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. In face of the fact that he regularly wore his wedding
ring, yet on this occasion, that is being home the evening before, you
received this call, you went to the bedroom and you found the wedding
ring. Did it occur to you that that might have been in the nature of a
leave-taking of some kind by Lee Oswald, leaving his wedding ring for
Marina?
Mrs. PAINE. It occurred to me that that might have been a form of
thinking ahead. I had no way of knowing whether or not Marina had known
that he left it. I was not instructed where to look for it.
Mr. JENNER. You were not?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. But Marina did say to you "would you look for Lee's wedding
ring?"
Mrs. PAINE. No, Odum did.
Mr. JENNER. Odum did.
Mrs. PAINE. And of course clearly they would know whether he had it.
Mr. JENNER. Yes, I see. It was not Marina. It was one of the FBI
agents. And it is your clear recollection that he was in the habit of
wearing that wedding ring all the time. Do you ever recall an occasion
when he left the wedding ring at home?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. To your knowledge?
Mrs. PAINE. To my knowledge, no.
Mr. JENNER. When you obtained the wedding ring did you examine it?
Mrs. PAINE. No.
Mr. JENNER. I mean did you look inside to see if there was an
inscription on it or were you curious about that?
Mrs. PAINE. I gave it to Mr. Odum who was with me in the room.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Odum accompanied you?
Mrs. PAINE. Went with me to the bedroom. I am pretty sure he was the
one.
Senator COOPER. The morning of the day that the President was killed,
did Mrs. Oswald, after she got up, say anything to you about any
unusual characteristics of Lee Oswald's taking leave of her that
morning?
Mrs. PAINE. Absolutely none.
Senator COOPER. Did she talk about him leaving? Did she tell you
anything at all about what happened when he did get up?
Mrs. PAINE. I have a recollection that must be from her that she woke
enough to feed the baby, to nurse the baby in the morning, when he
was getting up to go, but she then went back to sleep after that, and
she must have told me that. But that is all I know, that she had been
awake, and nursed the baby early in the morning, and then went back to
sleep.
Senator COOPER. And Lee Oswald went back to sleep?
Mrs. PAINE. No, no, Marina went back to sleep.
Senator COOPER. Oh, Marina went back to sleep. Was he leaving then?
Mrs. PAINE. I judge so.
Senator COOPER. What?
Mrs. PAINE. I judge so.
Senator COOPER. But I mean did she say anything else about him?
Mrs. PAINE. No; nothing about his leaving at all.
Mr. JENNER. What were his habits with respect to breakfast? For example
on the Monday mornings of the weekends which he visited your home, did
he prepare his own, and if so, what kind of a breakfast did he prepare?
Mrs. PAINE. I would say his habit was to have a cup of instant coffee
only.
Mr. JENNER. And you have a clear recollection that on the morning of
the 21st when you went into the kitchen----
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