Mr. Hallmark. Yes.
Mr. Hubert. Do you remember what preceded it so that we could get the basis of forming an impression ourselves of what this phrase “You know I’ll be there” referred to?
Mr. Hallmark. The conversation that preceded that statement was that about the strewing of the flowers and the possible delay of the transfer. In other words, immediately after he said that possibly the thing would be delayed, he listened for a period of time, maybe 20 seconds and closed the conversation with, “You know I’ll be there”.
Mr. Hubert. And your thought is that that referred to the jail?
Mr. Hallmark. Yes.
Mr. Hubert. Now, one other thing I want to cover is that you make a statement that it was your impression that Ruby would not allow the girls who worked in his establishment either as waitresses or entertainers to make dates out of the club. Can you tell us how you obtained that information?
Mr. Hallmark. Well, in the 3 plus years that I have known Ruby, we’ve probably—I can say conservatively that we have talked 30 minutes a week about first one thing or another. Ruby was a good neighbor, and, of course, he pushed my operation there in this garage, and it was through those conversations that influenced my thinking from a standpoint of—I mean—this wouldn’t have anything to do with morals, it would be because Ruby knew that he could get himself in trouble, you know, lose his license.
Mr. Hubert. That impression came from a series of conversations that spread over possibly 3 years?
Mr. Hallmark. Yes; right.
Mr. Hubert. All of which indicated to you that he would not tolerate the dating of his girls, but that principally he was motivated by the fact that he could get into difficulty if he did?