Mr. OLSEN. Right at Stemmons Freeway.
Mr. SPECTER. How far was that from Kay’s house?
Mr. OLSEN. Approximately 4 or 5 blocks.
Mr. SPECTER. How far was Mr. Ruby’s residence from your residence?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, boy. Oh, it was, I would guess, 2 or 3 miles.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you ever live only 1 block away from Mr. Ruby’s
residence?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Jack Ruby ever visit you at your apartment?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Jack Ruby ever visit Kay at her apartment?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. How many times did he visit Kay at her apartment?
Mr. OLSEN. I don’t know.
Mr. SPECTER. Could you give me an approximation?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, seven or eight times.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you always present on those occasions?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. What was the purpose of Jack Ruby’s visiting Kay?
Mr. OLSEN. Sometimes he would be mad about something, and mad at an
employee, or sometimes he would stop by for breakfast after he closed
his club.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there ever any romantic connection between Jack Ruby
and Kay?
Mr. OLSEN. Not to my knowledge.
Mr. SPECTER. It was just a cordial relationship which would lead him to
stop over and pay her a visit and have breakfast or something to that
effect?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Was Ruby friendly with many police officers employed by
the Dallas Police Department?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. What were the circumstances surrounding his friendship for
police officers?
Mr. OLSEN. He seemed to like police officers.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there any special reason for his affinity for police
officers, or for liking them especially?
Mr. OLSEN. No, he just seemed to be friendly with all of them, wanted
to know them.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you know Officer J. D. Tippit?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you know him very well?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know whether or not Jack Ruby knew Officer J. D.
Tippit?
Mr. OLSEN. I heard that he did.
Mr. SPECTER. From whom did you hear that?
Mr. OLSEN. It was a rumor that he did.
Mr. SPECTER. When did you hear that rumor that he did know Officer
J. D. Tippit?
Mr. OLSEN. While talking with other officers. I couldn’t specifically
say when.
Mr. SPECTER. Was that after Tippit was killed?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you ever hear anybody say that Jack Ruby knew Officer
J. D. Tippit before Officer Tippit was killed?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Could you recall specifically who it was who said that
Ruby knew Officer Tippit?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you ever see Jack Ruby and Officer J. D. Tippit
together?
Mr. OLSEN. No, not that I recall.
Mr. SPECTER. Well, think about that for just a minute and then see if
you recollect anything more specifically on whether or not you ever saw
Jack Ruby and Officer J. D. Tippit together.
Mr. OLSEN. No, I don’t.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Jack Ruby ever do any favors for you, Mr. Olsen?
Mr. OLSEN. Well, like what?
Mr. SPECTER. Well, anything in a friendly way, such as do something you
asked him to do or something of that sort? Did you ever ask him to do
anything for you?
Mr. OLSEN. Well, I asked him to let Kay off sometimes.
Mr. SPECTER. Did he honor that request?
Mr. OLSEN. Most of the time.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you ever ask him to do anything besides letting Kay
off on occasion?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy
was assassinated?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Tell me, as specifically as you can recollect, exactly
what your activities were on that day.
Mr. OLSEN. I was employed by the Dallas Police Department and I was
working at an extra job guarding an estate.
Mr. SPECTER. Whose estate was that?
Mr. OLSEN. I don’t remember the name.
Mr. SPECTER. How did you happen to get that extra job?
Mr. OLSEN. A motorcycle officer was related to this elderly woman and
he was doing work, but he was in the motor——
Mr. SPECTER. Cade?
Mr. OLSEN. Motorcade of the President, and I was off that day and able
to work it.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall the name of the motorcycle officer?
Mr. OLSEN. No.
Mr. SPECTER. Where was that estate located?
Mr. OLSEN. On 8th Street in Dallas.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall the specific address or the cross street on
which it was located?
Mr. OLSEN. It’s in the Oak Cliff area, it’s approximately two blocks
off of Stemmons.
Mr. SPECTER. How did it happen that you were not on duty with the
police department on the day President Kennedy was in town?
Mr. OLSEN. I had my leg in a cast and I was doing light duty, which
was working in the office, patrol office, and I had asked them if they
needed me to work that day and they said no.
