I don't know how you want to classify what you can close. Many friend I had, good friends.

Mr. Griffin.

Apparently of all the people you knew in Dallas, the one that you felt most inclined to call when you heard that Oswald had been shot was Jim Martin.

Mr. Senator.

It happened to be I thought of Jim Martin, yes, and I called him.

Mr. Griffin.

And if you had reached him at that time, I suppose you would have gone out to his house or you would have carried this on further. You have had some conversation with him about it?

Mr. Senator.

Yes; I imagine so. I would imagine so.

Mr. Griffin.

What I am getting at is you didn't really have to convey the news to Jim Martin or anybody else.

Mr. Senator.

No; it just happened to be it was local news, you know. It is like probably a thousand other people did, called their friends "Did you hear this, did you hear that." It could be anywheres in the country.

Mr. Griffin.

When the President was shot did you call anybody?

Mr. Senator.

No; because I didn't know. I was told.

Mr. Griffin.

But when you were told did you call anybody?

Mr. Senator.

No, no; because the reason I didn't call anybody, it was a weekday. Now this is only guesswork. It was a weekday, and, of course, I assumed that everybody knew it as fast as I knew it or probably faster than I knew it, with the many thousands of people who were in that locale, they knew it before I did.

Mr. Hubert.

All right, let's continue from the point that you left the Jail. Did you meet anyone?

Mr. Senator.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

Who?

Mr. Senator.

I was with Jim, I met Jim Martin and another attorney who I had only met for the first time and I don't remember his name.

Mr. Hubert.

They were waiting for you or you met them outside?

Mr. Senator.

They told me they would meet me somewheres.

Mr. Hubert.

Where was that?

Mr. Senator.

We met at a bar across the street from the courthouse.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you know the name of the bar?

Mr. Senator.

I think it was the TV Bar.

Mr. Hubert.

The message you had was that they would meet you there, is that right?

Mr. Senator.

Yes

Mr. Hubert.

And you did go there and talked to Martin and the other lawyer?

Mr. Senator.

Yes; the other attorney.

Mr. Hubert.

How long were you with them?

Mr. Senator.

If I recall right, I would say we sat in that bar and had two or three beers, if I remember right. I think I said to Jim "I don't have a place to sleep or a place to go" because I was afraid to go home.

Mr. Hubert.

You told that to Jim Martin?

Mr. Senator.

I told that to Jim, and I believe wait a minute now--I believe, I am not sure but I think I went to his house and he said he would put me up on the couch if I was afraid to go anywheres, which I was. From there on in I was afraid to go home.

Mr. Hubert.

Why?

Mr. Senator.

Why was I afraid to go home? Well, I was just scared, that is all.

Mr. Hubert.

Of what?

Mr. Senator.

I don't know of what, but I was scared.

Mr. Hubert.

Obviously you were scared that somebody might try to hurt you?

Mr. Senator.

Very possibly, yes; on something like this. Now who or what I don't know but that was the instinct I had. As a matter of fact I was scared for about 10 days after that.

Mr. Hubert.

You mean you were scared for 10 days after being----

Mr. Senator.

In other words, for about 10 days I was afraid to sleep in the