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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. III - Page 55« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
photograph of the intersection of Westbrook Drive and West Fifth Street viewed from immediately outside the Randle kitchen window?
Mrs. Paine.
It looks to be exactly that--
Mr. Jenner.
I now show you Commission Exhibit No. 440 entitled "Paine and Randle homes, Irving, Tex." which purports to be, and I believe is, a scale drawing of the area in Irving, Tex., along West Fifth Street and Westbrook Drive, in which your home at 2515 West Fifth Street is shown in outline, and the location and form of the Randle home down the street and on the corner is likewise shown.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that accurate?
Mrs. Paine.
That is accurate.
Senator Cooper.
Are you going to make part of the record these exhibits which she has identified?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes; I am about to offer these and I would ask Mr. Redlich if he would assemble the exhibit numbers so I can make the offer, please.
Mrs. Paine, now that you have had a rest over night, we would like to return to the late afternoon and the evening of November 21. Did Lee Harvey Oswald come to Irving, Tex., at anytime that day?
Mrs. Paine.
He came some time shortly before 5:30 in the evening on the 21st.
Mr. Jenner.
Had either you or Marina, I limit it to you first, had you had any notice or intimation whatsoever that Lee Harvey Oswald would appear on that day?
Mrs. Paine.
Absolutely none.
Mr. Jenner.
And his appearance was a complete surprise to you?
Mrs. Paine.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Did anything occur during the day or during that week up to the time that you saw Lee Harvey Oswald that afternoon that impressed yon or led you to believe that Marina had any notion whatsoever that her husband would or might appear at your home on that day?
Mrs. Paine.
Nothing. I rather had the contrary impressions.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, what was your first notice, what was the circumstances that brought your attention to the fact that Lee Harvey Oswald was in Irving, Tex., that afternoon.
Mrs. Paine.
I arrived home from the grocery store in my car and saw he was on the front lawn at my house.
Mr. Jenner.
You had had no word whatsoever from anybody prior to that moment?
Mrs. Paine.
No word whatsoever.
Mr. Jenner.
Now where was he? And we may use the exhibits we have just identified. Mr. Chairman, I offer in evidence the photographs and the floor plans and the area outlines the witness has just identified and testified about as they are Commission Exhibit Nos. 429 through 448 both inclusive, and 450 and 452.
Senator Cooper.
The exhibits offered will be received in evidence.
(Commission Exhibits Nos. 429 through 448 both inclusive, and 450 and 452 were received in evidence. )
The Chairman.
Senator Cooper, at this time I am obliged to leave for our all-day conference on Friday at the Supreme Court, and I may be back later in the day, but if I don't, you continue, of course.
Senator Cooper.
I will this morning. If I can't be here this afternoon, whom do you want to preside?
The Chairman.
Congressman Ford, would you be here this afternoon at all?
Representative Ford.
Unfortunately Mr. McCloy and I have to go to a conference out of town.
The Chairman.
You are both going out of town, aren't you?
Senator Cooper.
I can go and come back if it is necessary.
The Chairman.
I will try to be here myself. Will Mr. Dulles be here?
Mr. Mccloy.
He is out of town.
The Chairman.
If you should not finish, Mr. Jenner, will you phone me at the Court and I will try to suspend my own conference over there and come over.
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