(Testimony of Andrew , Jr. Armstrong)
Mr. Armstrong.
You see, Wally split his hand open and I got some band-aids and bandaged it up a little bit and helped him clean it off.
Mr. Hubert.
Where is Wally Weston now?
Mr. ARMSTR0NG. Where is he?
Mr. Hubert.
Yes.
Mr. Armstrong.
I don't know--he was working at the Club Montemarte, but he's not there any more and I'm sure he's not in town now, so he's probably on the road some place.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you remember any other people who were there that night, such as George Senator or Ralph Patti?
Mr. Armstrong.
No; things like that I don't try to remember.
Mr. Hubert.
When did Weston leave, do you remember?
Mr. Armstrong.
Oh, let's see, Wally left in September, I think.
Mr. Hubert.
And how long had he been there?
Mr. Armstrong.
He had been there since about June 1961--no, 1962, I'm sorry.
Mr. Hubert.
He was there about 15 months, but you thought that it was in the last month that he was there?
Mr. Armstrong.
Yes; somewhere right around the last few months he was there.
Mr. Hubert.
Well, if he left in September--you thought earlier than that--it might be, this incident might have occurred in August, if that's the case, it wouldn't be then?
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, when he left there he still had that scar--it was still sort of open a little bit on his hand, and it hadn't been healed up--well, it had healed, but it was such a big gash and you could still see the print where they took the stitches out.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he have to go to the hospital?
Mr. Armstrong.
He had some stitches taken in his hand.
Mr. Hubert.
Can you tell us anything from your own knowledge, that is having heard or seen things at the club, which would throw light upon Ruby's attitude toward the race question, the Jewish question, and so forth?
Mr. Armstrong.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
Had you ever heard him fussing with his entertainers who cracked jokes about Jews?
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, he didn't like for the entertainers to crack any jokes about Jews or to tell any Jewish stories.
Mr. Hubert.
How do you know that?
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, he told me himself.
Mr. Hubert.
Tell us what he told you.
Mr. Armstrong.
Well, you see, Wally and some of the other M.C.'s have some pretty good jokes about Negroes and Jack told me once----
Mr. Hubert.
Who told you?
Mr. Armstrong.
Jack asked me once did Wally's jokes offend men in any kind of way, and I told him "no". So, he said--well, there was something abort it he didn't like--the reason why he didn't like his M.C.'s to tell any Jewish jokes was something about the Jews have already had enough problems and enough troubles already or something like that.
Mr. Hubert.
Was he sensitive about being a Jew?
Mr. Armstrong.
No; I don't think so--I wouldn't say that he was proud of being a Jew, I wouldn't say he was not proud, because I don't know. He never showed anything to give me any kind of reason to form an opinion about that.
Mr. Hubert.
When Larry Crafard left and you found out about it, what was your reaction?
Mr. Armstrong.
I didn't have any reaction.
Mr. Hubert.
What did you think about it?
Mr. Armstrong.
Nothing; just plumb nothing.
Mr. Hubert.
Well, weren't you surprised that this man should go off like that?
Mr. Armstrong.
No.
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