Mrs. Grant.

composing room. The fellow there knows me real well." And Jack said, "Tom," something, and he said, "Well, put in closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday." But I want to explain something here. He made two calls like that. And from what Jack told me later on, he said, well, the first edition, it will be out, like Friday night, the space and wording is in the paper.

Mr. Griffin.

What newspaper did he call from your house that afternoon?

Mrs. Grant.

He called both of them.

Mr. Griffin.

And after he made those telephone calls, what did he do?

Mrs. Grant.

Well, he tried to eat. By now, the eggs were cool. He took a spoonful or fork full and went back to the phone. And he took this phone into the bedroom, and it seems to me he called Alice Nichols, because, you know, that is the girl he was engaged to.

Mr. Griffin.

Let me interrupt. Do you have a recollection of his making a telephone call to Alice Nichols from your house?

Mrs. Grant.

It seems to me it was that day or the next day, but I think it was that day.

Mr. Griffin.

Let me I am going to keep this in mind--let me ask you some other questions before we get to Alice Nichols. When he brought the sandwiches and so forth--

Mrs. Grant.

It wasn't sandwiches.

Mr. Griffin.

All right, he didn't have any made up sandwiches from the Ritz Delicatessen?

Mrs. Grant.

No. When he brings stuff for me, he don't usually do it that way, or for us.

Mr. Griffin.

Do you remember his making any telephone calls to inquire about the synagogue?

Mrs. Grant.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

Did he make that telephone call before or after he called about canceling the ads?

Mrs. Grant.

It seems .to me the call to the synagogue was later.

Mr. Griffin.

Was it before or after he talked to Alice Nichols?

Mrs. Grant.

Seems to me that it was later.

Mr. Griffin.

Which was later, the call to the synagogue?

Mrs. Grant.

It seems to me the call to the synagogue was later.

Mr. Griffin.

The next thing you remember his doing is talking to Alice Nichols?

Mrs. Grant.

Let me explain this, Mr. Griffin. Did you ever feel--this girl and him, there had been a very fine relationship, respectable, but I have noticed in the past, and I think I have heard this name for 15 years, and in this time they were engaged---that during tragic days or something very exhilarating, he called Alice Nichols. And when my brother talked to her, it is sort of a secret. He took the phone into the bedroom, and I had all reason to believe, and believe me I did not hear anything mentioned like "Alice," or "Dear," or "Honey." I had a feeling he was talking to Alice Nichols.

Mr. Griffin.

What made you feel that?

Mrs. Grant.

I couldn't help it. There was something about when he talked to her.

Mr. Griffin.

Did you hear anything that was said in that conversation?

Mrs. Grant.

I don't know whether this is in the back of my mind or knowing him, or whether I actually heard him. saying something to her, but I have all reason to believe that was the first call, because he jumped up from his eating, I told you, for each call, and as it was, he didn't eat. He ate less than a third than he normally eats. I don't know if I am imagining this. I mean this is a terrible thing to say, but there was something in his voice, or I may have heard, at least it is in the back of my mind, that he talked to her. I may have even heard her name, but I don't want to say. Later on that same night we talked about her, and this is what bothers me. Whether it is in the back of my mind he told me that, or did I hear him say, "Alice, it is Jack."

Mr. Griffin.

Did you hear him make some telephone calls about going to the synagogue?

Mrs. Grant.

I sure did.

Mr. Griffin.

Tell us about that. Let me stop just to get the place and time.