Mr. SPECTER. When did it come in?
Mr. PETERSON. It was in the evening some time.
Mr. SPECTER. What day?
Mr. PETERSON. On the day before.
Mr. SPECTER. Before what?
Mr. PETERSON. Assassination.
Mr. SPECTER. Before the assassination or before the shooting of Oswald?
Mr. PETERSON. Before the shooting of Oswald. I’m getting them both
mixed up. It was the day before Oswald’s assassination, or murder,
whatever you want to call it. Jack called and was very upset about the
assassination.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you talk to Ruby on that?
Mr. PETERSON. I don’t think I did. I think Breck did.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Breck Wall relate to you what that conversation was
about?
Mr. PETERSON. The call would have been Saturday. We went down there
Friday. That is when it was.
Mr. SPECTER. What was that telephone conversation between Jack Ruby and
Breck Wall all about?
Mr. PETERSON. What I just told you. Breck kind of soothed him a little
bit. Nothing you could do. All this baloney. Well, it happened, you
know.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know whether Ruby said anything about intending to
do anything?
Mr. PETERSON. No; not to my knowledge. He didn’t relate that to me.
Just he was very upset. Very sick; crying and all of that. That was it.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there any other subject discussed between Ruby and
Breck Wall?
Mr. PETERSON. No; Jack was very close to us. He made himself close
to us, you know. We were always in the headlines. Always in the
newspapers. We were very good friends with a lot of people in Dallas.
He kind of tried to keep up with us, you know, close. Anytime he had
any problems or things like that he always came to talk to us about it,
or ideas for the club. He came to bug us about that, you know. We were
more or less successful in Dallas. Like I say; the best thing to do was
just be nice and kind of stay away as much as possible.
Mr. SPECTER. Were there any other telephone calls which you made or
which you received while you were in Galveston?
Mr. PETERSON. Not—I can’t remember right now. I just don’t remember.
Mr. SPECTER. Were there any other telephone calls which Breck Wall made
or received while the two of you were in Galveston?
Mr. PETERSON. He probably talked to Tony Zoppi.
Mr. SPECTER. Zoppi?
Mr. PETERSON. Zoppi; he is the amusement critic on the Dallas Morning
News. We are very close friends. He probably talked to him about that.
Mr. SPECTER. You don’t recall specifically? You presume that might have
have happened?
Mr. PETERSON. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Are there any other calls you know about while you were in
Galveston?
Mr. PETERSON. No.
Mr. SPECTER. When did you go back to Dallas?
Mr. PETERSON. Probably Tuesday. I think we went back Tuesday. We had a
show Tuesday. Ordinarily do. The show is closed for the weekend. It was
Tuesday when we went back; I’m pretty sure.
Mr. SPECTER. Have you ever talked to Jack Ruby after the day of the
shooting of Oswald?
Mr. PETERSON. No; I got a little, letters from him, note when he was in
jail.
Mr. SPECTER. When did you receive that note?
Mr. PETERSON. It was a few days after the FBI questioned us. He wrote
me a little thank you note because I spoke up for him. Like I am
telling you, he was all right in spite of him being no good, too.
Mr. SPECTER. When did the FBI question you?
Mr. PETERSON. When we were in Dallas. When we were working at the hotel.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall the approximate date when they talked to you?