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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XIV - Page 122« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Alice Reaves Nichols)

Mrs. Nichols.
I never did see him hit anyone. I know that he had had trouble in the club. I would hear about it. But I never did see him. I have seen him put people out of the club.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you hear of his fighting with somebody socially, in a social quarrel?
Mrs. Nichols.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
The only time you know of his fighting or hitting somebody was in connection with his acting as a bouncer for the club?
Mrs. Nichols.
I never did see him, but I heard of it. I know that he had a finger--he was putting a man out of his club and a man bit his finger and he had to have it amputated, but I was not there.
Mr. Griffin.
When you dated Jack, how much money was he accustomed to carrying with him?
Mrs. Nichols.
I don't know. I never did ask him and he never did tell me.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you ever see Jack carry a gun with him?
Mrs. Nichols.
I have seen him with a gun when he would have his moneybag for deposit.
Mr. Griffin.
What is his practice? You have seen him take money out of the club?
Mrs. Nichols.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Now what was his practice? Would he have the gun at the club, or Where would he keep the gun?
Mrs. Nichols.
I don't know whether he had it at the club or whether he carried it in his pocket.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you ever see him carry it in his pocket?
Mrs. Nichols.
I never did ask him if he had a gun in his pocket, and he never did tell me. I never did see him take it out of his pocket. When we would go by the club, he would pick up the money and I would be sitting at a table, and I don't know when he got the gun, whether he got it out of his pocket or whether he kept it at the club.
Mr. Griffin.
Where would you see the gun; on the table or where?
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, I just saw it with the moneybag, and we would walk out to the car.
Mr. Griffin.
He would carry it in his moneybag?
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, I don't remember ever seeing it in the moneybag, but he used to put it on the seat with the moneybag.
Mr. Griffin.
Would he ever lock the money up in the trunk of his car?
Mrs. Nichols.
I never did see him do that.
Mr. Griffin.
Now what did he use to do with his money after he took it out of the club?
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, I thought he put it in a night depository. He would take me home first, and I don't know.
Mr. Griffin.
You also indicated to the FBI that Jack was a gambler, liked to gamble?
Mrs. Nichols.
I never did see him gamble, but he told me that he several times that he had gone back to the Artists Club and played cards after he took me home. I never did see Jack gamble. He never talked to me about that.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you know who the owner was of the Artists Club?
Mrs. Nichols.
I don't know who owned it. A man by the name of Harris was managing it. I think it was a musicians' union.
Mr. Griffin.
What kind of gambling would they have at the Artists Club?
Mrs. Nichols.
I never did see them gambling there, but I imagine it was cards, I don't know.
Mr. Griffin.
Was this a----
Mrs. Nichols.
They served food there, and we have gone up there late to get something to eat.
Mr. Griffin.
Did they have a back room of some sort where they gambled?
Mrs. Nichols.
I don't know. I never did see them gambling there.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you know who Jack gambled with there?
Mrs. Nichols.
No.
Mr. Griffin.
About how often would you say he would go there?
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