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
So then I intervened and said, "Well, if Lee is a lost sheep, and that
is why you don't want him to go to church, he is the one that should
go into church. The good people do not need to go to church. Let's
say he is called a murderer. It is the murderers and all we should be
concerned about".
And that agent--I am going ahead of my story a little bit--that man
right here----
Mr. RANKIN. You are pointing to----
Mrs. OSWALD. This agent right here. You may pass the picture around.
Mr. RANKIN. The figure on the left hand of the picture you have just
produced?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir. I do not know his name. The man had the decency
to stay at the far end of the room, near the entrance door, while the
minister and myself and Robert were sitting on the sofa. And when I
said to the minister about the lost sheep, this agent, who I will have
a much longer story to talk about, left the group and came and sat on
the other sofa--there were two sofas and a cocktail table--and he said,
"Mrs. Oswald, be quiet. You are making matters worse."
Now, the nerve of him--to leave the group and to come there and scold
me.
This Mr. French, Reverend French, agreed that we would have chapel
services, that he could not take the body into the church. And we
compromised for chapel services.
However, when we arrived at the graveyard, we went to the chapel. There
is the body being brought into the chapel. There is another picture.
Here is another picture of the chapel.
Mr. RANKIN. Before we go on----
Mrs. OSWALD. And the chapel was empty. My son's body had been brought
into the chapel, but Reverend French did not show up. And because
there was a time for the funeral, the Star Telegram reporters and the
police, as you see in the picture, escorted my son's body from the
chapel and put it at the grave site. And when we went to the cemetery,
we went directly to the chapel, because we were promised to have chapel
services. And the chapel was empty. My son's body was not in it. Robert
cried bitterly.
Mr. RANKIN. Mrs. Oswald, can I interrupt a minute?
We will have the reporter identify this photograph that you just
referred to, where the FBI agent is in the lefthand corner.
(The photograph referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 165 for
identification.)
Mr. RANKIN. The photograph I have just referred to is Exhibit 165, is
it?
Mrs. OSWALD. Exhibit 165.
Mr. RANKIN. And the FBI agent you refer to is in the upper lefthand
corner of that exhibit.
Mrs. OSWALD. That's right. And this is the other FBI agent, Mr. Mike
Howard, who is going to be involved quite a bit. He is the one that was
taking care of Baine Johnson. He is the one that they have now sent to
protect me in Fort Worth. He was the lead man at Six Flags.
Mr. RANKIN. And he stands right behind you there in that picture?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, that is Mr. Mike Howard.
Mr. RANKIN. Isn't he a Secret Service man?
Mrs. OSWALD. Secret Service man--they are both Secret Service.
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