Mrs. Grant. No, I didn’t. He did. But what I mean is, the checks didn’t go through the bank. We just let them sign a check like a receipt, but everything was on it—their names, their withholding and their social security.
Mr. Hubert. That’s what I was trying to get at—the Vegas Club or Jack Ruby or you, yourself, for the operation of the Vegas Club, did not have an active checking account in which money received was deposited and expenses paid out?
Mrs. Grant. He deposited the money every week, but it was like a round figure, like 200. I paid for the gas, I paid the telephone and lights and water bill on checks. I bought all the merchandise on cash and we have receipts. He paid the rent.
Mr. Hubert. And you paid the employees by cash, too?
Mrs. Grant. The bartender, and the band and the floorman. The waitresses worked on tips.
Mr. Hubert. All the employees were paid by cash?
Mrs. Grant. Yes, but they signed receipts for it.
Mr. Hubert. I understand. Who was Pauline Hall in that operation, what did she have to do?
Mrs. Grant. Well, sometimes she helped on the floor as a hostess and, of course, while I was ill, she took over the management for 2 weeks in 1963 in November. She has been a waitress in our club on and off. She has known us about 8 years. She has been a bartender when we needed one—she is a very nice person.
Mr. Hubert. I understand you had some trouble with your band at the Vegas in the fall—did they quit or something of that sort?