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(Testimony of Nancy Monnell Powell)
Mr. Griffin.
What did you all talk about when you got over to the Bull Pen that morning?
Mrs. Powell.
I just went to the Bull Pen and immediately got in the car and came over here, and we went down to the city hall, and we went in.
In the meantime, George Senator came down, and they arrested him, so the lawyers came over, and Ralph called Tommy Howard, or I think Tom Howard, and we were down in the police station to see Jack and see about him and the lawyers came in a couple of hours, and they got us out of there right away, because they said they were afraid they might lock us up too, because they had already grabbed George and put him in jail. So, they took us across the street to the office, and we were sitting there hoping that what's-his-name
wouldn't die.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you talk to George at all that day?
Mrs. Powell.
No; we didn't see George. He was in jail. He didn't get out until that evening or that night. We were over there, and Tom Howard, I think, and another lawyer--I know Tom Howard went over and spoke to Jack. They called to see if they could, and he went and spoke to Jack, and then they came back.
In the meantime, we were washing TV and Bill DeMar got on there and said he saw Oswald in the club. And there was a Houston reporter over there asking me all kinds of questions. We were hoping and praying that maybe he wouldn't die, so we were listening to see, and he did.
Mr. Griffin.
Then where did you go from there?
Mrs. Powell.
Well, we left there and went back to---the drummer was over there Bill Willis came in.
Mr. Griffin.
To the police station?
Mrs. Powell.
No; the lawyer's office, and there was just people milling in and out that knew Jack. They were all around.
Mr. Griffin.
How did Bill Willis happen to come?
Mrs. Powell.
He was down there around the police station and we saw him on the street and hollered, and he came in.
Mr. Griffin.
Had Bill Willis been down around the police station earlier?
Mrs. Powell.
I don't know. I saw him walking across the street. I imagine all the people came down when that happened, you know, but then we went back to the Bull Pen, I guess, and I got my car and I went home, I think. I don't remember what I did afterward. I think I went home. I did go home, yes; I did go home.
Mr. Griffin.
Did you take off someplace?
Mrs. Powell.
I rode with Ralph to the Bull Pen, and I got my car and went home, and I stayed there. Well, he didn't want to be bothered by reporters and all that, because they were poking around, so he went to some friend's house to stay.
Mr. Griffin.
How do you know that?
Mrs. Powell.
Because he called me and told me where he was going to be.
He said he didn't want to be bothered with a bunch of reporters, because Ralph took it pretty hard, because he liked Jack quite a bit and he took it pretty hard.
So he went over to this friend's house and he was over there, and then he went someplace else, and the FBI came and got him. And this Rose woman that worked for him, she cried and said he is like her father.
Mr. Griffin.
Did he call Ralph, Johnny, at the Bull Pen?
Mrs. Powell.
No; Johnny is Rose's husband. Rose was crying and called me up and was real upset, and the FBI had taken him and questioned him and wanted me to come over, and I had an interview on TV that night. She wanted me to come over there and go with her. She was crying and hysterical, so I went back to Arlington and got her, and we came to the police station, and they didn't have him down there, so we got back in the car and went down to the FBI. They wanted to talk to me, because they asked Rose, when they got Ralph, if I was with him. So I went down and he questioned me and questioned her, and we went back to Arlington. They had taken him to the Arlington police station and questioned him. So then we went home and went to bed.
Mr. Griffin.
When did you hear from Lynn?
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