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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 399« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)

Mrs. Paine.
That's correct.
Mr. Jenner.
What time of day was it, or night, if it was night?
Mrs. Paine.
I'm trying to think what else was going on.
Mr. Jenner.
Go ahead.
Mrs. Paine.
My best estimate it was afternoon.
Mr. Jenner.
I'll ask you this, it was during the daytime?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; it was during the day.
Mr. Jenner.
What is your recollection as to the state of the weather?
Mrs. Paine.
It was a fair day, and I think it was afternoon, but I'm not sure-- absolutely certain of that.
Mr. Jenner.
By the way, was it Agent Hosty?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; it was. He had someone else with him that time.
Mr. Jenner.
And did the other FBI agent come in with Agent Hosty?
Mrs. Paine.
Well, just barely across the threshold.
Mr. Jenner.
Did either of these gentlemen give you the license number of the automobile which they had parked in front of your home?
Mrs. Paine.
No; they did not.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ascertain that license number?
Mrs. Paine.
No; I did not.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you make any attempt to do so?
Mrs. Paine.
No; I made no attempt to.
Mr. Jenner.
Was Marina Oswald in your home on that occasion?
Mrs. Paine.
She was in my home.
Mr. Jenner.
When they arrived, where was she in your home?
Mrs. Paine.
When they arrived, she was in the front bedroom.
Mr. Jenner.
Was anything said during the whole course of their presence and even afterward by her, which indicated or led you to believe or by implication or otherwise, that she had observed the license number on the FBI automobile?
Mrs. Paine.
Nothing was said that might indicate that.
Mr. Jenner.
Or any implication or anything from what you might have drawn an inference, that she had paid attention to a license number?
Mrs. Paine.
Nothing at all.
Mr. Jenner.
Did a discussion occur during that conference or interview in which Agent Hosty made reference to the parking of his automobile on the occasion of November I when he had interviewed you?
Mrs. Paine.
This is entirely possible. I recall distinctly that I noticed that they were parked down the street or he was parked down the street on the first interview, and it seems to me----
Mr. Jenner.
You had noticed that at the time?
Mrs. Paine.
I had noticed that.
Mr. Jenner.
And how did that come to your attention?
Mrs. Paine.
I think Mr. Hosty may have brought it up, brought it up to his having talked to my neighbor a previous time. He made the point that he tried not to be too obvious or upset the neighbors by their visits.
Mr. Jenner.
And having that delicacy in mind, he had parked the car down the street?
Mrs. Paine.
The first time.
Mr. Jenner.
The neighbor to whom you refer is Mrs. Roberts?
Mrs. Paine.
That's right.
Mr. Jenner.
And her home is next door to the west?
Mrs. Paine.
That's right--2519.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, we have used the general term "down the street," which way was "down the street," to the west or to the east?
Mrs. Paine.
How did we use the term?
Mr. Jenner.
You said he said he parked down the street.
Mrs. Paine.
I don't recall exactly whether it was down--my best recollection is that he was parked in front of the house that the Ponders used to live in.
Mr. Jenner.
The whom?
Mrs. Paine.
The Ponders.
Mr. Jenner.
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