(Testimony of Eva L. Grant)
Mrs. Grant.
I said, "I don't want anyone to get killed." I said, "If it was Hoover, now, he is a man 85 years old, and I read a confidential report out of some magazine, he has the same thing that my father had, uremia. I bet he would almost or wish someone would shoot him." I know how my father suffered.
Don't misunderstand me, let him live and be well. This is not a thought on my part. It is a thought that this poor man who is suffering so much.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you toll this to your brother?
Mrs. Grant.
Yes. I think we were discussing--we were very close in saying things.
Mr. Griffin.
This was before he went to the synagogue?
Mrs. Grant.
During the time he was eating and the phone calls and all those little conversations that go up and back.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you see him again that night after he left?
Mrs. Grant.
No. When he was leaving, he already threw up, and I was worried about him getting killed in traffic. I said, "Don't go to the synagogue." And he said, "Yes, I got to go." He said, "I will never feel right."
Mr. Griffin.
Did he tell you when he left the house he was going home first?
Mrs. Grant.
This is what--he was too dirty. He never wears clothes, the same clothes all day, if he has to go out in the evening or go into the club, and he wasn't dressed right.
It seems to me his tie was loose, or whatover it was. I don't even remember. I think he wore a grey suit.
Mr. Griffin.
After he left?
Mrs. Grant.
He got home.
Mr. Griffin.
You didn't hear from him again, did you?
Mrs. Grant.
Yes, I did.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he call you when he got home?
Mrs. Grant.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
He called you from his house? How long after he left?
Mrs. Grant.
About an hour.
Mr. Griffin.
What did he say?
Mrs. Grant.
That is when he says to me, "I told Eileen you were going to call her. I told Eileen you were going to call her."
Mr. Griffin.
When did he say that to Eileen?
Mrs. Grant.
How do I know? He told Eileen in Chicago that I was going to call her that night.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you call Eileen?
Mrs. Grant.
It seems to me I did. You want to know, my records would it better than I can.
Mr. Griffin.
You know you talked with Eileen?
Mrs. Grant.
Yes, but I don't remember when I talked to her that night, Saturday night, but I am almost certain it was that night.
And I want to tell you what happened in the conversation. I said, "You know Jack wanted me to call you. I guess he called you. Such a tragedy. And how do you feel?" And she said, "I want to send you a robe."
And I said, "I don't want nothing. I got flowers to bury me, and I would to be buried away. I am Just sick about this thing."
And we were talking, only I didn't speak so hectic as I am now. I was pretty low and sick physically. I said, "I am going to call over at Mary's." That is Mary and Ann Hyman, and Mary lives at 1044 Loyola, Chicago.
She said, "When you call over there, tell Hyman (my older brother) he left his glasses here."
So I said, "You are in Chicago, why don't you call him." Kidding her.
And she said, "No"
I think I called that night. You look and see. It seems to me I called.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you leave the apartment at all that night?
Mrs. Grant.
Never.
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