Mr. Griffin. How common was it for him to feel that people were against him?
Mrs. Powell. Well, it is very common, because I think—I don’t know, because I wasn’t there, but from being around him and from knowing Ralph as well as I do and other people that know Jack, I understand that he had a pretty hard time getting up.
Mr. Griffin. From your own experience, I am asking you?
Mrs. Powell. Well, it was very common, but you know, like all of his life, he has had to fight for things, and he feels that in order to get some place, he’s got to do everything, he is going to do it before somebody else does it to stop him.
He has always had this in his mind that somebody was going to do something to him, and he was going to beat them to the punch.
Does that make sense to you? Do you understand what I am saying?
Mr. Griffin. He wanted to get in there first?
Mrs. Powell. I don’t care how much money Jack had. If he had been a millionaire, he wouldn’t have been one bit different. He didn’t have any class, and he really wanted to. And no tact.
Mr. Griffin. What had he ever said to you about his desire for class?
Mrs. Powell. Well, now, you could tell the way he acted, and if you were around him a great deal. Jack really wanted to be somebody, and have class. He used the word class quite often, so I know it was an important thing with him. This girl that worked up there, he said, “She’s got class,” and he would go on about class. Everything had to have class. And I think that is what he wanted, but he could never have it, because Jack was just Jack. He has no tact. I mean the club could be packed, and if he is standing over on this side and there is something doing, he would holler, “Hey, you hit the door.” He is just weird.