Mr. Tonahill. You are going to come right down——
Mr. Ruby. Why go back to Friday? That set me off.
Then it is a greater premeditation than you know is true.
Mr. Tonahill. I don't say it is premeditation. I never have. I don't think it is.
Mr. Ruby. Because it never entered my mind when they talked about, the officer, cutting him into bits. You would like to have built it up for my defense, but that is not it. I am here to tell the truth.
Mr. Tonahill. The psychiatrist said that to me.
Mr. Ruby. You want to put that into my thoughts, but it never happened. I took it with a grain of salt what he said at that particular time.
Well, it is too bad, Chief Warren, that you didn't get me to your headquarters 6 months ago.
Chief Justice Warren. Well, Mr. Ruby, I will tell you why we didn't. Because you were then about to be tried and I didn't want to do anything that would prejudice you in your trial. And for that reason, I wouldn't even consider asking you to testify until your trial was over. That is the only reason that we didn't talk to you sooner.
And I wish we had gotten here a little sooner after your trial was over, but I know you had other things on your mind, and we had other work, and it got to this late date.