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. Were you and Marina listening to that?
Mrs. PAINE. Well, it was coming through the television set, but it
wasn't being shown.
Mr. JENNER. Were you listening?
Mrs. PAINE. We were.
Mr. JENNER. Did she show an interest in this?
Mrs. PAINE. Oh, yes.
Mr. JENNER. And it being broadcast in English, I assume you were doing
some interpreting for her?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Is that correct?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Most of this has been covered, Senator Cooper, and I am
getting through pages fortunately that we don't have to go over again.
Senator COOPER. After you knew that the President was dead, and Marina
knew, do you know, from that time on, whether she ever went into her
room, left you and went into her room?
Mrs. PAINE. I would think it highly likely that she did. The
announcement that the President was actually dead came, oh, I think
around 1:30 or close to 2. I already related that my little girl wept
and fell asleep on the sofa. This was a time therefore that Marina
would have been putting Junie to bed in the bedroom.
Senator COOPER. Between the time that you heard the President had been
shot and the news came that he died, did she ever leave you and go into
her room, do you remember?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't remember specifically, but you must understand that
the little baby was already born. She would have had many occasions,
needs to go into the room.
Senator COOPER. Do you know whether she went into the garage?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't know.
Senator COOPER. What?
Mrs. PAINE. I don't know whether she went into the garage.
Mr. JENNER. You have no impressions in that respect?
Mrs. PAINE. None.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall an incident involving Lee Oswald's wedding
ring?
Mrs. PAINE. I do.
Mr. JENNER. Would you relate that, please?
Mrs. PAINE. One or two FBI agents came to my home, I think Odum was
one of them, and said that Marina had inquired after and wanted Lee's
wedding ring, and he asked me if I had any idea where to look for
it. I said I'll look first in the little tea cup that is from her
grandmother, and on top of the chest of drawers in the bedroom where
she had stayed. I looked and it was there.
Mr. JENNER. Calling on your recollection of this man, was he in the
habit of wearing his wedding ring?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did this strike you as unusual that the wedding ring should
be back in this cup on the dresser in their room?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes, quite.
Mr. JENNER. Elaborate as to why it struck you as unusual?
Mrs. PAINE. I do not wear my wedding ring. Marina has on several
occasions said to me she considers that bad luck, not a good thing to
do.
I would suspect that she would certainly have wanted Lee to wear his
wedding ring, and encouraged him to do it.
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