(Testimony of Marjorie R. Richey)
Mrs. Richey.
Where is your name?
Mr. Griffin.
I haven't put my name on. Just sign it right where I have marked it.
Mrs. Richey.
These things won't matter then that is in here?
Mr. Griffin.
No, we have corrected it in the record and the record will reflect it.
Mrs. Richey.
Do you want me to sign it Margie?
Mr. Griffin.
Any way you ordinarily sign it is all right.
Mrs. Richey.
Margie.
Mr. Richey.
How do you go about getting a copy of the record?
Mr. Griffin.
We have some provision for giving it to you at whatever expense it is. I don't know what it is, but you are entitled to a copy of it. We will send a copy of this out to you people in Cleveland, probably to the U.S. attorney's office in Cleveland, and ask you to come in and read it.
Mrs. Richey.
Again?
Mr. Griffin.
Read the transcript that we are making here.
Mrs. Richey.
And then I sign it just like I have signed this?
Mr. Griffin.
That is right. If there are any mistakes.
Mrs. Richey.
It won't be this long so it will be a little bit clear in my mind.
Mr. Griffin.
I don't think you will have any trouble but every once in a while there is some mistake that creeps into the record. Not too many. So we would like you to come in and read it over and then sign it and return it to us. Then you can get a copy of that and arrangements can be made to purchase it through us, or the testimony is going to be printed and memorialized and there will be many thousands of copies of this made. Mrs. RICHEY. This will be?
Mr. Griffin.
This will be sent all around the country. All the libraries in the major cities will certainly have them, but if you want a personal copy, why we can have one made up.
Mr. Richey.
The town I come from the people aren't very broadminded.
Mrs. Richey.
There is not very many Richeys around.
Mr. Griffin.
There will be volumes and volumes of this testimony. I might ask your husband just one question. You are here and you are not under oath and you aren't obliged to answer it, but since you are here I will ask you if there is anything that you would like to contribute as a result of having heard this deposition?
Mr. Richey.
As you could gather, I knew Jack Ruby myself.
Mr. Griffin.
Yes.
Mr. Richey.
I spoke with him the night before I left for home, which is the night before President Kennedy was killed, and he seemed normal.
Mr. Griffin.
Where did you see him?
Mr. Richey.
At the club. I was sitting there at the club waiting for Margie to finish work He come up, sat alongside me, asked what I thought of the job. And to me of course in my own opinion he was always off somewhere in his mind. He asked me a question but he didn't listen to my answer. He was thinking of something else completely, which is just talking. This is the impression the man gave me in the first place.
Mr. Griffin.
How long were you at the club Thursday night?
Mr. Richey.
Oh, I worked at a liquor store in Dallas.
Mrs. Richey.
No.
Mr. Richey.
I got out of the Army that Thursday and I spent that whole evening--
Mrs. Richey.
No, Wednesday, the 20th, and you left Thursday morning so you didn't see Jack.
Mr. Richey.
Wednesday night I spent the night at the club. This is the night that I talked to Jack Ruby. That is right; I am sorry. And the President was shot the following day.
Mr. Griffin.
You spent Wednesday night at the club. About how long were you there?
Mr. Richey.
Most of the whole night.
Mr. Griffin.
How long did you talk with Jack on that occasion?
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