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    "ocrText": "2\n3\nDL 44-1639\nDL 44-1639\nSENATOR has visited at his home on frequent occasions in the\npast. He coneidera him an improvident-type individual who\n\"has never been able to earn a living,' but likable, accommo-\nrecall expressed deep sorrow this event had happened. MARTIN does not\ndating, and not unpleAgant to have around.\nfeolingo, of E ENATOR and/or ROBY to this, or the possible\nany encompassed a dotailing of the exact\nSENATOR in a good cook and on most of the occasions\nevents. activities of either au a consequence of it or any preceding\nwhen he came to the MARTIN home 11 wan for the purpose of pre-\nparing a moal for the MARTIN family. Ho prided himself on his\nability along this line, and dolighted in doing this. He lived,\nmore or leos, to MARTIN'B best knowledge, on the largess of his\nMARTIN has no recollocti ton of having soon or talked to SEMATOR\nwith the abova fixed on Friday, November 22, 1963,\nfrienda, and made himbelf accoptable through thingo such as the\nagain until around noon or shortly thereaftor on November 24,\nforegoing. He worked for time for JACK RUBY at the Carousel\n1963, the day of the OSWALD shooting and can furnieh no infor-\nClub,\nbut\nthat\ndid\nnot\nwork\nout\nand\nRUBY\nthen\ngot\nhim\n2a\ncon-\nmation 1963. relating to SENATOR'E possible activitied on November 23,\nnection Belling post carda and other novelty items. This latter\n.\nendeavor was being neglected by SENATOR, and, in goneral, he just\nnever neemod able to get ahead.\nchurch first 1t was on their way home from church they got the\nand On November 24, 1963, he and Mrs. MARTIN had gone to\nMARTIN feels SENATOR was used by RUBY as a sort of \"Man\nhia newa of the shooting on their radio. When they got home\nFriday. He would order him around and have him do menial\nfor a return call, but would call back.\ndaughter told him SENATOR had called, had loft no number\npersonal things for him. MARTIN in of the opinion RUBY had\nSENATOR around principally for this reason, and, on the other\nhand, SENATOR played his part willingly and without repentment\nthereafter in person at the house. He wae extremely excited\nInstead of calling back, SENATOR arrived shortly\nin return for the favoro and \"nupport\" RUBY tendered him.\nand JACK? upset. His paramount concern WAS \"what can be done about\nMARTIN, on first interview, could evoke no positive\nindicate he wanted; or had any reason to baliovo he nothing\nIle wae not concerned for himaelf and said to\nrecollection of having soon or talked to SENATOR on either No-\nvember 22 or 23, 1963. After discussion with his wife he then\nnews\nlegal counsel or help for himaolf. Ke naid he had heard needed,\nrecalled SENATOR was at the MARTIN home on either the evening\nto had tries to call MARTIN, and then had coa.d on out\ntown Dallas, of the phocting While at the Eatwell Peataurant in down-\nthe\nof Priday, November 22, 1963, or Saturday, November 23, 1963.\nIn an effort to be more enlightening on this point, MARTIN\nalthough none could state with cortainty, it was their joint\nRUBY. what he could or ahould do, and might also be able to holp\nto \"do something for JACK, and folt MARTIN could advise him as\nto the house with the intention of waiting for him. He wanted\nagain went over personal events with his wife and daughters, and\nconclusion, based on an association of evonts, that SENATOR was\nat the MARTIN home on the evening of Priday, November 22, 1963,\nthe day President KENNEDY was assassinated. He sat with them\n. MARTIN knew the police would want to intorrogate\nand watched television broadcasts concerned with the assassi\nand himmelf available immediately. They, thereupon, want\nSENATOR, make and his first advice that SENATOR go to the police\nnation, and became quite enotional with respact to the assausi-\nnation. At one point it seemed tears came to his eyes, and he\ntruck, MARTIN believes, but in not sure.\nalmost at once to the Dallas Police Department, in SENATOR'S\nCOMMISSION EXHIBIT No. 3024-Continued\nCOMMISSION EXHIBIT No. 3024-Continued\n,\nDL 44-1632\nDL 44-1639\nThe conference at the house was very brief, and no\nnaked him by the police and others, and what he had told them.\neffort was made to have . detailed diecusmion as to any\nHe did this in order to get Dome idens As to how bost to proceed\npossible motives which might hive prompter RUBY's action.\nwith a defonee for RUDY and, nino, in ordor that he, himpsolf,\nThere wan no mention made at that time of ROBY's foolings\nmight know about RUBY all that SENATOR know about him and him\nabout the killing of Prenident KENWEDY, his reaction to the\nactivition Thore then ensund a lengthy dismortation by SENATOR\nfull-page advertisement which had appaared in the local news\nwherein ha deacribed Mint had gono on at the Polico Department,\nover the name of BERNARD WEISSMAN; nor, was thern any reference\nIt was in the course of thin MARTIN firet learned from SENATOR\nat all made to the \"Impeach Earl Warron\" poster. MARTIN'S first\nabout RUBY'O being incengad ovor and hin onchional reaction to,\nand foremont thought at the morent waw to got SENATOR to the\nthe full-page advertisement of BERNARD WETSSMAN wich had\npolica, and. toward thin end, he told him, no they proceeded to\nappeared in a local papar and witch war derogatory to President\nthe police Department, he should \"inarshal his thoughts' with\nand, to the \"Inpeach Barl Werron\" poster and RUBY'B\nreupact to life ansociation with and knowledge of JACK RUBY.\nhaving photographed this pontor. MARTIN has vague rocollection\nSENATOR uaid ho was with RUAY wien this picture wau takon. HARTYN"
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