Mr. Ball.

He left on Thursday and didn't come home on Thursday night?

Mrs. Roberts.

He didn't spend Thursday night there and that was unusual, because he would always leave on Friday. That's the best I can do. He was just the type of person .you just don't know---and I just thought he didn't like people and he would mix with nobody and he wouldn't say. nothing. The only time he would ever say anything was when his rent was due and he was never behind.
I'll tell you when it was---it was when he didn't come back on Monday, you know, there was a holiday that people took off work.

Mr. Ball.

That was Armistice Day.

Mrs. Roberts.

That he said, "I have a long weekend."

Mr. Ball.

He didn't come back on that Monday?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No, he didn't come back until the next day. He said he had a long weekend.
Mr. BALL. That was after his long weekend he came back on a Tuesday that week?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes.

Mr. Ball.

Do you remember the day the President was shot?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes; I remember it---who would forget that?

Mr. Ball.

And the police officers came out there?

Mrs. Roberts.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Do you remember what they said?

Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, it was Will Fritz' men---it was plainclothesmen and I was at the back doing something and Mr. Johnson answered the door and they identified themselves and then he called me.

Mr. Ball.

What did they say?

Mrs. Roberts.

Well, they asked him if there was a Harvey Lee Oswald there.

Mr. Ball.

What did he say?

Mrs. ROBERTS. And he says, "I don't know, I'll have to call the housekeeper," and he called me and I went and got the books and I said, "No; there's no one here by that name," and they tried to make me remember and I couldn't, and Mrs. Johnson come in in the meantime and there wasn't nobody there by that name, and Mrs. Johnson said, "Mrs. Roberts, don't you have him?" And, I said, "No; we don't, for here is my book and there is nobody there by that name." We checked it back a year.

Mr. Ball.

And you didn't have that name you didn't ever know his name was Lee Oswald?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No---he registered as O. H. Lee and they were asking for Harvey Lee Oswald.
Mr. BALL. You Say that you saw Lee Oswald---you say he didn't come home Thursday night that week?

Mrs. Roberts.

He didn't come home on Thursday night that week.

Mr. Ball.

And Friday was the day the President was shot? Had you seen him at any time that Friday before the officers came up and knocked on your door?

Mrs. Roberts.

No.

Mr. Ball.

Hadn't he been home?

Mrs. Roberts.

Oh, let's see--that was the day.

Mr. Ball.

That was on a Friday---

Mrs. Roberts.

Wait a minute, let me think of it.

Mr. Ball.

That's on a Friday.

Mrs. Roberts.

I had better back up a minute---he came home that Friday in an unusual hurry.

Mr. Ball.

And about what time was this?

Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, it was after President Kennedy had been shot and I had a friend that said, "Roberts, President Kennedy has been shot," and I said, "Oh, no." She said, "Turn on your television," and I said "What are you trying to do, pull my leg?" And she said, "Well, go turn it on." I went and turned it on and I was trying to clear it up---I could hear them talking but I couldn't get the picture and he come in and I just looked up and I said, "Oh, you are in a hurry." He never said a thing, not nothing. He went on to his room and stayed about 3 or 4 minutes.