Mr. Specter. Weren’t the exotic clubs governed by the curfew?
Mr. Wall. No, sir; I’m sorry. The Theater Lounge and the Colony Club did close—I’m sorry. They didn’t close. No; they didn’t. You could serve a beer called near beer which did not contain any alcohol, or they would serve coffee. They did not have to close at the same time the others closed; so we took Larry and went over there and stayed up until around 2 or 3. I recall the incident, by the way, that Jack was having trouble with the union about.
Mr. Specter. What incident was it?
Mr. Wall. It was something about the comic had to perform in between each stripper to lengthen the time of the show and where he had lined up three strippers at one time and then a comic and then three strippers again. He was having trouble with time. He wanted to make the show continuous and this was the problem he was having, so the night that I went to the Carousel Club with Larry Grayson and Joe Peterson he, himself, got on stage and entertained for 30 minutes with a raffle and I recall that Larry turned to me and said—every time that Jack would do something he would try and be very funny—every time he would do something he would turn to me and say. “Is that all right, Breck?” and Larry turned to me and said, “He thinks a great deal of you. Every time he does anything he turns to you,” and I said, “Yes.” I definitely remember that. That was the problem of trying to make——
Mr. Specter. What night was that?
Mr. Wall. It was at least a week before, maybe not—maybe not quite a week.
Mr. Specter. Can you recall the specific night that was?
Mr. Wall. No, sir; I can’t.
Mr. Specter. Prior to that time when had you last seen Ruby?
Mr. Wall. I really don’t know, sir. I don’t think probably I saw him at all until after the President had been shot.