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.
Mr. RANKIN. I offer in evidence Exhibit 17.
The CHAIRMAN. It may be marked with the next number and received in
evidence.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 17, and
received in evidence.)
Mrs. OSWALD. How a simple notebook can become a matter of material
evidence--the Spanish words in it, and June's scribbling on it.
Mr. RANKIN. Returning to the time that your husband came back from
Mexico City to Dallas, can you tell us what type of luggage he brought
back with him?
Mrs. OSWALD. He had a military type raincoat with him and a small bag
with a zipper, blue in color.
Mr. RANKIN. As far as you recall he did not have two bags that he
brought back with him from Mexico?
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. Did he spend the first weekend of October 4 to 6 with you
at the Paines?
Mrs. OSWALD. No, not the whole weekend. When he returned he stayed
overnight and then he went to Dallas. But he returned on Saturday or
Friday evening. And he remained until Monday.
Mr. RANKIN. Did you notice any change in your husband after this trip
to Mexico?
Mrs. OSWALD. In my opinion, he was disappointed at not being able to
get to Cuba, and he didn't have any great desire to do so any more
because he had run into, as he himself said--into bureaucracy and red
tape. And he changed for the better. He began to treat me better.
Mr. RANKIN. Will you tell us how he treated you better?
Mrs. OSWALD. He helped me more--although he always did help. But he was
more attentive. Perhaps this was because he didn't live together with
me but stayed in Dallas. Perhaps, also because we expected a child and
he was in somewhat an elated mood.
Mr. RANKIN. Did your husband have any money with him when he returned
from Mexico?
Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, he had some left. But I never counted how much money
he had in his wallet. That is why I don't know.
Mr. RANKIN. Was it a small or a large amount or do you know that?
Mrs. OSWALD. What would be a large amount for me would not be a large
amount for you.
Mr. RANKIN. Well, can you give us any estimate of what you think he had?
Mrs. OSWALD. He might have had $50 or $70, thereabouts. It is necessary
sometimes to make a joke. Otherwise, it gets boring.
Mr. RANKIN. After the first weekend, after your husband returned, which
he spent at the Paines, as you have described, where did he live in
Dallas?
Mrs. OSWALD. He said that he rented a room in Oak Cliff, but I don't
know the address. I didn't ask, because I didn't need it.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you know that he lived with a Mrs. Bledsoe at any time
in Dallas?
Mrs. OSWALD. In what sense do you mean "lived with"?
Mr. RANKIN. I mean roomed in her home.
Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. RANKIN. That was a place on Marsallis Street?
Mrs. OSWALD. I don't know about it.
Mr. RANKIN. How did he return from Irving to Dallas at that time?
Mrs. OSWALD. Ruth met him at the bus station at that time and drove him
home. By bus.
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