Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. BALL. What color was it?
Miss MUMFORD. I don't know.
Mr. BALL. Did he have the bag with him in the seat, or near the seat
where he was sitting?
Miss MUMFORD. Up on the railing, above him.
Mr. BALL. And when he left the bus in Mexico City did he carry the
luggage with him?
Miss MUMFORD. I can't say for sure.
Mr. BALL. When you last saw him standing in the bus depot did he have a
piece of luggage in his hand?
Miss MUMFORD. I can't remember that either.
Mr. BALL. Did Oswald tell you where he had boarded the bus?
Miss MUMFORD. No; I don't think he did.
Mr. BALL. What was the name of the bus depot in Mexico City where you
last saw Oswald?
Miss MUMFORD. I am not sure of that. I know the name of the bus, or I
am fairly certain of the name of the bus. But I am not sure of the bus
station.
Mr. BALL. Were there a lot of bus stations?
Miss MUMFORD. Well, that is a point I am not sure of. We took a bus
down to Acapulco from Mexico City and I have the feeling that was the
busline we took to Acapulco. I know there are about three different
buslines situated in different places in Mexico City, and I am not sure
just what was the name of the depot we came into.
Mr. BALL. Now, again, on the luggage, did he have one or more pieces of
luggage?
Miss MUMFORD. I think it was one.
Mr. BALL. Just one?
Miss MUMFORD. Yes.
Mr. BALL. And that was a zipper type?
Miss MUMFORD. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Are you able to tell me what color it was?
Miss MUMFORD. No.
Mr. BALL. You saw Oswald on television after the President had been
shot, didn't you?
Miss MUMFORD. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Now, tell me where you were when you saw the television and
who was with you and what you said.
Miss MUMFORD. On the Friday night of the 22d, Pat and I left by bus
for Las Vegas for the weekend. Patricia was not working at that time.
I am not sure whether she had seen television shots--I think we had
both seen television shots before we left for the bus station. I am not
familiar with whether we realized at that stage that it was him or not.
I remember in Las Vegas we had a television in our motel room and it
was then that we were both very sure that it was the same man.
Mr. BALL. You saw him on television, did you?
Miss MUMFORD. Yes.
Mr. BALL. And you thought you recognized him then?
Miss MUMFORD. Yes.
Mr. BALL. As the man you had met on the bus?
Miss MUMFORD. Yes.
Mr. BALL. The man you have referred to as "Texas"?
Miss MUMFORD. Yes; well, we knew we had seen him somewhere before, and
we were sort of going over our travels in our mind, and it hit us that
it was on that bus, particularly when they said he was from Fort Worth,
or from Texas.
Mr. BALL. Now, can you give me a description of the Englishman; what he
looked like? You told me his approximate age.
Miss MUMFORD. He was short. Yes; about 5'8". Quite bald, plump; fat. He
was also dressed casually.
Mr. BALL. Did he have a tie on?
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