Mr. Specter. Why were you scared?
Mr. Wall. Just when people start calling you long distance you get seared. You don’t want to get involved in anything, particularly if you didn’t have anything to do with it. Then the next telephone call we got was from Dick Hitt, who is a man on the—a columnist for the Dallas Times Herald who knew I was a very close friend.
Mr. Specter. Had you known Mr. Hitt before that telephone call?
Mr. Wall. Oh, yes; ever since I have been in Dallas.
Mr. Specter. What did Mr. Hitt say to you?
Mr. Wall. He wanted to know about—he wanted me to talk to his editor or someone about Jack, to find out what kind of a person he was and everything.
Mr. Specter. Did you talk to his editor?
Mr. Wall. We did but very coldly. Joe talked to the editor.
Mr. Specter. Did you talk to him?
Mr. Wall. I talked to Dick Hitt but whenever they called back the man called back and said: “Dick Hitt said for me to call you.” Joe got on the phone and said: “No, I don’t know anything.” I have a correction to make. The first call that we received was from the Dallas Morning News. The second call we got was from the Washington Post and the last call we got was from Dick Hitt.