Mr. SPECTER. What sort of an accident did you have to injure your leg?
Mr. OLSEN. I fell and broke my kneecap.
Mr. SPECTER. When did that occur?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, several weeks before.
Mr. SPECTER. At what hospital were you treated?
Mr. OLSEN. Baylor Hospital.
Mr. SPECTER. Is that in Dallas?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir; it’s on Gaston.
Mr. SPECTER. What time did you start to guard the estate on that
particular Friday?
Mr. OLSEN. About 7 a.m.
Mr. SPECTER. And how long did that guard duty last?
Mr. OLSEN. Until about 8.
Mr. SPECTER. Eight p.m.?
Mr. OLSEN. P.m., yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you have any visitors while you were guarding the
estate on that day?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. And who was the visitor or visitors?
Mr. OLSEN. Kay.
Mr. SPECTER. What time did she visit you?
Mr. OLSEN. Right after the President was shot.
Mr. SPECTER. How did you learn of the assassination of the President?
Mr. OLSEN. A woman called me on the phone who was a friend of the
person who had lived there.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know who that woman was?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir. And she wanted to know if I had heard the news, and
I said no and she said, “The President has been shot.”
Mr. SPECTER. What time did that telephone call occur?
Mr. OLSEN. Right after he was shot. I don’t know exactly what time it
was.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you talk to anybody else on the telephone or in person
between the telephone call and the time that Kay visited you?
Mr. OLSEN. Passers-by. I went outside.
Mr. SPECTER. Whom did you see outside?
Mr. OLSEN. No one who I knew by name. They just said, “Have you heard
the news?” And I said, “Yes, I had.”
Mr. SPECTER. Did you have any other telephone calls while you were
guarding that house?
Mr. OLSEN. I called the police department and asked them if they needed
me to work.
Mr. SPECTER. To whom did you talk at the police department?
Mr. OLSEN. I don’t recall.
Mr. SPECTER. What response did you get?
Mr. OLSEN. They said no.
Mr. SPECTER. What time did Kay visit you on that Friday?
Mr. OLSEN. In the afternoon sometime.
Mr. SPECTER. How long did she stay?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, I would say an hour or two.
Mr. SPECTER. Where did you have lunch on that Friday?
Mr. OLSEN. There at the place that I was watching.
Mr. SPECTER. Where did you have supper that day?
Mr. OLSEN. At her house.
Mr. SPECTER. What time did you go to her house? And by “her” I take it
you mean Kay’s house?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Then what time did you go to Kay’s house?
Mr. OLSEN. When I got—when the motorcycle officer came and relieved me.
Mr. SPECTER. About what time was that?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, 8; about 8.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you have an automobile?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. How did you get from the house which you were guarding to
Kay’s house?
Mr. OLSEN. Walked.
Mr. SPECTER. How far was it?
Mr. OLSEN. About 4 blocks.
Mr. SPECTER. Did the cast on your knee restrict your walking in any
material way?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you able to walk with the cast on your knee?
Mr. OLSEN. A little bit, not much.
Mr. SPECTER. But you were able to walk well enough to cover those 4
blocks to Kay’s house?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes. And it swelled after I had walked it, though.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you do after arriving at Kay’s house?
Mr. OLSEN. Well, going back to that, I had crutches, I believe, that I
used. Now, what was the question?
Mr. SPECTER. After you arrived at Kay’s house, what did you do then?
Mr. OLSEN. We talked about the assassination.
Mr. SPECTER. How long did you stay at Kay’s house?
Mr. OLSEN. I would say several hours.
Mr. SPECTER. And about what time did you leave Kay’s house, to the best
of your ability to recollect?
Mr. OLSEN. What time I don’t know.
Mr. SPECTER. Was anybody else at Kay’s house with you besides Kay?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. In what manner did you travel away from Kay’s house, by
foot, by car?
Mr. OLSEN. By car.
Mr. SPECTER. Whose car was that?
Mr. OLSEN. Mine.
Mr. SPECTER. How was it that you didn’t have your car at the house
which you were guarding?
