Mrs. Grant.

I think there is a thousand in all of this money and a few The New York Times was very sympathetic and they put an ad in their Paper. Most papers will not take an ad for what you call "Jack Ruby's Defense Fund." The ad cost $150--I think they took it less than the ad.

Mr. Hubert.

You paid $150?

Mrs. Grant.

I didn't--someone in Chicago or Earl must have paid it, but I do know that, that ad went in. Now, if any other little moneys come in, I don't have any accounting of it. I know it came in here this is the money that I know.

Mr. Hubert.

And to your knowledge, then, what has come through your hands is less than a thousand dollars?

Mrs. Grant.

Well, let's see---$245, $110, $250, and $100--I think that's about it, unless I have forgotten some, but that's all I know myself.

Mr. Hubert.

All the rest has been handled by Earl?

Mrs. Grant.

That was for the sale of the short story.

Mr. Hubert.

Now, at the present time who are the attorneys for Jack Ruby? That he still has? Mr. Tonahill is apparently still in the case?

Mrs. Grant.

Well, we retained Mr. Tonahill and Burleson from the very first minute and they are still in. Shall I tell him about Belli?

Mr. Burleson.

Go ahead.

Mrs. Grant.

The day of the verdict I got a telephone call that if Belli don't get out of town they are going to kill him.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you know who the phone call was from?

Mrs. Grant.

No; but on the other hand, I think .

Mr. Hubert.

Did you convey that information to Mr. Belli?

Mrs. Grant.

No; but unfortunately, I didn't hear from him Saturday. He had a heart attack while he was here, I think, during the trial--he was deathly sick.

Mr. Hubert.

Belli was?

Mrs. Grant.

There were a few days he went to get a cardiograph and all that. One of the days, I of the 2 days--well, it wasn't I day, it was 3 days, really, but he went to court anyway, and I remember on the Saturday he went to some clinic here and got all kinds of tests, but the day before he was almost a goner.
After I heard the news of the verdict and what came over radio or television, I thought he would die. He couldn't talk on the phone he mumbled Saturday to some member of my family who called him. I didn't hear anything until later on--late Sunday afternoon, and. Monday I went to visit him at his suite.

Mr. Hubert.

That was here in Dallas?

Mrs. Grant.

That's right; at the Statler-Hilton. He answered the phone and, of course, I heard mumbling and there were newspapermen and Life magazine men--I don't remember everyone that was there, but there were 10 or 12, maybe about 10 people, my sister and myself. His wife was leaving one direction and he was leaving the other. She was white as a ghost and he was white as a ghost and I just didn't say anything because they were packed up to leave and I didn't want it to get out because he said he was going to San Antonio, but I don't think he went there at all. I think he went another direction because he just wanted to sort of fool who was after him, but it was a very bad day for him and myself and my sister. I didn't even tell her that. You see, they were downtown and I was home in my apartment the day of the verdict. I was glad when he left. That, and adding up a few other things-- people said, "You are lucky to get him out because you didn't know the things." They said, "They were trying Melvin Belli and they weren't trying Jack Ruby."
Of course, between that telephone call and everything----

Mr. Hubert.

Was that a local call?

Mrs. Grant.

Oh, no.

Mr. Hubert.

Or, was it a long distance call?

Mrs. Grant.

No; it was a local call.

Mr. Hubert.

Was it a man or a woman?

Mrs. Grant.

A man, and another thing, I know my phone was tapped and I know--it's a terrible thing to say, but I have all reasons to believe that the district attorney has been on it and is still on it. The only time they got off is when I went to the FBI and complained about it; that I thought my brother wasn't protected in the city Jail,. and somebody knows every move I was making-It seems my phone was clearer after that, and truthfully, if the district attorney