Mr. Rossi. Yes, I am an agent on my own. I operate singly and cooperate with other brokers. I deal mostly in commercial or resort type properties and primarily representing the South Padre Island Investment Company.
Mr. Griffin. How do you happen to know Jack Ruby?
Mr. Rossi. Well, for one thing, we came from the same town and the same neighborhood. I met Jack Ruby when he was here in Dallas and I had been in the entertainment business, in a sense, and worked around with shows and clubs and expositions, and naturally knew quite a few of the club operators around town, or restaurant men and one way or another, ran into Jack Ruby, who was operating a club, and, because of our same birthplace, or growing up in the same town, in the same neighborhood, gave us something in common to talk about. I actually didn’t know him in Chicago and our paths never crossed there. I am surprised, they didn’t because we resided pretty close in the same area.
Mr. Griffin. How long ago was it that you first met Jack?
Mr. Rossi. Oh, I would say about 12 or 15 years ago, something like that, and maybe longer now. These months go by now—but I don’t really know that.
Mr. Griffin. Over the years, how often did you see him?
Mr. Rossi. Well, I might see him possibly every day for weeks or so at a time, and then it might be I would not see the man for a year, so to speak.
Mr. Griffin. How would it come about that you would happen to see him every day for a period of time?
Mr. Rossi. Well, in the latter years I had a coffee shop in the Mercantile Security Building and Jack had his attorney—who officed there in that building.
Mr. Griffin. Which attorney was that?