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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XIII - Page 236« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Elnora Pitts)

Mr. Hubert.
He just raised his voice and did not understand, you would have to repeat things several times?
Mrs. Pitts.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
And that bothered you so that you made up your mind you weren't going that day?
Mrs. Pitts.
Yes; scared me.
Mr. Hubert.
You were fearful that he might hurt----
Mrs. Pitts.
I didn't think he might hear--that is, he might hurt me, but I was scared something was wrong with him by him asking me that two or three times and he never did ask me that. And I always would call him.
Mr. Hubert.
Go ahead.
Mrs. Pitts.
I would always call him and say I would be there. There was going to be nobody there. At times he would be leaving and take the dog along because I don't work where there's dogs.
Mr. Hubert.
What dog?
Mrs. Pitts.
Sheba. I've been dog-bit twice so, I am just scared of dogs, and I don't go where dogs is in the place, and that is the reason I refused to go when the manager opened the door for me and told me she would put him in the bathroom, and I told her I would go on home and come back again.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he have a gun in that apartment?
Mrs. Pitts.
I never did see it. I never did.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he carry a lot of money?
Mrs. Pitts.
He did.
Mr. Hubert.
How do you know?
Mrs. Pitts.
Well, there would be on the coffee table top, dining room table, on his dresser, be behind the dresser, on the floor. I would pick it up and put in those things, brown envelope sacks and sack it up, and put it on the dresser.
Mr. Hubert.
Lots of money?
Mrs. Pitts.
Well, I guess it was right smart, but it wasn't no--way up in the hundreds or----
Mr. Hubert.
Rolls of money?
Mrs. Pitts.
No: just loose money.
Mr. Hubert.
That was on several times that you noticed that?
Mrs. Pitts.
Yes, sir; lots of times, because I refused to clean his dresser off, and his coffee table, and the manager told me, said, "Jack Ruby said I had left the coffee table and dresser, and I said," "Do you know why?" And say, "No." "Because he had money laying nil over both the table and on his dresser, and on the table." And I says--"and I don't dust them, because I don't--by him being a Jewish man, I don't want him to say I taken the money, you know. I don't steal, you know that."
Mr. Hubert.
Yes.
Mrs. Pitts.
He says, "No."
Mr. Hubert.
Do you know a man by the name of Andrew Armstrong?
Mrs. Pitts.
Now, he had a man staying there with him once.
Mr. Hubert.
Colored man, I am talking about?
Mrs. Pitts.
And--oh, Andrew? Well, I seen this Andrews down in the courthouse. He had called out there several times when I was there, and----
Mr. Hubert.
While you were working?
Mrs. Pitts.
Yes, sir; this Andrews did, and he would ask for Ruby, and I would tell him, you know, and whenever Ruby come in you tell him that I am ready to go and he would just say, "Ain't there some money laying around?" And I said, "No, he can pay me himself. No, I'd rather for him to put it out for me himself."
Mr. Hubert.
You never met Andrew Armstrong?
Mrs. Pitts.
I seen him down at the----
Mr. Hubert.
Court?
Mrs. Pitts.
Courthouse, yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you meet him then?
Mrs. Pitts.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Had you ever seen him before then?
Mrs. Pitts.
No, sir.
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