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
Senator COOPER. You did not expect it to be on in the garage? Do you
think it is correct then that at the time you made this statement,
recognizing the importance of the garage, that you did say at that time
that he had been in the garage on the night before the President was
assassinated?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes. I think I said that.
Senator COOPER. You think you made that statement?
Mrs. PAINE. I think I made that statement. This was certainly my
impression.
Mr. JENNER. You have already related the arrival of your husband,
Michael Paine, at your home in mid-afternoon of the day of the
assassination?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now would you please tell me exactly to the best of your
recollection the words of your husband as he walked in the door?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't recall his saying anything.
Mr. JENNER. Now his words if any with respect to why he had come.
Mrs. PAINE. I asked him before he volunteered. I said something to the
effect of "how did you know to come?"
Mr. JENNER. And what did he say?
Mrs. PAINE. He said he had heard on the radio at work that Lee Oswald
was in custody, and came immediately to the house.
Mr. JENNER. And that is what you recall he said?
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say, and I quote: "I heard where the President was
shot, and I came right over to see if I could be of any help to you."
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did he also say to you that he "Just walked off the job."
Mrs. PAINE. No. He said he had come from work. I might interject here
one recollection if you want it.
Mr. JENNER. Please.
Mrs. PAINE. Of Michael having telephoned to me after the assassination.
He wanted to know if I had heard.
Mr. JENNER. Did he call you before he arrived at your home?
Mrs. PAINE. He called. He knew about the assassination. He had been
told by a waitress at lunchtime. I don't know whether he knew any
further details, whether he knew from whence the shots had been fired,
but he knew immediately that I would want to know, and called simply to
find out if I knew, and of course I did, and we didn't converse about
it, but I felt the difference between him and my immediate neighbor to
whom I have already referred, Michael was as struck and grieved as I
was, and we shared this over the telephone.
Mr. JENNER. And his appearance in mid-afternoon, as you have related,
was, according to what he said activated as you have related, that he
had heard that Lee Oswald was now involved.
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. How did you and Marina look at the parade, that is as the
motorcade went along were you and Marina----
Mrs. PAINE. This was not shown on television.
Mr. JENNER. Oh, it wasn't?
Mrs. PAINE. To the best of my recollection they had cameras at the
convention center, whatever it was, that the President was coming to
for dinner, and for his talk.
Mr. JENNER. And was the motorcade being described, broadcast by radio?
Mrs. PAINE. The motorcade was being described.
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