Mrs. Grant.

see my contract--you see, my band leader was making a record, you know, a record of music.

Mr. Hubert.

But So far as your recollection is concerned, it would be over a year from today?

Mrs. Grant.

Easy easy.

Mr. Hubert.

And by "contact with him," of course, I mean--you know--telephone, letters, messages?

Mrs. Grant.

No; he came in--he told me that he knows people at Mercury Records and that if I send in the song he was going to make it, and truthfully, I was glad when he came in, when he left, for more reasons than one. We don't discuss his background or anything.

Mr. Hubert.

Now, that's over a year ago certainly.

Mrs. Grant.

It has ,been so long--I say a year and a half--the airlines would know quicker than I know because. he said he just flew in and he was just there for the evening and going back out, at least that's what he told me. I don't discuss his background or anything like that--at least, that'.s what he told me.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you know a man by the name of Taylor Crossley?

Mrs. Grant.

What is the first name?

Mr. Hubert.

Taylor [spelling] T-a-y-l-o-r.

Mrs. Grant.

I know a lot of Taylors here but that is the last name.

Mr. Hubert.

No; Crossley, John Melton, and Morris Melton [spelling] M-e-l-t-o-n?

Mrs. Grant.

No, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

Now, do you know a person by the name of Elsie Johnson?

Mrs. Grant.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Hubert.

How do you know her?

Mrs. Grant.

Well, 8 or 9 years ago she was in the building business with my brother, Sam. Before that--she was a commercial artist.

Mr. Hubert.

How did you meet her--when did you meet her?

Mrs. Grant.

When I first came here, and honest to God, this is one person I can't tell you even how I met her.

Mr. Hubert.

When you first came here when do you mean?

Mrs. Grant.

I would say 20 years ago.

Mr. Hubert.

1944 probably?

Mrs. Grant.

Yes; and let me tell you, she knew a girl, Bobby, whether I met Bobby first--she's a little girl that worked as a cashier at one of the theatres and was it that she introduced me to Bobby--I knew her very well and her sister and her mother and her brothers, and she became a preacher. She ordained herself.

Mr. Hubert.

Is she a friend of yours?

Mrs. Grant.

Well, I don't know if she is an enemy--I just don't know--it has been years since I have seen her. I spoke to her on the phone. It seemed to me she called me November 24, that afternoon, or her sister did.

Mr. Hubert.

Who is her sister?

Mrs. Grant.

Mary Sue Brown, and I think she worked at Green's Department Store.

Mr. Hubert.

And you knew Mary Sue Brown also?

Mrs. Grant.

Oh, yes; I knew the family. I used to go out there like maybe once a year--Elsie had a car and she would drive me to her mother's home, which is Mrs. Barnes.

Mr. Hubert.

Do they still live in the Dallas area?

Mrs. Grant.

I'm sure they do--I probably have their phone number.

Mr. Hubert.

And your thought is that the last time you heard from them was that there was a call from Elsie?

Mrs. Grant.

How sorry she was about my brother--it was on November the 24th.

Mr. Hubert.

That was the last contact you had with her?

Mrs. Grant.

No; I saw Mary, let's see, I saw Mary Sue I went to one of the stores--I think it was H. L. Green's and she was waiting on the people, I mean, she was a saleswoman in the store.

Mr. Hubert.

And that's since?