About how long after he made the telephone calls concerning the cancellation of the ad did you hear a call about the synagogue?

Mrs. Grant.

Maybe an hour or 45 minutes. He walked up and back a couple of times. He took the phone in the bedroom. He made another call in there, and I want to tell you what I heard him say. This I heard him, "I am sorry I am calling you so late." I didn't hear too much of their other conversation, but he said, "Say hello to Jean."

Mr. Griffin.

Who is Jean?

Mrs. Grant.

This girl is named Jean Hamblen. She is married to Cecil Hamblen. They have one little child. Now, this could have been around 6:30. He had already been to the table three or four times. I remember Andy called twice. I remember Don--oh, wait a minute, I told you about Don. He called twice, didn't he?

Mr. Griffin.

Yes.

Mrs. Grant.

Okay, I know he called the composing room. Wait a minute, when Andy called, and Andy called back, and he called Don, now it seems to me that he already talked to Alice Nichols. I mean it may have been before Andy called, and he wasn't in the house too long.

Mr. Griffin.

What makes you think that he had already talked to Alice Nichols?

Mrs. Grant.

Well, I think he used the phone.

Mr. Griffin.

Or had he mentioned to you that he had already talked to her earlier in the day?

Mrs. Grant.

It seems to me I heard that too, but that would be nothing to him. I know it would sound crazy. My brother has called me when I am not sick five times a day. I mean, there are times, it is not an everyday occurrence, but there has been times, but it seems to me he said he had called her.

Mr. Griffin.

How long did he remain?

Mrs. Grant.

I am going to be honest about this. Alice is a very cold person. A very fine person, but I could never get to talk to her as even to this day, and I have known her for years.
I never sort of pushed conversation like, "How is she, what is she doing." Yet I knew he had a great liking for her.

Mr. Griffin.

You indicated earlier that he had been engaged to her. Was that actually a formal engagement?

Mrs. Grant.

Oh, yes. He gave her a ring.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, after he talked with Cecil Hamblen, did he make any other phone calls, that you remember?

Mrs. Grant.

Then it seems he called Dr. Jacobson, Coleman Jacobson, who attended the same synagogue.

Mr. Griffin.

Let me see if I can help you with this. Do you recall Jack saying in the telephone call to the doctor--well, do you recall after Jack made the telephone call to Dr. Jacobson that Jack actually called the synagogue?

Mrs. Grant.

He either did one or the other, but he did call both. You understand the whole deal, I got to tell you this.

Mr. Griffin.

All right.

Mrs. Grant.

Dr. Coleman Jacobson and Stanley Kaufman are supposed to be his friends and they used to bawl Jack out that he didn't come Friday night, which was the thing to do.
My brother, when he called Coleman Jacobson, and he often apologized, and I heard this mentioned, and I am not a big synagoguge goer, because Friday and Saturday night is the time we do business.
I know it is not right, but I don't know whether Coleman Jacobson told him to call the synagogue or he called the synagogue, but I did hear, I know he made both calls.

Mr. Griffin.

About how much time elapsed?

Mrs. Grant.

Between the two calls, it could have been an hour.

Mr. Griffin.

How much time elapsed from the time he called Cecil Hamblen until he left the house?

Mrs. Grant.

Not more than an hour, but maybe 45 minutes.

Mr. Griffin.

All right, was this telephone call to Cecil Hamblen the last one he made?