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
Mrs. PAINE. The officers then said they would like me and Marina to go
down to the police station, and I said well, I would seek to try to
get a baby-sitter to come to stay with the children so that we might
accompany them. About this time, we then left the garage as I recall,
because then Michael Paine arrived at the front door. I was in the
living room when he came. And I said "Did you know to come" and he said
that he had heard Oswald's name mentioned on the radio, and had come
over directly, for which I may say I was very glad.
Mr. JENNER. How far away from your home--where did he live?
Mrs. PAINE. It would take about a half hour drive--he was working--from
where he was working to come, 20 minutes perhaps.
Mr. JENNER. Do you have the address at the tip of your tongue?
Mrs. PAINE. Where he works; no. I don't know the address. I know how to
get to it.
Mr. JENNER. Do you know where he lived?
Mrs. PAINE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. What was the address?
Mrs. PAINE. He lived at the Villa Fontaine Apartments, apartment 217,
2377 Dalworth.
Mr. JENNER. D-A-L-W-O-R-T-H?
Mrs. PAINE. D-A-L-W-O-R-T-H, in Grand Prairie, Tex.
Mr. JENNER. Where is Grand Prairie, Tex.
Mrs. PAINE. Grand Prairie is suburban to Dallas, between Dallas and
Fort Worth, nearer to Dallas, and it was a location very near to where
he worked.
Mr. JENNER. What distance in miles from your home?
Mrs. PAINE. You measure distance in minutes in Texas; driving time. I
don't know; 20 minutes to where he lived.
Mr. JENNER. All right, proceed.
Mrs. PAINE. The police officers then asked if Michael would also
accompany us to the police station and he said he would. I changed
clothes to a suit from slacks, and went to the house of my babysitter.
She has no telephone. I need to walk to her.
Mr. JENNER. Where was Marina in the meantime?
Mrs. PAINE. Marina remained in the house with the children. Lynn by
this time had awakened as I recall. Christopher was still sleeping and
I think June was also. And I said I would walk over to my neighbors to
ask if--there was something that intervened I just remembered. I first
went and asked my immediate neighbor, Mrs. Roberts, if she could keep
the children for a short time in the afternoon, but she was just on
her way to go somewhere. She couldn't. So then I went to the home of
the person I normally have for a baby-sitter. It was now after school
or this babysitter would not have been there, which brings us to 3:30
perhaps. And I asked the mother if the young girl, teenage girl, could
come and stay at the house. I was accompanied to the house by one of
the officers. As we left the house I said "Oh, you don't have to go
with me." Oh, he said, he'd be glad to. And then it occurred to me
he had been assigned to go with me, and I said "come along." It was
the first I have ever experienced being in the company of people who
suspected me of anything, and of course that is their business.
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