(Testimony of Ralph Paul)
Mr. Hubert.
You were working then?
Mr. Paul.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
You had just gone back to work?
Mr. Paul.
No---yes, I came back to work. I come back to work at 5 o'clock.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you remember what the nature of that call was, that's on Friday night?
Mr. Paul.
That's when he told me he was going to close it down for 3 days.
Mr. Hubert.
Well, I thought he had mentioned that to you in the call during the afternoon?
Mr. Paul.
No; in the afternoon he didn't mention about closing it down, but that night early in the evening, I think, is when he told me he was going to close it down. I think it was when he called me at 6 o'clock that evening, when I first came back to the place.
Mr. Hubert.
Well, apparently there were three calls on Friday, is that correct? There was one right after the President was shot and one at about 2:45 or a quarter to 3, ,and then another one later? Mr. PAUL. Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you remember there were three calls?
Mr. Paul.
I remember five calls.
Mr. Hubert.
On Saturday?
Mr. Paul.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
When were the other two?
Mr. Paul.
He called me at home.
Mr. Hubert.
What time were the other two ?
Mr. Paul.
About a quarter to 11 and I told him I wasn't feeling well and-----
Mr. Hubert.
What did he want you to do ?
Mr. Paul.
Nothing--he just told me that he was over at his sister's house and he went to the synagogue
Mr. Hubert.
And you were .at home at that time?
Mr. Paul.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
And he called you once more ?
Mr. Paul.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
And what time was that?
Mr. Paul.
Oh, about 11:30 or about--about 12 o'clock, maybe a quarter of 12, and I was in bed and I told him he woke me up, and he was telling me that nobody downtown did any business on account of that, and I said to him, "Jack, I'm sick. Please don't call me no more."
Mr. Hubert.
Was he rather sore at you because you kept your place open?
Mr. Paul.
Not especially. I don't think so. I didn't see him after that.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he mention to you that he had gone to the Pago Club, in any of those calls at all?
Mr. Paul.
No, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
He never mentioned that to you whatsoever ?
Mr. Paul.
No; he never mentioned it to me. If I'm not with him, he don't tell me where he goes.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he ever tell you that he had been to the police department on Friday night and had been up in the showup room and so forth?
Mr. Paul.
No; but he told me that he brought some coffee over, I think, Saturday night, to the KLIF diskjockeys in the conversation.
Mr. Hubert.
Did he ever talk to you about the Bernard Weissman advertisement that he was so upset about?
Mr. Paul.
Yes; he mentioned that in the paper and he said he was going to ride up on the expressway and see it.
Mr. Hubert.
When did he say that to you ?
Mr. Paul.
I don't recall whether it was Friday night or Saturday night.
Mr. Hubert.
But it was nighttime?
Mr. Paul.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you recall his saying to you that his sister, Eva, was crying ?
Mr. Paul.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert.
When did he say that ?
Mr. Paul.
Saturday night.
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