Mr. Ruby.

No.

Mr. Herndon.

That will be one of the questions on the next series.
Mr. Specter, do you want that to be in lieu of this one or in addition to this question?

Mr. Specter.

Let's ask it in lieu of that question. Strike the other question, the original question.

Mr. Herndon.

Strike the original question that commences, "Did you tell anyone you were thinking about"?----

Mr. Specter.

Yes; that's the one we've been talking about.

Mr. Alexander.

Is this still series 3?

Mr. Herndon.

We're still on series 3, Mr. Alexander. As a matter of fact, if it's all right with you gentleman, I'd like to start right over again on series 3.

Mr. Specter.

Mr. Ruby, I think we have that one area resolved.

Mr. Herndon.

I'm going to ask you as we said originally--before--back in the testimony, "Between the assassination and the shooting, did anybody you know tell you they knew Oswald?"
Then, the other relative or pertinent question here will be, "Aside from anything you said to George Senator, did you ever tell anyone else that you intended to shoot Oswald?"
And, in addition to those questions, I will ask on this series the following questions ----

Mr. Ruby.

Why don't you add--in--let's get the time element in there, too, because that was Sunday morning.

Mr. Herndon.

Well, I don't want to make these questions too long.

Mr. Ruby.

I know, but I want this because somebody might think that I mentioned it 2 days prior to that.

Mr. Specter.

We can add if you want to. "Aside from anything you said to George Senator on Sunday morning, did you ever tell anyone else that you intended to shoot Oswald?"

Mr. Ruby.

OK.

Mr. Herndon.

All right, we're going to insert after "George Senator"--"on Sunday morning." Here again, the Sunday morning being that time after you woke up and prior to noon.

Mr. Ruby.

Remember, it was the flippant way I said it that I doubt if the poor soul remembered it.

Mr. Herndon.

The other questions in this series will be as follows, Mr. Ruby. Here again are some of the irrelevant questions. "Is your last name Ruby? Do you live in Dallas?" I'm going to ask you "Are you martin?" Just for the record, I understand you're single, so you could answer that "No." "Were you in the military service?"

Mr. Ruby.

Yes.

Mr. Herndon.

I'm going to ask you this question: "While in service," I mean the military service, "did you receive any disciplinary action?" Do you understand that question?

Mr. Ruby.

In other words, "While you were in the military, were you hurt?"

Mr. Herndon.

No; Mr. Ruby, disciplinary action. Were you court-martialed, captains mast, or any disciplinary action?

Mr. Ruby.

None whatever.

Mr. Herndon.

There's one other relevant question I want to ask on this series and I put it as simply as I can. "Did you shoot Oswald in order to silence him?"

Mr. Ruby.

No.

Mr. Herndon.

One other question: "Have you ever served time in jail?" Now, what I mean by that question, Mr. Ruby, is not this present custody but any other time. "Did you ever actually serve time in jail?" Mr. RUBY. I have served 30 days---I mean- --that would answer it.

Mr. Herndon.

Then, you can answer that?

Mr. Ruby.

Yes.

Mr. Herndon.

If that comes to mind, you could say, "Yes."

Mr. Herndon.

Now let me make sure we've gone over these questions. Do you feel all right, Mr. Ruby?