(Testimony of Curtis Laverne Crafard)
Mr. Hubert.
Did Ruby come around to that second thing?
Mr. Crafard.
He was around a couple of times.
Mr. Hubert.
A couple of times?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he stay very long?
Mr. Crafard.
Not that I could notice.
Mr. Hubert.
Who was he with?
Mr. Crafard.
Mostly by himself when he came out there.
Mr. Hubert.
How did you get to know him?
Mr. Crafard.
Well, just a couple of times talking to him around the fair-grounds there and he gave me a free pass into his club any time I wanted to go in.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you go in?
Mr. Crafard.
Not until after the fair closed when I went to work for Ruby.
Mr. Hubert.
How much money did you make at the fair altogether?
Mr. Crafard.
Altogether at the fair all I made was expenses.
Mr. Hubert.
As I understood you had very little when you got there.
Mr. Crafard.
That is right.
Mr. Hubert.
So that when the fair closed you were just about flat broke.
Mr. Crafard.
I was flat broke.
Mr. Hubert.
What happened after the fair closed?
Mr. Crafard.
Ruby hired me then to tear some lumber down, a stage he had had there at the tent. He bought the lumber out of it and he had me tear that down and clean it up.
Mr. Hubert.
Of course, the thing had been closed for 2 days before the fair closed itself?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
And I don't suppose it reopened in any other fashion?
Mr. Crafard.
No.
Mr. Hubert.
How long did it take you to do the job that Ruby hired you for?
Mr. Crafard.
About 4 hours all told.
Mr. Hubert.
And this stuff was moved?
Mr. Crafard.
Moved to the Carousel Club, downstairs in the Carousel Club where it was stored.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you have anything to do with the moving?
Mr. Crafard.
Yes; helped move the lumber and clean it up.
Mr. Hubert.
Then your original employment by Ruby was for that job alone?
Mr. Crafard.
When he hired me he said he had that for me that I could do and then he said I could stay, he wanted me to stay at the club that night, and the next day he talked to me and he had me stay with him.
Mr. Hubert.
Tell us about your arrangement with Ruby?
Mr. Crafard.
Mostly, there was no set salary, any time I needed salary I put a draw slip in the till and take it out of the till.
Mr. Hubert.
What were you supposed to do?
Mr. Crafard.
Help clean the club up, work the lights on the girls on stage, answer the phone calls, answer the phone when he wasn't there. Work on the bar if they needed me or anything like that.
Mr. Hubert.
In other words, you did almost anything you were asked to do?
Mr. Crafard.
That is right.
Mr. Hubert.
Where did you live at that time?
Mr. Crafard.
I Stayed at the Carousel Club.
Mr. Hubert.
What accommodations did they have for sleeping and so on?
Mr. Crafard.
We had a room with a cot in it.
Mr. Hubert.
Whose room was it?
Mr. Crafard.
It had been at one time a dressing room for one of the stars he had in there, Jada, a stripper by the name of Jada.
Mr. Hubert.
Was she there when you first went there?
Mr. Crafard.
When I first went there; yes. At that time I slept in Jack's office.
Mr. Hubert.
Then when you first went to the Carousel you slept in Jack's office?
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