(Testimony of Breck Wall (Billy Wilson) Ray)
Mr. Wall.
Watched television.
Mr. Specter.
Were the television stations running around the clock?
Mr. Wall.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
What time did you awaken on Saturday, November 23, if you remember?
Mr. Wall.
I would say around 8 o'clock, 9 o'clock. I woke up and watched television again.
Mr. Specter.
Where did you eat breakfast?
Mr. Wall.
I went down to breakfast on Saturday.
Mr. Specter.
Down to where?
Mr. Wall.
The coffee shop.
Mr. Specter.
Of the Adolphus Hotel?
Mr. Wall.
Yes, sir. Then I came right back up and watched television until that afternoon.
Mr. Specter.
When did you leave the hotel?
Mr. Wall.
About 3 or 4 that afternoon we left for Galveston.
Mr. Specter.
When you say "we," whom do you mean?
Mr. Wall.
Joe Peterson and myself.
Mr. Specter.
By what means did you go?
Mr. Wall.
In our car.
Mr. Specter.
Did you make any telephone calls on Saturday?
Mr. Wall.
Yes sir. I called the McKennas to tell them we were coming down.
Mr. Specter.
Did you make any telephone calls on Friday, the day before?
Mr. Wall.
I'm sure I made ,telephone calls to each cast member telling them we would not perform until Monday or Tuesday, that Mr. Anderson didn't know yet--he is the manager of the hotel--I'm sure I made quite a few calls that day.
Mr. Specter.
Had you had a conversation with Mr. Anderson concerning the closing of the show?
Mr. Wall.
No, sir. He called us saying there wouldn't be a show until Monday or Tuesday depending on when the funeral was. He didn't know.
Mr. Specter.
What is his full name?
Mr. Wall.
All I know is Andy Anderson. He has initials. I don't know, sir.
Mr. Specter.
What members of the cast did you call following your conversation with Mr. Anderson?
Mr. Wall.
Everyone in the cast, and I may forget a few names. I can list them if you'd like.
Mr. Specter.
Please do.
Mr. Wall.
Carl Tressler in Fort Worth. There would also be Eddie Parker, Bill Fanning, Suzanne Malone.
Mr. Specter.
Where does she live?
Mr. Wall.
In Dallas.
Mr. Specter.
Where does Carl Tressler live?
Mr. Wall.
Fort Worth. All the east members in our show live in Dallas with the exception of Carl Tressler and Eddie Parker who live in Fort Worth. All of my calls would have been in Fort Worth except for the long distance calls in Galveston. We have had so many castings I really can't remember the rest of the people we had in our show. Possibly I made a call to Hazel Rippe, if she was still in the show.
Mr. Specter.
That would have been in Dallas also?
Mr. Wall.
Yes, sir. All these telephone numbers would be in Dallas. Hazel wasn't in our show. There is another phone number in Fort Worth, it was a girl dancer in our show by the name of Ryna Hradecky, who was a friend of Carl Tressler's, so, therefore, I might have given a message to Carl to call Ryna because I couldn't get her at home at that particular time but if I had any calls to Fort Worth it would be to Ryna also. There would be one or two other calls to Dallas which would be cast members but I really can't think who was in the show.
Mr. Specter.
At about what time did you call Tom McKenna?
Mr. Wall.
It would probably be, I would say, around 2 in the afternoon because we decided very quickly we were going. We just got tired of laying around the room watching television. I was beginning to get "buggy."
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