(Testimony of Mrs. Mahlon F. Tobias)
Mr. Jenner.
And he handed it to your personally, so you knew on that occasion, which was the 6th of December 1962, that he was there?
Mrs. Tobias.
Oh, yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And he was paying his refit for the month of December?
Mrs. Tobias.
Yes.
Mrs. Tobias.
Now, I don't know how long she was gone. Now, we really don't--my husband said he didn't--he didn't see her around.
Mr. Jenner.
What is your recollection as to when you first saw her?
Mrs. Tobias.
After she came back?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mrs. Tobias.
Well, it could have been another week or 10 days.
Mr. Jenner.
So that would be in the month of December 1962--she was absent a week or 10 days?
Mrs. Tobias.
She would have had to been because I didn't see her around, and they always kept their blinds down, you know, the shades was always pulled.
Mr. Jenner.
They were?
Mrs. Tobias.
Oh, yes--day and night, you never seen any shades up over there, their shades was always down.
Mr. Jenner.
Wasn't that strange?
Mrs. Tobias.
Well, a lot of my tenants do-we don't think nothing about it. We've got so many of them that keeps them down. I always think there must be something wrong when they keep them down, but we don't bother our tenants.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, he paid his rent for the month of January 1963, did he not, and he paid it to you?
Mrs. Tobias.
If it's on there.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, there is a receipt here No. 0178, dated January 4, 1963, "issued to L. H. Oswald for $68 for the rent of Apartment No. 2 from January 3, 1963, to and including February 3, 1963," and it is signed M. F. Tobias, Sr.
Mrs. Tobias.
Well, now, he signed that one.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that his signature or yours?
Mrs. Tobias.
No; that's his--that's his.
Mr. Jenner.
That rent was paid in cash, was it?
Mrs. Tobias.
Yes; he gave cash.
Mr. Jenner.
To him; to your husband?
Mrs. Tobias.
Yes; he always gave cash.
Mr. Jenner.
And as of that time she was back in the apartment?
Mrs. Tobias.
Oh, yes; she was--you see this was later after she had come back and when she got friendly and would come over, and she would come over nearly every afternoon later, but she didn't come around--I didn't see her so much when they first moved in. You see, I told you, when they first moved in, I said to my husband, "I thought this was the man with the wife and child?" He said, "Yes, he told me that", but perhaps she wasn't around at the beginning for awhile.
Mr. Jenner.
Did they have any guests, any callers?
Mrs. Tobias.
Well, one lady came to my door one evening.
Mr. Jenner.
About when?
Mrs. Tobias.
In the evening--you mean?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mrs. Tobias.
It was beginning to get dark.
Mr. Jenner.
When was it---was it the evening of the weekday or weekend?
Mrs. Tobias.
Yes; it must have been a weekday because she said she had had a call. She came to my door and knocked.
Mr. Jenner.
The lady did?
Mrs. Tobias.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And what month was it.
Mrs. Tobias.
I don't even know that. She said she had been trying to contact Mrs. Oswald.
Mr. Jenner.
Describe her please----age, weight--short or tall."
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