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ALFRED DAVI DSON, JR . , was persona l l y cont act ed by t he
wr i t er at hi s t emporary res i dence , Hol l ywood Parkway Mot e l ,
11034 Vent ura Boul evard, Nor t h Hol l ywood, Ca l i f orni a , Room 7
( t e l ephone 763-8803) at whi ch t i me he f urni shed subst ant i a l l y
t he f ol l owi ng i nf ormat i on :
Dur i ng; l at e Sept ember - ear l y Oc ' cober , he was i n Da l l as ,
Texas , on bus i ness promot i ng a radi o show, " The Wor l d of Fashi on . "
He represent ed OLEO CASSI NI , Women' s Fa- i ons , New York Ci t y . He
was f i rst i nt roduced by phone t o JACK RUBY by t he Credi t Manager
of t i re Ne i man-Marcus Depar t ment St ore i n Da l l as . He t hereaf t er
went over t o see RUBY at hi s Carouse l Ni l i t Cl ub, and f or a prox i -
mat e l y t he next s i x weeks (unt i l November 15 or t hereabout s was
bef r i ended by RUBY . He saw hi m many t i '. , res bot h dur i ng t he day
and at ni ght at hi s ni _ ; ht c l ub .
Al t hough he never met RUBY bef ore , RUBY ext ended ever ,
hospi t a l i t y t o DAVI DSON, and RUBY ref used t o a l l ow hi m t o pi ck up
any checks . DAVI DSON was t oured about t . i e c i t y i n RUBY' s car f rom
t i me t o t i me . DAVI DSON st at ed t hat RUBY was apparent l y known by
everyone i n Da l l as , was a f r i end of anyone who needed any he l p,
knew everyone on t he pol i ce f orce , t reat ed t here t o f ree dr i nks ,
had a press pass on hi s car , had a pol i ce pass , and car r i ed a
revol ver i n t he gl ove compar t ment of hi s car at a l l t i mes a l t hough
he di d not have a permi t . t i e c l a i med t hat he needed t hi s revol ver
f or prot ect i on i nasmuch as he car r i ed l ar " ; e sums of money wi t h
hi m f rom t i me t o t i me , pay i n ; of f hi s empl oyees i n cash, and
not be l i ev i ng i n t he use of check i ng account s . RUBY a l so i ndi -
cat ed t hat he had f r i ends and f i nanc i a l i nt erest s i n Las Vegas ,
no det a i l s , and a l so had f r i ends i n Los Ange l es , no det a i l s .
As t o t he c l ub i t se l f , DAVI DSON a l ways observed i t as we l l run
and proper . He cons i ders RUBY as we l l f i xed f i nanc i a l l y .
DAVI DSON charact er i zes RUBY as a ; , l ad-hander and a
crusader f or anyone who was wronged . As t o t he k i l l i ng of
OSWALD, he , DAVI DSON, was not surpr i sed when RUBY was i dent i f i ed
as t he k i l l er , and i n f act had st at ed t o a mot e l acqua i nt ance when
he had onl y been i ndi cat ed on t e l ev i s i on as a ni ght c l ub owner ,
" I ' l l bet t hat was JACK RUBY . "
I t i s DAVI DSON' s opi ni on t hat RUDY, be i ng of t he nat ure
t hat he i s , and an aar i t rer of Pres i dent KENNEDY, t ook i t upon
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hi mse l f t o avenge what he cons i dered Lo be a persona l wren .
DAVI DSON st at ed t hat RUBY does not have t are i nt e l l i f , ence , educat i on,
or f ores l Li nt t o l ook a , ead t o t he consequences of hi s act .
DAVI DSON i s cer t a i n, i i or ; ever , t hat RL : cannot be cons i dered i nsane .
Cont rary t o publ i shed repor t s , c l ur i n . hi s aqua ' , - r i t ance
wi t h RUBY, he never saw any act s of v i ol ence or v i ol ent t amper or
any ot her abus i ve conduct on t he par t of RUBY .
OSWALD .
DAVI DSON i s not aware whet her RUBY was acqua i nt ed wi t h
RUBY t e l ephoni ca l l y cont act " , " : DAVI SON at hi s : cur rent
res i dence about f orm days ago mere l y f or a soc i a l ca l l .
DAVI DSON wi l l soon move i nt o i ds own bus i ness t o be
known as Al f red Dav i dson and Assoc i at es , Sui t e 107, i n a bui l a i ng
next t o t he KLAC Bui l di n_ 5800 bl ock , ' . ! i l shi re Boul evard, Los
An ; ; e l es , Ca l i f orni a . I n about t wo weeks , I : e wi l l a l so move t o
anot her res i dence address on Rodeo Dr l - , . . over l y Hi l l s ,
spec i f i c address not at hand i mmedi at e l - ; . l i e can a l ways be
reached t hrough t he l aw f i rm of hi s ex- rat her - i n- l aw; , J . ARTHUR
WARNER, New York F i nanc i er , whi ch i n Los An, e l ea I s Baut zer ,
I rwi n, Schut zbank , and Schwab, 190 Nor t . r Carbon Dr i ve , Bever l y
Hi l l s , Ca l i f orni a , t e l ephone nwnber OR 5-1212 .
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