Mr. OLSEN. I didn’t want to drive it, I don’t remember why. I think I
left it for her to use.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Kay go with you when you drove away from her house?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Where did you go?
Mr. OLSEN. Downtown.
Mr. SPECTER. What was the purpose of your trip to town?
Mr. OLSEN. To see where the President was shot.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you go then to Dealey Plaza?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, we drove by there.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you go anyplace else?
Mr. OLSEN. We went to a garage.
Mr. SPECTER. Where was that garage located?
Mr. OLSEN. Jackson and Field.
Mr. SPECTER. What was the purpose of going to a garage at Jackson and
Field?
Mr. OLSEN. We knew the man who worked there.
Mr. SPECTER. What was his name?
Mr. OLSEN. Johnny is all I know him by.
Mr. SPECTER. What sort of work did he do at that garage?
Mr. OLSEN. He was an attendant.
Mr. SPECTER. Why did you want to go see him?
Mr. OLSEN. To talk.
Mr. SPECTER. For any special purpose?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recollect about what time you arrived at that
garage?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, 12, approximately.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you see Johnny when you were there?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you see anybody else while you were at that garage?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Who else did you see?
Mr. OLSEN. Jack Ruby.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you see anybody else besides Johnny and Jack Ruby?
Mr. OLSEN. Not that I remember; no.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, before seeing Ruby at the garage on that Friday
night, when had you seen him most recently before that time?
Mr. OLSEN. It could have been a few days or a week.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall where it was that you saw him prior to this
Friday night?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, it was probably outside of his club.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall the specific instance, or are you just
saying what you think probably occurred?
Mr. OLSEN. I am just saying what probably occurred, because I don’t
remember when I saw him before that.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you have any recollection what your conversation was
with Mr. Ruby when you saw him prior to this Friday night?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. How long did you talk to Mr. Ruby on this Friday night?
Mr. OLSEN. Two or three hours.
Mr. SPECTER. Who else was present at the time of the conversation?
Mr. OLSEN. Kay.
Mr. SPECTER. And anybody else?
Mr. OLSEN. Johnny.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there anybody besides Johnny and Kay and Jack Ruby?
Mr. OLSEN. Not that I remember.
Mr. SPECTER. Tell me as specifically as you can recall exactly what it
was that Ruby said and what it was that you and Kay and Johnny said in
reply to him?
Mr. OLSEN. We were all upset about the President’s assassination, and
we were just talking about how we hated it, that it was a tragedy.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Jack Ruby say something to that effect?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes; very strongly.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall what his exact words were, by any chance?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe he said something to the effect that “It’s too bad
that a peon,” or a person like Oswald, “could do something like that,”
referring to shooting the President and the officer, Officer Tippit.
Mr. SPECTER. Did he say anything more about Oswald at that time?
Mr. OLSEN. He cursed him.
Mr. SPECTER. What specific language did he use?
Mr. OLSEN. S.o.b.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there any other specific curse that you recollect Ruby
used in describing Oswald?
Mr. OLSEN. He could have said something else, but I remember that. I’m
sure that he did say something else, but I don’t remember what it was.
Mr. SPECTER. Did he say anything at that time about whether or not he
knew Oswald?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did he say anything at that time about whether or not he
knew Officer J. D. Tippit?
Mr. OLSEN. It seemed that he did know Officer Tippit.
Mr. SPECTER. Why do you say, “It seemed that he did know Officer
Tippit”?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe he said that Tippit had been to his club.
Mr. SPECTER. Recollect as specifically as you can exactly what he said
about that, if you can, Mr. Olsen.
Mr. OLSEN. Something about Oswald shooting the President and Officer
Tippit and leaving the wife and children, and he kept referring to
Jacqueline.
Mr. SPECTER. Well, how about what you were referring to concerning
Ruby’s knowing Officer Tippit? What exactly did Ruby say at that time,
to the best of your ability to recollect, about any relationship or
acquaintanceship between Jack Ruby and J. D. Tippit?
Mr. OLSEN. Well, I just don’t remember if there was anything
specifically said about that.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you say to Ruby during that conversation?
Mr. OLSEN. I said it was a tragedy that this happened.
