(Testimony of Robert Edward Oswald Lee Resumed)
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; he most certainly was.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you describe his physical appearance as far as his head of hair was concerned?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
A full head of hair?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he appear strained in any respect?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; he did not.
Mr. Jenner.
His mental condition, as far as you can tell, is what you would regard or had regarded as normal during your acquaintance with him as his brother?
Mr. Oswald.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, will you then jump to the first time you saw him subsequently thereto, which I understand was in June 1962. State the date, please, as closely as you can.
Mr. Oswald.
This was June 14, 1962.
Mr. Jenner.
And where did you see him?
Mr. Oswald.
At Dallas, Love Field.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, On that occasion--and take in also the period of time that he lived with you in your home during June and part of July 1962--what did you observe, and if in contrast by way of contrast, in his physical appearance and demeanor as against the last time you had seen him, in 1959.
Mr. Oswald.
His appearance had changed to the extent that he had lost a considerable amount of hair; his hair had become very kinky in comparison with his naturally curly hair prior to his departure to Russia.
Mr. Jenner.
Had his hair been in any respect kinky, as you put it, in November of 1959 immediately prior to his leaving for Russia?
Mr. Oswald.
That would have been in September.
Mr. Jenner.
September--I am sorry.
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; it was not. It was curly.
Mr. Jenner.
Did that arrest your attention, the difference in the texture of his head of hair?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir; it certainly did.
Mr. Jenner.
You, though 5 years old at the time of your father's death--do you recall his physical appearance insofar as his head of hair?
Mr. Oswald.
My father's head of hair?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mr. Oswald.
He had a full set of hair.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you have any baldness of tendency towards baldness in your family?
Mr. Oswald.
None that I am aware of.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, I include both your mother and father and relatives on either side, to the extent that you have met those people.
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; no one that I recall that I met, relatives on either my father's or mother's side, had any tendency towards baldness.
Mr. Jenner.
And you have none?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir; I do not.
Mr. Jenner.
And your brother John?
Mr. Oswald.
No, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
He still has a full head of hair?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Even now?
Mr. Oswald.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
What else did you observe by way of his facial appearance--whether he was drawn, or bouncy and healthy, as he had been when you had seen him in September of 1959?
Mr. Oswald.
He appeared the first couple of days upon his return, June 14, 1962, to be rather tense and anxious. I also noted that his complexion had changed somewhat to the extent that he had always been very fair complected--his complexion was rather ruddy at this time you might say it appeared like an artificial suntan that you get out of a bottle, but very slight--in other words, a tint of brown to a tint of yellow.
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