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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XIII - Page 384« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Bertha Cheek)

Mr. Griffin.
I see. How long have you been in the real estate business?
Mrs. Cheek.
Seventeen years.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you have a broker's license?
Mrs. Cheek.
Yes; I do.
Mr. Griffin.
What is the name of your business?
Mrs. Cheek.
Bertha Cheek. I just go by my own name.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you maintain an office any place?
Mrs. Cheek.
In my home. I usually sell my own property. Buy and sell. I handle other people's property at times, but very seldom.
Mr. Griffin.
What kind of real estate do you handle?
Mrs. Cheek.
Residential real estate, apartments, and houses and lots.
Mr. Griffin.
How many homes or pieces of real estate have you sold outside of your own real estate?
Mrs. Cheek.
I don't remember.
Mr. Griffin.
Can you give us some sort of estimate how many that would be?
Mrs. Cheek.
I really couldn't give you an estimate because I don't know. It's been very little.
Mr. Griffin.
Would it be as many as 10 pieces of real estate other than your own?
Mrs. Cheek.
No; not that many.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you own the address that you are presently living in?
Mrs. Cheek.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Is that a rooming house that you are in?
Mrs. Cheek.
No. I have a couple of rooms rented to SMU students.
Mr. Griffin.
How long have you lived at your present address?
Mrs. Cheek.
I moved there in January. Bought it in August.
Mr. Griffin.
I See. And prior to January--is that of this year, January 1964?
Mrs. Cheek.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Where did you live prior to January 1964?
Mrs. Cheek.
Swiss. 3914 Swiss. I have a 10-unit there.
Mr. Griffin.
You still own that?
Mrs. Cheek.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
How long did you own that particular residence? How longhave you owned that particular residence on

Swiss Avenue?
Mrs. Cheek.
Three or four years.
Mr. Griffin.
During the 3 or 4 years that you have owned that particular residence, have you owned any other pieces of property?
Mrs. Cheek.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Any other places that you rent out rooms?
Mrs. Cheek.
Yes.
Mr. Griffin.
Could you tell us what those were?
Mrs. Cheek.
5430 Gaston; 5310 Gaston; 5212 Gaston; 5302 Gaston; 591---wait just a minute---5917 Gaston; the Beachcomber and the Holiday Apartments.
Mr. Griffin.
Now, where did you live prior to living at the Swiss Avenue address?
Mrs. Cheek.
At the Beachcomber and the Holiday Apartments, Gaston Avenue.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you recall where you were living in 1958?
Mrs. Cheek.
5302 Gaston.
Mr. Griffin.
Now in 1958, what pieces of real estate did you own other than 5308, the one you Just mentioned?
Mrs. Cheek.
5302.
Mr. Griffin.
What pieces of real estate did you own in 1958, other than that?
Mrs. Cheek.
I don't know. I would have to go back. I have owned quite a bit of property.
Mr. Griffin.
Do you maintain a set of records as to the property?
Mrs. Cheek.
That I own at the present.
Mr. Griffin.
Or that you have owned over the years?
Mrs. Cheek.
On the courthouse records, just to go down and check.
Mr. Griffin.
How about rental records for those places that you have rented out rooms and suites, do you maintain records for those?
Mrs. Cheek.
Yes
Mr. Griffin.
How far back do your records go?
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