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    "ocrText": "some of his employees mostly, or customers. And he was\nOLSEN. We were going together.\nerratic and hotheaded.\nSPECTER. What specific indications did you observe\nSome testimony omitted here.\nthnt he was erratic or hotheaded?\nSPECTER. Where did Mr. Ruby live in the fall of\nOLSEN. Well, sometimes he would get so mad that he\n1963, say September of 1963, if you know?\nwould shake.\nOLSEN. He lived on Ewing.\nSPECTER. What would cause him to get that mad?\nSPECTER. Do you recall-\nOLSEN. Anything. I mean he would just fly off the\nOLSEN. Right at Stemmons Freeway.\nhandle about anything.\nSPECTER. How far was that from Kay's house?\nSPECTER. Can you give me a specific illustration of\nOLSEN. Approximately 4 or 5 bloeks.\nwhat eaused him on any oceasion to become that angry?\nSome testimony omitted here.\nOLSEN. Mostly with his help.\nSPECTER. Do you know whether or not Jack Ruby\nSPECTER. A moment ago you said that you had dis-\nknew Officer J. D. Tippit?\nagreements with him over the way he treated his help.\nOLSEN. I heard that he did.\nWhat was it about the way he treated his help which\nSPECTER. From whom did you hear that?\ncaused you to have any disagreement with Jack Ruby?\nOLSEN. It was a rumor that he did.\nOLSEN. Well, they would want to quit and he would\nSPECTER. Wlien did you hear that rumzor that he did\nget upset about that.\nknow Officer J. D. Tippit?\nSPECTER. Was that in relation only to Mrs. Kay OI-\nOLSEN. While talking with other officers. I couldn't\nsen who was an employee of his, or did that apply to other\nspecifically say when.\nemployees as well?\nSPECTER. Was that after Tippit was killed?\nOLSEN. Others.\nOLSEN. Yes.\nSPECTER. Why was it that you were concerned about\nSPECTER. Did you ever hear anybody say that Jack\nother employeed?\nRuby knew Officer J. D. Tippit before Officer Tippit was\nOLSIEN. Ile would tall to me about it and ask me\nkilled?\nwhat I thought, and I would try to tell him to just calm\nOLSEN. No, sir.\ndown.\nSPECTER. Could you recall specifically who it was\nSPECTER. But as a result of those conversations with\nRaby, you had disagreements with him?\nwho said that Ruby knew Officer Tippit?\nOLSEN, No, sir.\nOLSEN. Not very often. Net very often.\nSPECTER. Did you ever see Jack Ruby and Officer I\nSPECTER. Can you give mo any other information as\nD. Tippit together?\n17\nRuby?\nto what caused any disagreement between you and Jack\nOLSEN. No, not that I recall.\nOLSEN. No, I ean't thinks of anything.\nSome testimony omitted here.\nSPECTER. Where were you-living-in-the fall of 1963,\nSPECTER. Do you recall November 22, 1963, the day\nsay in-Soptemberof10637\nPresident Kennedy was assassinated?\nOLSEN, On Theatre Lane.\nOLSEN. Yes, sir.\nIt would be helpful if we knew his address on Theatre\nSPECTER. Tell me, as specifically as you can recollect,\nLane, but the Commission Attorney seemed not to think\nexactly what your activities were on that day.\nof such a question.\nOLSEN. I was employed by the Dallas Police\nSPECTER. And where was Mrs. Hay Olsen, who was\nDepartment and was-working. at an extra job guarding\nthen not your wife, living at that time?\nan estate.\nOLSEN. On Ewing.\nSPECTER. Whose estate was that?\ncall? SPECTER. What was her specific address, if you re-\nOLSEN. F don't remember the name.\nSPECTER. How did you happen to get that extra job?\nOLSEN, 325 North Ewing, I believe.\nOLSEN. A motorcycle officer was related to this el-\nSPECTERT What was your relationship with Kay in\nderly woman and he was doing work, but he was in the\nthe fall of 19637\nmotor-\n80\n81\n("
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