom Howard never
called him.
Mr. BURLESON. Then Melvin Belli did come in town and met with Mr. Tom
Howard and Mr. Tonahill?
Mrs. GRANT. Yes.
Mr. BURLESON. And stayed out at the Cabana Hotel, I believe, the motel
out on Stemmons Freeway?
Mrs. GRANT. Well, I was never at that hotel to visit them—I can’t
remember.
Mr. BURLESON. Earl was in town at the same time Mr. Belli was in town?
Mrs. GRANT. I think you are right there—that they were all over
there—Earl was there for a couple of days but I didn’t go there.
Mr. BURLESON. Then Mr. Belli went down and talked with Jack prior to
the time and he said that he would accept the case, do you remember
that?
Mrs. GRANT. I’m sure he did.
Mr. BURLESON. And after talking to Jack, do you remember he said he
would accept the case at that time?
Mrs. GRANT. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Mr. Burleson, may I make this suggestion—of course, this
is not a court hearing, on the other hand, for the sake of the value
of the testimony, I think if you wouldn’t lead her so much that the
testimony might have more weight.
Mrs. GRANT. Well, I’ll tell you, my mind—I’m just about out of my mind.
Mr. BURLESON. Yes. Do you know if that is when I became active in the
case—at that time?
Mrs. GRANT. I think you came in about—it seems to me—about a week after
this incident—it seems to me that’s when I first met you.
Mr. BURLESON. And do you know if Mr. Belli brought any attorneys with
him from California?
Mrs. GRANT. Yes.
Mr. BURLESON. Do you know who that was?
Mrs. GRANT. I know he brought Samuel Brody.
Mr. BURLESON. Now, after this, there was a bond hearing, I believe; is
that correct?
Mrs. GRANT. Yes.
Mr. BURLESON. And who sat at the counsel table with Mr. Ruby, your
brother?
Mrs. GRANT. I know you were there and I know Mr. Brody and Tonahill,
Mr. Belli—I think Tom Howard was there right along then.
Mr. BURLESON. And then, that actually was on one occasion or on two
occasions that that bond hearing was held; or do you recall?
Mrs. GRANT. It seems to me a couple of times—maybe more than that.
Mr. BURLESON. Then bond was denied?
Mrs. GRANT. That’s right.
Mr. BURLESON. Then, at the time of the change of venue, do you know who
the attorneys were at that time?
Mrs. GRANT. It seems to me the same group were still there.
Mr. BURLESON. Do you recall about that time if anything occurred in
connection with Tom Howard and his connection with the case?
Mrs. GRANT. About the picture?
Mr. BURLESON. No; just about whether or not he continued in the case or
did he?
Mrs. GRANT. It seems to me at that time—he was leaking information to
the district attorney’s office, he was in the way of Mr. Belli and Mr.
Tonahill—at least they felt that or they told me that. We had found a
mistrust in him, which is close to that time as I can remember, where
information has come to us that Tom Howard is trying to sell a picture
of the late President Kennedy being shot and half of his skull is in
the air, to Life magazine, and I think Billy Woodfield had told that
to Earl and Earl told me to get ahold of the Secret Service, they came
out to see me and Elmer Moore, and another gentleman—I cannot think of
the other gentleman’s name—he probably could recall—and we went in the
alley because I don’t know if my place is bugged or not, and the Secret
Service stepped in to either squash the sale of this particular picture
or got ahold of it—the films and everything, and, of course, when Belli
found out, he was sick because he said it don’t look right for an
attorney representing a person to do something like this.