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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 276« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Robert A. Reid)

Mrs. Reid.
a remark to one of the girls back there and she said, "Well, he sure is calm.", And I said, "What did he say to you?"
And she says, "I have a baby," and he stopped and I said, "Well, he is pretty calm just having a new baby," and outside of that I never remember seeing him other than to come in to get change.
Mr. Belin.
What about the other men in the warehouse, did they have occasion to come into that office space?
Mrs. Reid.
Occasionally they come up to get change.
Mr. Belin.
Apart from getting change or getting paid?
Mrs. Reid.
No; very seldom unless they are sent up there to get something. I mean they just don't come in there and wander around. It is some business for them.
Now, I did see him in the lunchroom a few times prior to this eating his lunch but I didn't even know his name.
Mr. Belin.
Did you know his name on the day you saw him?
Mrs. Reid.
No; I did not. When I saw his picture I still didn't know his name until they told us who it was.
Mr. Belin.
How did you know the person you saw was Lee Harvey Oswald on the second floor?
Mrs. Reid.
Because it looked just like him.
Mr. Belin.
You mean the picture with the name Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mrs. Reid.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Belin.
But you had seen him in the building?
Mrs. Reid.
Other than that day, sure.
Mr. Belin.
Do you remember what clothes he had on when you saw him?
Mrs. Reid.
What he was wearing, he had on a white T-shirt and some kind of wash trousers. What color I couldn't tell you.
Mr. Belin.
I am going to hand you what has been marked Commission Exhibit, first 157 and then 158, and I will ask you if either or both look like they might have been the trousers that you saw him wear or can you tell?
Mrs. Reid.
I just couldn't be positive about that. I would rather not say, because I just cannot.
Mr. Belin.
Do you remember whether he had any shirt or jacket on over his T-shirt?
Mrs. Reid.
He did not. He did not have any jacket on.
Mr. Belin.
Have you ever seen anyone working at the book depository wearing any kind of a shirt or jacket similar to Commission Exhibit 150 or do you know?
Mrs. Reid.
No; I do not. I have never, so far as I know ever seen that shirt. I have been asked about that shirt before, I have seen it once before but not since all this happened.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Mrs. Reid, if a person were in the lunchroom with a coke on the second floor, and then wanted to get to the front stairway or front elevator, would there be only one route to get there or would there be more than one?
Mrs. Reid.
Yes; he could either go around this hallway, or back here in this hallway or he could have gotten through our office or--
Mr. Belin.
All right.
I wonder if in the first hallway you could mark route 1 there so we have it on 496.
Mrs. Reid.
Does it matter?
Mr. Belin.
That is fine.
Mrs. Reid.
You said the front stairway, too?
Mr. Belin.
That is the front stairway. You have put a number 1, I am going to put "R-l".
Mrs. Reid.
All right.
Mr. Belin.
And that will be one hallway to go down to get from the lunch-room to the front stairway?
Mrs. Reid.
That is right.
Mr. Belin.
Now, would there be another way to get there?
Mrs. Reid.
He can come through the office.
Mr. Belin.
You could come through the office?
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