Mr. Hubert. You would know if he did have?
Mr. Duncan. Probably—I should think so. Press passes were short at that time, and at that time the only press passes available to my knowledge were the press passes that were connected with the Kennedy visit and not the later Dallas police press passes that were issued after the assassination.
Mr. Hubert. What is your impression of Ruby’s general attitude that night?
Mr. Duncan. Well, repeating my trial testimony—this was the first time I had met him, so I had no real relative gage, but he did not seem out of character. He seemed—he was excited in the sense that everyone was excited. He seemed to me to be a highstrung individual, a quick sort of individual, but he did not seem overly excited and did not seem out of character.
Mr. Hubert. Did he seem to be grieving?
Mr. Duncan. No, no; he was not grieving. If anything—if anything, he was—well, I use the word “happy” guardedly, but he was if anything happy that evidence was piling up against Oswald and that he had been charged, and the mounting of a case against him.
Mr. Hubert. Did you get the impression that he himself was sort of getting a kick or a charge out of being close to the police and the news development of this historic event?
Mr. Duncan. Oh, I think so. I think he was to a certain degree. Of course, we run into this sort of thing all the time. Of course, the event was much more important, but I would not say that he seemed any more excited about having an “in” or being closer to it than the average person we run into at a shooting or a major accident, who sidles up to you and tries to become involved.
Mr. Hubert. How did he explain giving you the sandwiches?
Mr. Duncan. As I remember there was no definite explanation. It was simply that “I figured you guys would be hungry and I brought these up to you,” with this type of an explanation, if it is one.