Mr. Specter. What was your occupation from the time you left Mr. Ruby’s until you left Dallas in January of 1964?
Mr. Wall. We reopened the Playbill Club for about 4 months and then we went back to the—I’m sorry—then we went to the Maple Theater, did a show for about 6 weeks called Mr. Wonderful, then back to the Adolphus Hotel where we stayed.
Mr. Specter. What did you do at the Adolphus Hotel?
Mr. Wall. Bottoms Up. Performed it in the Century Room.
Mr. Specter. How frequently did you see Mr. Ruby during the years of 1961, 1962, 1963?
Mr. Wall. Well, after we lost the Playbill again for a second time and we closed the show at the Maple Theater, then we were right across the street from where Jack had his club and Jack got a haircut at the barbershop in the hotel, ate in the hotel restaurant, consequently I think that is when he started—he and Joe started being friends and I started seeing him a lot and became good friends; then when we started at the Adolphus in 1962, maybe the latter part of 1961, we started speaking and being good friends. We would go over there sometimes three or four times a week just to see the show and the girls over there which we were good friends with.
Mr. Specter. To your knowledge, did Jack Ruby ever associate with any of the criminal element?
Mr. Wall. He always reminded me of a gangster but I have never seen him with anyone.
Mr. Specter. Why did he always remind you of a gangster?
Mr. Wall. Just the way he talks, you know, he just reminds me of a real hood. Still I have never seen him with anyone that you would call a criminal in Dallas.