(Testimony of Arthur William Watherwax)
Mr. Hubert.
So you are able to pinpoint the time because it was at the very end of your lunch hour, which invariably, I take .it, is from 3:30 to 4?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you fix it as shortly thereafter, or about 5 minutes after ?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Where does the elevator come from ?
Mr. Watherwax.
The first floor--up.
Mr. Hubert.
It's open to the public?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes; but there are a couple of nightwatchmen down there that check them in.
Mr. Hubert.
You say he stayed about 30 minutes, which would make it somewhere after 4:30 when he left. Did he stay and talk with you all that while or with others, including you?
Mr. Watherwax.
He started talking to me and I believe Roy Pryor came up and he talked to him also.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, the primary purpose of his visit, as I understand, was to change his ad, and he told you how to do it?
Mr. Watherwax.
He discussed it with me, you know, he was always asking somebody's opinion on something.
Mr.. HUBERT. He discussed it with you as to the composition, you mean?
Mr. Waterwax.
As to whether it would be timely.
Mr. Hubert.
You mean whether it would be a proper thing to do?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes; appropriate if I thought it would be a good idea.
Mr. Hubert.
In other words, he was seeking your advice as well as others as to whether it was a good idea to close the club, aside from. consulting you as to the composition of the ad, once that decision was made?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he seem to be in some doubt as to whether he would close the club?
Mr. Watherwax.
He said he was going to try and get the other owners to join him and they would all close.
Mr. Hubert.
But in any case, the decision, as I understand, was ultimately made to close?
Mr. Watherwax.
That's right.
Mr. Hubert.
And therefore the ad was changed?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes; that's right.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he make any comment about the assassination of the President ?
Mr. Watherwax.
Oh, yes; he was pretty shaken up about it. I guess everybody was.
Mr. Hubert.
But did he seem to be more shaken up than the average person?
Mr. Watherwax.
No; I would say he was more excited about the interview that he had just left evidently. He had been up at the police station for an interview with Oswald and with Henry Wade.
Mr. Hubert.
He told you about that?
Mr. Watherwax.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Hubert.
It is your impression now that he was more excited about the fact that he had been present at this interview than he was about anything else?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he seem to be grieving, particularly?
Mr. Watherwax.
No. He thought it was a terrible thing. He mentioned
that he had corrected Wade on, I think Henry Wade made a mistake about those two Cuban organizations and Ruby straightened him out. One was called "Freedom for Fair Play for Cuba", and I forget the Other one what the name of it was.
Mr. Hubert.
He mentioned to you that Wade had made a mistake concerning those two organizations and that he lind cleared it up ?
Mr. Watherwax.
Yes,
Mr. Hubert.
Did he say when and where he had cleared it up?
Mr. Watherwax.
At the interview.
Mr. Hubert.
At what interview?
Mr. Watherwax.
Evidently he spoke up and told him that he was wrong.
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