(Testimony of Andrew , Jr. Armstrong)
Mr. Hubert.
You kept the $225?
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, I put it in the safe.
Mr. Hubert.
That's the $225 only?
Mr. Armstrong.
Just the $225 only.
Mr. Hubert.
When did you have a safe, when did you get one?
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, he always has had a little old safe in the office. This was a little cabinetlike thing.
Mr. Hubert.
Was that one that had a slot on the side of it, so you could slip the money in it?
Mr. Armstrong.
No, not that one. He had just recently bought that one--I would say it was in October last year.
Mr. Hubert.
Previous to the safe which was bought in October, there was another?
Mr. Armstrong.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
And he kept that in the office?
Mr. Armstrong.
He kept that in the office it was a cabinet you opened with a key. It had little cabinet drawers in it and some little small ones.
Mr. Hubert.
It didn't have a combination?
Mr. Armstrong.
No; no combination.
Mr. Hubert.
Was it a filing cabinet like----it had two file cabinet drawers, about the size of those on the left-hand side there?
Mr. Armstrong.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
Let the record show that the witness is pointing to the usual legal size four drawer steel cabinet.
Mr. Armstrong.
But only two of those on the left-hand side and on the right-hand side at the top it was three or two little drawers, about the size of one of those stacks and one about that deep, where you could open it with a key.
Mr. Hubert.
So, it really had two keys?
Mr. Armstrong.
No, just the one the same key would fit the one on the inside.
Mr. Hubert.
Did Jack keep the money that you gave him as to the profit over the $225 in that place, too?
Mr. Armstrong.
No, he never kept anything.
Mr. Hubert.
How did he handle that?
Mr. Armstrong.
I don't know--he usually would go to the bank once or twice a week, or, he mostly kept--usually he kept the payroll on him.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he have a checking account?
Mr. Armstrong.
He had an account at the Texas Bank, at the Merchants State Bank on Ross Avenue.
Mr. Hubert.
Is it your impression that he would deposit this cash in that account?
Mr. Armstong.
There was always a little money in that account, but I don't know whether he deposited it or not--all of it in that account or not.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he pay his bills, such as for the stripteases and the band?
Mr. Armstrong.
Every Sunday night.
Mr. Hubert.
In cash or check?
Mr. Armstrong.
In cash.
Mr. Hubert.
And he paid all the supplies and purchases in cash, too?
Mr. Armstrong.
In cash.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you know if he paid anything by check?
Mr. Armstrong.
That, I don't know.
Mr. Hubert.
What about the rent?
Mr. Armstrong.
What?
Mr. Hubert.
What about the rent?
Mr. Armstrong.
The rent was paid by cash with a cashier's check.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you ever purchase a cashier's check?
Mr. Armstrong.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
He would give you the money and you went to the bank and got the cashier's check for it?
Mr. Armstrong.
Cashier's check.
Mr. Hubert.
But when you said a little while ago that he would take the money and go to the bank, what did you mean?
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