Mr. Griffin. What did Earl do? Did he leave?
Mrs. Powell. No; he kept on, and they got Jack calmed down, and Earl kept on, because when he drinks, he doesn’t have good sense, Earl.
Mr. Griffin. Do you remember when Earl Norman came back to the club about a week before President Kennedy was shot and Jack wouldn’t let him in? Do you remember that incident?
Mrs. Powell. Oh, well, he had come up a lot of times and Jack wouldn’t let him in. He has been barred from there a hundred times. He would have an argument, and Jack would bar him. One time they ran him off.
Mr. Griffin. I want to follow it from the time of this episode with Jada.
Mrs. Powell. He came back after that. Jack never stayed mad at anyone for a long length of time. He would throw him out and tell him, “Don’t come back,” but Earl would call, “Is it OK if I come up,” or he would come to the door and ask if it is all right, and I don’t remember Jack not letting him in. But a lot of times it was depending on how drunk he was.
Mr. Griffin. Did you observe any kindnesses or anything that Jack showed?
Mrs. Powell. He was very kind to a lot of people.
Mr. Griffin. Any specific instances of kind acts?
Mrs. Powell. He was always picking people up off the street or something, that didn’t have a place to stay or any money or a job or anything. He just had all kinds. Well, he had this one guy who used to sleep in the club. We had three or four guys sleeping in the club every night because they didn’t have a place to stay. And he would give him $2 or $3 a day, and they were sort of flunkies.