Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (03 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. I gather from your testimony that you found the relations
between Marina and Lee improved on this occasion?
Mrs. PAINE. They certainly appeared to be improved. The weekend time
was certainly much more comfortable than the weekend in early May had
been when I first was in New Orleans.
Mr. JENNER. You described yesterday an irritability as between Marina
and Lee when you were there in the spring?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And that that had continued during all the time you were in
New Orleans. You found the situation different?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. On your return in the fall?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, you have already related the incident about touring
Bourbon Street, and that occurred on this occasion, did it?
Mrs. PAINE. During that weekend, yes; those days.
Mr. JENNER. And Lee Harvey Oswald stayed home that evening or that day.
It was late in the day, was it, rather than the evening?
Mrs. PAINE. It was early evening.
Mr. JENNER. Early evening. What did he do at home, do you know?
Mrs. PAINE. When we got back Marina noticed that the dishes had been
cleaned up and put away. I take it back, they had been washed, not put
away. And I believe he did some packing.
Mr. JENNER. In anticipation of your returning to Irving, Tex., with
Marina?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
I was impressed during these 2 days with his willingness to help with
the packing. He did virtually all the packing and all the loading of
the things into the car. I simply thought that gentlemanly of him
at the time. I have wondered since whether he wasn't doing it by
preference to having me handle it.
Mr. JENNER. I was about to ask you your impression in that direction.
Did he seem eager to do the packing?
Mrs. PAINE. He did, distinctly.
Mr. JENNER. Distinctly eager?
Mrs. PAINE. I recall he began as early, you see, as Saturday night and
we left Tuesday morning.
Mr. JENNER. And you are aware of the fact he did some packing while you
and Marina were on tour?
Mrs. PAINE. It couldn't have been Saturday night, because I only
arrived on Saturday. More likely it was Sunday. Is Bourbon Street open
on Sunday?
Mr. JENNER. Bourbon Street is open all the time.
Mrs. PAINE. Then it would have to be----
(Discussion off the record.)
Mr. JENNER. Did you have the feeling at the time that he was quite
eager to do the packing?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And did you have the feeling it was just a touch out of the
ordinary?
Mrs. PAINE. It didn't occur to me that it was.
Mr. JENNER. But on reflection now, you think it was out of the ordinary?
Mrs. PAINE. On reflection now I think it wasn't simply a gesture of the
gentleman.
Mr. JENNER. But at the time it didn't arouse enough interest on your
part to have a question in your mind?
Mrs. PAINE. No; I would have expected it of other men, but this was the
first I saw him taking that much interest.
Mr. JENNER. It did arrest your attention on that score, in any event?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
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