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
Mrs. OSWALD. No, sir. I explained before that I made no attempt. I
thought when they get ready to let me know, that is fine. Up until
then, I had to do my own work and take care of myself. And I do respect
other people's privileges. If that is the way they want it, fine.
When they get ready to let me know, I will welcome them. If not, I will
go about my own business.
Mr. RANKIN. Had you learned they had gone to New Orleans?
Mrs. OSWALD. I had not learned of that until after the assassination. I
knew nothing, I had no contact with them.
So, then, the next thing we should start then would be the Dallas--the
assassination.
Mr. RANKIN. Whatever you know.
Mrs. OSWALD. Well, I was on a case in a rest home, and I had a 3 to
11 shift. I was dressed, ready to go to work. I was watching--I am a
little ahead of my story.
I watched the television in the morning before I was dressed. And
Richard Nixon was in Dallas, and he made a television appearance
approximately 2 hours before President Kennedy was to arrive in Dallas.
And, as a layman, I remember saying, "Well, the audacity of him, to
make this statement against President Kennedy just an hour or two
before his arrival in Dallas."
And then I had my lunch, and I dressed, with my nurse's uniform on, to
go to work, for the 3 to 11 shift. And I have to leave home at 2:30. So
I had a little time to watch the Presidential procession.
And while sitting on the sofa, the news came that the President was
shot. And there was a witness on television, a man and a little girl on
television. However, I could not continue to watch it. I had to report
to work.
So I went in the car, and approximately seven blocks away I turned the
radio on in the car. I heard that Lee Harvey Oswald was picked up as a
suspect.
I immediately turned the car around and came back home, got on the
telephone, called Acme Brick in Fort Worth, and asked where Robert was,
because he had been traveling, and I must get in touch with Robert
immediately, because his brother was picked up as a suspect in the
assassination. So they had Robert call me.
Robert didn't know that Lee was picked up.
Mr. RANKIN. Was this the day of the assassination?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir, the day of the assassination, they picked Lee up.
Mr. RANKIN. And 3 to 11--that is in the afternoon?
Mrs. OSWALD. This was 2:30, because I was on my way to work, and I had
to be at work at 3 o'clock.
Mr. RANKIN. Three in the afternoon is when you had to be at work?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir, and it was 2:30 I heard the news and went back
home.
I had Acme Brick call Robert to give him the news, and Robert called
me, and he had not heard his brother was picked up.
Now, Robert is in Denton. So I called the Star Telegram, and asked
that--if they could possibly have someone escort me to Dallas, because
I realized I could not drive to Dallas. And they did. They sent two men
to escort me to Dallas.
The name of one is Bob Shieffer, the other name I will have for you
gentlemen.
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