Mr. Armstrong.

did things on the spur of the moment, you know. He always blowed up just like that [snapping his fingers], if something disturbed him, he would always just crack up. He was charming one minute and, the next minute he was all riled up.

Mr. Hubert.

Were you interviewed by the Dallas police concerning this matter?

Mr. Armstrong.

No; never.

Mr. Hubert.

Never?

Mr. Armstrong.

Never.

Mr. Hubert.

Were you interviewed by the district attorney?

Mr. Armstrong.

No.

Mr. Hubert.

Or any of his staff?

Mr. Armstrong.

No.

Mr. Hubert.

Were you interviewed by Jack Ruby's attorneys?

Mr. Armstrong.

No.

Mr. Hubert.

You were subpenaed to go to the trial?

Mr. Armstrong.

I was subpenaed to go to the trial.

Mr. Hubert.

Did anyone ever talk to you about the nature of the testimony you were expected to give?

Mr. Armstrong.

No; the only someone I talked to is Belli. He came up to the club the first night, the second day he was in town, and he asked me what did I think of Jack Ruby, when I was letting him in the office, he hadn't gotten in the office good before he asked me that, and I told him, and he said "Okay," and nobody ever talked to me since then.

Mr. Hubert.

What did you tell him?
Mr. ARMSTR0NG. The same thing I told you--about him cracking up--he just--everything he did, he did it on impulse.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he ask you about that or did you volunteer that?

Mr. Armstrong.

No; he asked me he just popped up and asked me.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he pop up and ask you, "What do you think about Jack Ruby?" Or, did he ask you "Does he pop up and flare up suddenly?"
Mr. ARMSTR0NG. No; here's the exact words he asked me, "Why do you think Jack shot Oswald?"

Mr. Hubert.

And what did you tell him?

Mr. Armstrong.

Just that he did it on an impulse, is the only reason at all--just cracked up and shot the man.

Mr. Hubert.

But Ruby never carried a gun around on his person, did he?

Mr. Armstrong.

That's right.

Mr. Hubert.

He had a gun that day with him, though? Would that influence your thinking somewhat?

Mr. Armstrong.

No.

Mr. Hubert.

And from what I understand of your previous testimony, the that fact that he would have a gun on him would be unusual; wouldn't it?

Mr. Armstrong.

Coming in and out of the club, yes; but I don't know whether he carried it on him or not when he was not coming in and out of the club. In other words, I was stating that if he did carry a gun--when I saw him with a gun, it was always in a bag, never on him, but when he was away from the club---I don't know where he had this gun.

Mr. Hubert.

But your impression was that he didn't carry it?

Mr. Armstrong.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

Therefore, when you found that he did carry it on the day he shot Oswald, didn't that rather surprise you?

Mr. Armstrong.

Well, no; my wife asked me, "What was Jack doing with a gun?" And I said, "I don't know. He might have just had it in the car and didn't want to open the trunk because he had that money in there, probably, and just stuck it in his pocket and wasn't in his senses that he had been in all the time."

Mr. Hubert.

Your wife, in fact, was curious about the same things I'm asking you about?

Mr. Armstrong.

Right.

Mr. Hubert.

Why would she have been curious about that?

Mr. Armstrong.

Well, it was because that she never knew that he carried one