Mr. Wall.

No, sir.

Mr. Specter.

Had Mr. Ruby called you at Galveston prior to the time he completed the call shortly after your arrival at Galveston on that Saturday night?

Mr. Wall.

I'm sorry. Had he----?

Mr. Specter.

Did he just call you the first time and make that connection with you?

Mr. Wall.

Yes, sir; as far as I know. Otherwise my mother would have said that she received a long distance call.

Mr. Specter.

When you say your mother----

Mr. Wall.

Nonnie. Mrs. McKenna.

Mr. Specter.

. Mrs. McKenna did not refer to any prior call to you?

Mr. Wall.

No.

Mr. Specter.

Do you know how Mr. Ruby got your telephone number in Galveston?

Mr. Wall.

Yes, sir. I left my telephone number where I would be in Galveston with the operator in Dallas, which I do every time I go out of town so they will know how to contact me.

Mr. Specter.

What is your purpose in leaving your telephone number in that manner?

Mr. Wall.

Well, I get quite a few calls and the main reason I left it was because Mr. Anderson, who was the manger of the hotel, hadn't decided what day to come back to work, Monday or Tuesday, therefore, I needed to know so, therefore, I left the telephone number.

Mr. Specter.

After you completed your telephone conversation with Jack Ruby on that Saturday night, November 28, what did you do next?

Mr. Wall.

As far as I can remember I had a sandwich and visited with the folks for about 45 minutes, then went to bed because I was kind of tired.

Mr. Specter.

At what time did you awaken on Sunday morning, November 24?

Mr. Wall.

I don't know the precise time. I do know it was about--it couldn't have been more than 10 minutes before Jack shot Oswald because I had just gotten up and walked in the bedroom and was watching it in the folks' bedroom, so whatever time Jack shot Oswald I was only up 10 minutes beforehand.

Mr. Specter.

What, if anything, did you observe on the television screen at that time?

Mr. Wall.

Nothing at all to relate it was Jack.

Mr. Specter.

Did you know it was Jack at the time you saw the shooting of Oswald?

Mr. Wall.

No, sir.

Mr. Specter.

What part of the man did you see on the television screen?

Mr. Wall.

It all happened so quick I didn't see anything except I understood Jack had been shot.

Mr. Specter.

Understood who had been shot?

Mr. Wall.

I'm sorry, that Oswald had been shot and that--I watched the interview with the policeman saying he knew who it was but could not say publicly who it was. We waited around and, I would say, within a matter of 15 minutes they announced who it was. It seems to me that quick.

Mr. Specter.

And who did they announce that it was?

Mr. Wall.

Jack Ruby, owner of a stripper club called the Carousel.

Mr. Specter.

What was your reaction, if any, to that?

Mr. Wall.

Well, it was a shock. That is all I can say. It was a real shock.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you do for the balance of that Sunday afternoon?

Mr. Wall.

Well, I would say within 30 minutes to an hour we received a call from the Washington Post representative who, I believe, was in Dallas at the time.

Mr. Specter.

How did that representative of the Washington Post happen to call you?

Mr. Wall.

I have no idea.

Mr. Specter.

Do you know what his name was?

Mr. Wall.

No,.sir; I don't.

Mr. Specter.

What did you say to him, if anything?

Mr. Wall.

Well, I was still in shock. I told him that I had talked to Jack over the telephone and he asked what we had said and I told him and he said: