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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XIV - Page 112« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Alice Reaves Nichols)

Mrs. Nichols.
There are a few things in here that I notice that are not exactly right.
Mr. Griffin.
All right, let me ask you if you would refer to the page on which the mistaken material appears, and if you would read the material that is mistake. n and then we will talk about it.
Mrs. Nichols.
I may have said it as it is here, but I know that I said that I didn't think that Joe Bonds had an interest in the Vegas Club. But after thinking it over, I believe that he had for a short time an interest with Jack Ruby. But I believe that at this time that I talked with the FBI men, I had forgotten about that. But since thinking it over----
Mr. Griffin.
Can you pick out of there what page that appears on?
Mrs. Nichols.
Let me put on my glasses. [Looks through document.]
Mr. Griffin.
Maybe I can find it for you.
Mrs. Nichols.
I read it in there. It is in there some place.
Mr. Griffin.
This would be on page 284. Let me read the language to you, and you can tell me if that is what you had reference to.
The paragraph at the top of the page which reads: "During the time she was associated with Jack Ruby, Ruby was friendly with one Joe Bond when he operated the club on West Commerce Street in Dallas, Texas. She. did not believe that Ruby and Bond were ever associated in any business."
Mrs. Nichols.
That is it. Yes; that's right, I believe for a short time that Joe Bond had an interest in the Vegas Club with Jack Ruby.
Mr. Griffin.
Now has something happened since this interview, the original interview that you had with the FBI that made you remember that or think that Joe did have some business interest in the Vegas?
Mrs. Nichols.
I have just thought over the questions that they asked me, and I recall that I believe that he did. I have been thinking it over.
Mr. Griffin.
What makes you think that he did have?
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, I think that Jack Ruby told me himself that Joe Bond had an interest.
Mr. Griffin.
What I am trying to get at here is, is there anything in particular that made you remember this?
Mrs. Nichols.
No; nothing in particular.
Mr. Griffin.
Is there anything else in this interview of November 25, that you think ought to be changed or corrected?
Mrs. Nichols.
No; I don't believe so.
Mr. Griffin.
Now let me hand you what is marked for the purpose of identification as Dallas, Tex., April 14, 1964, Alice R. Nichols' Exhibit 5356. This document consists of two pages, and it purports to be a copy of an interview that you had with another FBI Agent, Mr. Albert Sayres. I guess you talked with Sayers on the 25th, also, but this interview was on January 18, 1964. Have you had a chance to read that over?
Mrs. Nichols.
Yes, I have.
Mr. Griffin.
Are there any additions or corrections you would make in that?
Mrs. Nichols.
No; that is correct.
Mr. Griffin.
Now I want to go back, and I am going to ask you some questions that are, some of which are biographical and some have to do with Jack Ruby, and some helter-skelter. When did your husband die?
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, I was divorced in 1947, but he didn't die until 1961.
Mr. Griffin.
What did he do for a living?
Mrs. Nichols.
While we were married, he was with Commercial Standard Insurance Co.
Mr. Griffin.
Is that here, in Dallas?
Mrs. Nichols.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
What did he do after your divorce?
Mrs. Nichols.
Well, I didn't talk to him very often. He went into the insurance adjusting business, his own business for a while. Then I understand at the time of his death he was in the jewelry business.
Mr. Griffin.
There is a Nichols' Garage here in town. Is that any relationship to your husband?
Mrs. Nichols.
No; it is not.
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