(Testimony of Nancy Perrin Rich)
Mrs. Rich.
Dallas. I called and he wasn't there. I called halfway over the United States, thinking of places he told me he had been, and I couldn't find him.
Mr. Hubert.
What place did you call in Dallas?
Mrs. Rich.
I called the police department and a foundry he had mentioned in a letter, and had read the name of a gentleman he had mentioned at this time whose name eludes me--Youngblood--I take it back.
Mr. Hubert.
Do you remember his first name?
Mrs. Rich.
No; I don't. But my husband claimed--and I couldn't ask him, because if he was he couldn't have told me--claimed he was some sort of a Government agent, which was in all probability true.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you contact Mr. Youngblood?
Mrs. Rich.
Yes; he hadn't seen him. Then I proceeded to call Kansas City and various other points I thought he might be.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you actually contact the Dallas Police Department?
Mrs. Rich.
Yes; I did.
Mr. Hubert.
Did you get any report from them?
Mrs. Rich.
Except that he wasn't there. Or that they didn't know he was there.
Mr. Hubert.
They did report that fact to you?
Mrs. Rich.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
How did they do so?
Mrs. Rich.
By phone.
Mr. Hubert.
Go ahead.
Mrs. Rich.
I then informed him that I would be there, which I did. Subsequently, Mr. Perrin--and I will never understand----
Mr. Hubert.
How long after the events you have just told us about, to wit, your coming home and finding that he wasn't there how long after those events did you go to Dallas?
Mrs. Rich.
Approximately 1 week.
Mr. Hubert.
All right. When was that?
Mrs. Rich.
Oh, gosh. That was in, I believe, May. I can't give you the exact month. But I believe it was in May.
Mr. Hubert.
Of what year?
Mrs. Rich.
Of 1961. Or was it 1962? '62. I am sorry--1962.
Mr. Hubert.
And how long--did you find Mr. Perrin?
Mrs. Rich.
Again in a way. He wasn't in Dallas.
Mr. Hubert.
Where was he?
Mrs. Rich.
Well, afterwards, when he arrived in Dallas, I found out that he had been in South Bend, Ind., with my secretary.
Mr. Hubert.
In any case, when did you meet him in Dallas?
Mrs. Rich.
He wrote mother, found out where I was--and came to Dallas, I believe, it would be around July.
Mr. Hubert.
Of 1962?
Mrs. Rich.
That is correct.
Mr. Hubert.
So you had been there alone from May of 1962 until July of 1962?
Mrs. Rich.
I am giving approximate dates, yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, when he did arrive, what happened?
Mrs. Rich.
Just like nothing had happened. Everything was fine.
Mr. Hubert.
You mean there was a reconciliation between you?
Mrs. Rich.
I loved my husband very much.
Mr. Hubert.
But, in any case, you proceeded to live together as husband and wife?
Mrs. Rich.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Hubert.
How much education have you had, Mrs. Rich?
Mrs. Rich.
I have had 3 years of high school.
Mr. Hubert.
What high school?
Mrs. Rich.
Biddeford High, in Biddeford, Maine.
Mr. Hubert.
When did you leave there?
Mrs. Rich.
I left when I was 16. That would be in 1954 1953---I am sorry. And I got married, and I go back, and I drop out because I am going to have a child. Then after I have the child I go back, and I am doubling up on my
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