Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. KennedyUnited States. Warren Commission
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Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. Whitworth related to the FBI that the man told her that the
younger child with him was born on October 20, 1963, which was in
fact Rachel Oswald’s birthday.[C6-646] In her testimony before the
Commission, however, Mrs. Whitworth could not state that the man had
told her the child’s birthdate was October 20, 1963, and in fact
expressed uncertainty about the birthday of her own grandchild, which
she had previously used as a guide to remembering the birthdate of the
younger child in the shop.[C6-647] Mrs. Hunter thought that the man she
and Mrs. Whitworth believed was Oswald drove the car to and from the
store;[C6-648] however, Lee Harvey Oswald apparently was not able to
drive an automobile by himself and does not appear to have had access
to a car.[C6-649]
The two women claimed that Oswald was in the Furniture Mart on a
weekday, and in midafternoon. However, Oswald had reported to work
at the Texas School Book Depository on the dates referred to by the
women and there is no evidence that he left his job during business
hours.[C6-650] In addition, Ruth Paine has stated that she always
accompanied Marina Oswald whenever Marina left the house with her
children and that they never went to the Furniture Mart, either with or
without Lee Harvey Oswald, at any time during October or November of
1963.[C6-651] There is nothing to indicate that in November the Oswalds
were interested in buying furniture.[C6-652]
Finally, investigation has produced reason to question the credibility
of Mrs. Hunter as a witness. Mrs. Hunter stated that one of the reasons
she remembers the description of the car in which Oswald supposedly
drove to the furniture store was that she was awaiting the arrival of a
friend from Houston, who drove a similar automobile.[C6-653] However,
the friend in Houston has advised that in November 1963, she never
visited or planned to visit Dallas, and that she told no one that she
intended to make such a trip. Moreover the friend added, according to
the FBI interview report, that Mrs. Hunter has “a strange obsession
for attempting to inject herself into any big event which comes to her
attention” and that she “is likely to claim some personal knowledge of
any major crime which receives much publicity.”[C6-654] She concluded
that “the entire family is aware of these ‘tall tales’ Mrs. Hunter
tells and they normally pay no attention to her.”[C6-655]
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