Mr. Griffin. Now this is the call that Wilma Hughes received?
Mr. Palmer. Yes.
Mr. Griffin. Would you tell us about that?
Mr. Palmer. Well, I recognized immediately on television, Jack. Prior to that, well Wilma called me stating that she had talked to Conrad Brown who she called Jack, who also is known professionally as Alton Sharp.
Mr. Griffin. When did Wilma call you?
Mr. Palmer. Early Sunday morning. And she said will you be seeing Jack today. The reason I assumed at the time the she asked me was that she did not herself frequent the clubs as a representative. I said, “It is doubtful.”
She said “Jackie (meaning Alton Sharp) said to tell Jack Ruby not to send a letter, it would do no good now.” And I said, “That is cryptic, what does it mean?”
And she said. “I don’t know, but be sure and tell Jack today.” With no particular emphasis on the word today.
I said, “I hadn’t planned on seeing Jack Ruby, but if I do, I would relay the message.” And then later the murder, and I could not quite correlate any reason why Chicago was indicating to people in my office, in my jurisdiction, anything that would pertain to AGVA, so I simply relayed this, and perhaps became over-concerned with it.
Mr. Griffin. Have you since learned of anything which would indicate what that telephone call was?