(Testimony of Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald Resumed)
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes, 1 saw the wooden part of it, the wooden stock.
Mr. Rankin.
On the weekend before your husband got his job at the depository, did he spend that with you at the Paines?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Mr. Rankin.
Did he come home Friday or Saturday?
Mrs. Oswald.
On a Friday.
Mr. Rankin.
When he returned to Dallas on Monday, the 14th of October, did he tell you he was going to change his room?
Mrs. Oswald.
No.
Mr. Rankin.
Do you remember what your husband's pay was at the depository?
Mrs. Oswald.
It seems to me that it was also $1.25.
Mr. Rankin.
About how much a month did it run?
Mrs. Oswald.
It seems to me it was $210 to $230.
Mr. Rankin.
Do you recall the hours that he worked?
Mrs. Oswald.
It seems that--it seems to me that it was from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mr. Rankin.
And did he work the weekend or any overtime?
Mrs. Oswald.
No. It does happen in that depository that they work overtime. But he did not have to work any.
Mr. Rankin.
During the week when he was in Dallas and you were at Irving, did he call you from time to time?
Mrs. Oswald.
Daily, twice.
Mr. Rankin.
Did he leave his telephone number in Dallas with you?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
I don't have it, it was in Paine's notebook.
Mr. Rankin.
Did he speak to you in Russian when he called you on the telephone?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes. Sometimes he would try to speak in English when someone was listening, and he didn't want them to know he spoke Russian--then he would try to speak in English.
Mr. Rankin.
Did he ever speak in Spanish when he was talking to you from Dallas?
Mrs. Oswald.
No. He doesn't speak Spanish. I don't either. His landlady heard him say "Adios" and she decided that he spoke Spanish, because she didn't understand that he had spoken Russian all that time.
Mr. Rankin.
Did you have a special celebration for your husband's birthday?
Mrs. Oswald.
Yes.
Mr. Rankin.
When was that?
Mrs. Oswald.
On October 18th.
Mr. Rankin.
Who was there?
Mrs. Oswald.
Ruth and her children, I, Lee, and Paine's husband, Michael.
Mr. Rankin.
Did Wesley Frazier bring your husband home at that time?
Mrs. Oswald.
Frazier is the last name? Wesley was that boy's name. I now remember.
Mr. Rankin.
Did he bring him home that weekend?
Mrs. Oswald.
I don't remember.
It seems to me, yes. It is hard to remember now which weekend was which.
Mr. Rankin.
On these weekends, did you ever observe your husband going to the garage, practicing with the rifle in any way?
Mrs. Oswald.
No.
Mr. Rankin.
Did you see him leave the house when he could have been going to the garage and practicing with. his rifle?
Mrs. Oswald.
No, he couldn't have practiced while we were at the Paine's, because Ruth was there. But whenever, she was not at home, he tried to spend as much time as he could with me--he would watch television in the house. But he did go to the garage to look at our things that were there.
Mr. Rankin.
And you don't know when he went there what he might have done with the rifle? Is that what you mean?
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