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. Now, what was your first notice, what was the circumstances
that brought your attention to the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald was in
Irving, Tex., that afternoon.
Mrs. PAINE. I arrived home from the grocery store in my car and saw he
was on the front lawn at my house.
Mr. JENNER. You had had no word whatsoever from anybody prior to that
moment?
Mrs. PAINE. No word whatsoever.
Mr. JENNER. Now where was he? And we may use the exhibits we have just
identified. Mr. Chairman, I offer in evidence the photographs and the
floor plans and the area outlines the witness has just identified and
testified about as they are Commission Exhibit Nos. 429 through 448
both inclusive, and 450 and 452.
Senator COOPER. The exhibits offered will be received in evidence.
(Commission Exhibits Nos. 429 through 448 both inclusive, and 450 and
452 were received in evidence.)
The CHAIRMAN. Senator Cooper, at this time I am obliged to leave for
our all-day conference on Friday at the Supreme Court, and I may be
back later in the day, but if I don't, you continue, of course.
Senator COOPER. I will this morning. If I can't be here this afternoon,
whom do you want to preside?
The CHAIRMAN. Congressman Ford, would you be here this afternoon at all?
Representative FORD. Unfortunately Mr. McCloy and I have to go to a
conference out of town.
The CHAIRMAN. You are both going out of town, aren't you?
Senator COOPER. I can go and come back if it is necessary.
The CHAIRMAN. I will try to be here myself. Will Mr. Dulles be here?
Mr. McCLOY. He is out of town.
The CHAIRMAN. If you should not finish, Mr. Jenner, will you phone me
at the Court and I will try to suspend my own conference over there and
come over.
Senator COOPER. I will be here anyway all morning and will try to come
back this afternoon.
The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much. Mrs. Paine, I want to thank you for
coming and for being so patient with our long questioning.
Mrs. PAINE. I am glad to do what I can.
The CHAIRMAN. You know that it is necessary.
Mrs. PAINE. Indeed.
The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much.
Mr. JENNER. You might use the ruler, and I have set the floor plan and
the area plan of your home, Mrs. Paine, Exhibit 430, on the blackboard.
As you testify, it might be helpful to point to those areas. Now in
which direction were you coming?
Mrs. PAINE. I was coming from the east.
Mr. JENNER. From the east?
Mrs. PAINE. Along West Fifth.
Mr. JENNER. You were going west. Your home is on the right-hand side.
Mrs. PAINE. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. When did you first sight, where were you when you first saw
Lee in your courtyard?
Mrs. PAINE. Just past the corner of Westbrook and Fifth.
Mr. JENNER. That area is open from that point to your home; is it?
Mrs. PAINE. The area of the front yard; yes.
Mr. JENNER. Your home is well set back from the street or sidewalk?
Mrs. PAINE. Moderately set back.
Mr. JENNER. What would you judge that distance to be?
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