Mr. SPECTER. What did Johnny say to Ruby at that time?
Mr. OLSEN. And he said, yes; it sure was.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Johnny say anything else?
Mr. OLSEN. Well, we all talked; I don’t remember what exactly was said.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you remember anything specifically that Kay said at
that time?
Mr. OLSEN. No. It was a shame that it had happened.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall whether or not Kay said something to the
effect that “In England they would have Oswald by his toes and drag him
through the street”?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir; I don’t.
Mr. SPECTER. Had Kay talked to Ruby earlier on that Friday?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe that she did.
Mr. SPECTER. Was that in person or by telephone?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe it was by phone.
Mr. SPECTER. Where was she when she talked to him by phone, if you know?
Mr. OLSEN. At her house.
Mr. SPECTER. And where was Ruby, if you know?
Mr. OLSEN. I think he was at his house.
Mr. SPECTER. At what time did that telephone conversation occur?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe it was in the afternoon sometime.
Mr. SPECTER. What was the purpose of that call, if you know?
Mr. OLSEN. To find out if she had heard about the President’s
assassination.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there anything else said by either Kay or Ruby at that
time when they had telephone conversation?
Mr. OLSEN. I wasn’t—I don’t believe I was there when she talked to him.
Mr. SPECTER. How do you know about the call then?
Mr. OLSEN. She said that she had talked to him.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know whether or not they discussed whether or not
the Carousel Club would be open that night?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe they did.
Mr. SPECTER. And do you know what Ruby said about that subject matter?
Mr. OLSEN. He said that it would not be open.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you know whether Kay telephoned Ruby or Ruby telephoned
Kay on the occasion?
Mr. OLSEN. No; I don’t.
Mr. SPECTER. How long were you at that garage at Jackson and Field
before you saw Jack Ruby on that Friday night or early Saturday morning?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, 30 minutes to an hour, I guess.
Mr. SPECTER. Could that garage be located on Jackson and Akard,
A-k-a-r-d?
Mr. OLSEN. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. How far is Jackson and Akard from Jackson and Field?
Mr. OLSEN. One block.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you discuss with Ruby the fact that he closed his club
that night?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you say to him, if you recall?
Mr. OLSEN. I said that it should be closed.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you congratulate him for having closed it?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe I did.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you shake his hand?
Mr. OLSEN. I don’t recall.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you pretty emotionally upset about the assassination
of President Kennedy at that time?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Was Kay pretty emotionally upset about the assassination
at that time?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. How about Johnny?
Mr. OLSEN. He was, too; yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. And how about Ruby?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. What indication was there that you observed that Ruby was
emotionally upset about the assassination?
Mr. OLSEN. He was very nervous.
Mr. SPECTER. In what way was that evident?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, in his speech and his actions.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there any other indication that you were able to
observe that Ruby was upset about the assassination?
Mr. OLSEN. Oh, the way he talked, and that was it.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Ruby mention anything about the Weissman advertisement
that appeared in the Dallas papers earlier that day?
Mr. OLSEN. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. What did he say about that?
Mr. OLSEN. He said they shouldn’t be open.
Mr. SPECTER. What Weissman advertisement had appeared earlier that day?
Mr. OLSEN. Just the usual ad in the paper about them being open.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there any advertisement in the paper that day
containing derogatory statements about President Kennedy?
Mr. OLSEN. There was something in the paper, I believe, about somebody
carrying banners in one part of town.
Mr. SPECTER. What kind of banners were those?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe they were about President Kennedy, and what they
said, I don’t remember what it was.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you remember Ruby’s comment about that, or whether he
made one?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe he did say something about that.
Mr. SPECTER. Do you recall what it was?
Mr. OLSEN. He said that it wasn’t right, and “I just wonder how they
feel about it now.”
Mr. SPECTER. Did he say anything about the radicals in Dallas at that
particular time?
Mr. OLSEN. Not that I remember.
Mr. SPECTER. Did he say anything about the effect of all that on the
Jews?
Mr. OLSEN. I believe he did.
Mr. SPECTER. What did he say about that?
Mr. OLSEN. No; he didn’t; I don’t believe he said anything about that;
no.