Mrs. Oswald.

should be repeated again, I would go to the police and I would have the proof in the form of that note.
He said he would not repeat anything like that again.
By the way, several days after that, the De Mohrenschildts came to us, and as soon as he opened the door he said, "Lee, how is it possible that you missed?"
I looked at Lee. I thought that he had told De Mohrenschildt about it. And Lee looked at me, and he apparently thought that I had told De Mohrenschildt about it. It was kind of dark. But I noticed---it was in the evening, but I noticed that his face changed, that he almost became speechless.
You see, other people knew my husband better than I did. Not always--but in this case.

Mr. Rankin.

Was De Mohrenschildt a friend that he told---your husband told him personal things that you knew of?

Mrs. Oswald.

He asked Lee not because Lee had told him about it, but I think because he is smart enough man to have been able to guess it. I don't know---he is simply a liberal, simply a man. I don't think that he is being accused justly of being a Communist.

Mr. Rankin.

That is De Mohrenschildt that you refer to?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you tell the authorities anything about this Walker incident when you learned about it?

Mrs. Oswald.

No.

Mr. Rankin.

You have told the Secret Service or the FBI people reasons why you didn't. Will you tell us?

Mrs. Oswald.

Why I did not tell about it?
First, because it was my husband. As far as I know, according to the local laws here, a wife cannot be a witness against her husband. But, of course, if I had known that Lee intended to repeat something like that, I would have told.

Mr. Rankin.

Did he ask you to return the note to him?

Mrs. Oswald.

He forgot about it. But apparently after that he thought that what he had written in his book might be proof against him, and he destroyed it.

Mr. Rankin.

That is this book that you have just referred to in which he had the Walker house picture?

Mrs. Oswald.

There was a notebook, yes, that is the one.

Mr. Rankin.

What did you do with the note that he had left for you after you talked about it and said you were going to keep it?

Mrs. Oswald.

I had it among my things in a cookbook. But I have two--I don't remember in which.

Mr. Rankin.

Did your relations with your husband change after this Walker incident?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes.

Mr. Rankin.

Will you describe to us the changes as you observed them?

Mrs. Oswald.

Soon after that, Lee lost his job---I don't know for what reason. He was upset by it. And he looked for work for several days. And then I insisted that it would be better for him to go to New Orleans where he had relatives. I insisted on that because I wanted to get him further removed from Dallas and from Walker, because even though he gave me his word, I wanted to have him further away, because a rifle for him was not a very good toy---a toy that was too enticing.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you say that you wanted him to go to New Orleans because of the Walker incident?

Mrs. Oswald.

No. I simply told him that I wanted to see his home town. He had been born there.

Mr. Rankin.

When he promised you that he would not do anything like that again, did you then believe him?

Mrs. Oswald.

I did not quite believe him inasmuch as the rifle remained in the house.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you ask him to get rid of the rifle at that time?

Mrs. Oswald.

Yes.