(Testimony of Alice Reaves Nichols)
Mrs. Nichols.
About 6 months.
Mr. Griffin.
Did Jack ever mention Ed Pullman?
Mrs. Nichols.
Who?
Mr. Griffin.
Ed Pullman?
Mrs. Nichols.
I don't remember that name.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he ever mention the name of Frank Fisher?
Mrs. Nichols.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he ever mention the name of Alex Gruber?
Mrs. Nichols.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
How about Lawrence Meyers?
Mrs. Nichols.
I don't know.
Mr. Griffin.
How about Mike Shore?
Mrs. Nichols.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
How about Buddy Heard?
Mrs. Nichols.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
Well, during the time that you were dating Jack, other than the band that he would hire for his club, did Jack have business contacts with the entertainment world?
Mrs. Nichols.
Business contacts?
Mr. Griffin.
With the entertainment world?
Mrs. Nichols.
I don't know whether I understand. You mean personal, individual, or bands ?
Mr. Griffin.
Yes; was it a regular practice of his to hire entertainers other than the band to play at the Vegas Club? Singers and comedians or dancers?
Mrs. Nichols.
No; he didn't hire any. He had a little colored boy one time who used to put on a floor show out at the Vegas Club.
Mr. Griffin.
Was that Little Daddy Nelson?
Mrs. Nichols.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Is that the only entertainer that you knew of that Jack was connected with while you knew him?
Mrs. Nichols.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Now I believe you indicated to the FBI that Mr. Ruby was very attached to his mother.
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, he was devoted to his mother. He told me how--he had remarked how much her death had hurt him.
Mr. Griffin.
Were you able to tell whether he was more or less devoted to his mother than .to his father?
Mrs. Nichols.
No. He seemed to be devoted to his father, too. He seemed to be quite interested in his father's welfare.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he ever mention to you in connection with his mother that his mother had been a source of many problems to the family?
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, he had mentioned that she had been in an institution; that she had a mental breakdown.
Mr. Griffin.
What was Jack's attitude about that?
Mrs. Nichols.
He didn't say much about it.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he have any hostility toward her on account of it?
Mrs. Nichols.
No; he didn't.
Mr. Griffin.
Did Jack ever tell you how he happened to change his name from Rubenstein to Ruby?
Mrs. Nichols.
No. He had already changed his name when I first knew him, and he never did tell me how he happened to do it.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you know that Jack had been associated with his brother Earl and his brother Sam in a business in Chicago?
Mrs. Nichols.
He told me that he had.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he ever tell you how he happened to leave that business and come to Dallas?
Mrs. Nichols.
He told me that he came down here because his sister had a nightclub here and she was having difficulty because business was not going. He came down here to see if he couldn't help her with the nightclub business.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he ever indicate anything about his relationship with Sam and Earl in Earl Products?
Mrs. Nichols.
He was a partner, I understood, in that.
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