Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (01 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. THORNE. Exhibit 126 is a small hand overnight bag, canvas zipper
bag.
Mrs. OSWALD. That is Lee's handbag, and he arrived with it from Mexico
City.
Mr. RANKIN. It is one of the bags that you described when you were
telling about his bringing one back from Mexico City?
Mrs. OSWALD. He only had this one.
Mr. RANKIN. Exhibit 126 was the only bag that he brought back?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. We offer in evidence Exhibit 126.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be admitted.
(The article referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 126, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. THORNE. Exhibit 127 is a suitcase.
Mrs. OSWALD. A Russian suitcase.
Mr. RANKIN. You have seen that before, have you?
Mrs. OSWALD. Of course.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know whether he took Exhibit 127 to Mexico?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. You don't know, or you don't think he did?
Mrs. OSWALD. I know that he did not take it.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know when he used Exhibit 127?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't think that he would have used it.
Was this taken in Lee's apartment?
Mr. RANKIN. We cannot tell you that, Mrs. Oswald. We don't know which
place it was taken from.
You have seen it amongst his things, though, have you not?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I think these things were in Ruth Paine's garage.
Mr. RANKIN. You don't know whether it is his or Mrs. Paine's?
Mrs. OSWALD. That is my suitcase.
Mr. RANKIN. And did you use it to come from the Soviet Union?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes.
Mr. THORNE. This is not Lee's suitcase, then--this is your personal
suitcase?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes. Ours, or mine.
Mr. RANKIN. We offer in evidence Exhibit 127.
The CHAIRMAN. Do you need that? That is hers. She may want it. Do you
think we need it?
Very well. It may be admitted.
(The article referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 127, and
received in evidence.)
Mr. THORNE. Exhibit 128 is a Humble Oil and Refining Company courtesy
map of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Mr. RANKIN. I call your attention, Mrs. Oswald, to the markings in ink,
in the area where the assassination took place.
Mrs. OSWALD. This map Lee acquired after returning to Irving. Before
that, he had another map.
That doesn't tell me anything. I did not use this map.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you ever see your husband use it?
Mrs. OSWALD. No. I think that this was in his apartment, where he
lived. Perhaps he used it there.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you ever see him put those markings on it?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, I have never seen him use this specific map. Possibly
he marked this place, not because of what happened there, but because
this was the place where he worked, I don't know. He had a habit to
note down the addresses of all acquaintances where he worked.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you tell whether the writing on the side of the map
there is in your husband's handwriting?
Mrs. OSWALD. It doesn't look like his handwriting.
(The document referred to was marked for identification as Commission
Exhibit No. 128.)
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