(Testimony of Colin Barnhorst)
Mr. Jenner.
At the time.
Mr. Barnhorst.
Well, I wasn't working there when he was a guest. I know when he was there, but I wasn't working there.
Mr. Jenner.
That's right. Have you personally examined the records of the YMCA in that respect?
Mr. Barnhorst.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And those records are of what character?
Mr. Barnhorst.
They are a daily report on transients in and out with permanents in and out and the number of rooms, and a copy goes to the residence manager and a copy stays at the household and a copy is sent to and, well, it is placed on our desk copy.
Mr. Jenner.
And have you examined those records for both the years 1962 and 1963?
Mr. Barnhorst.
No; only the month of October 1963.
Mr. Jenner.
Only the .month of October 1963. In examining that month did you examine each day of the month, that is, the records relating to each day of that month?
Mr. Barnhorst.
Originally--yes, and I have looked at them also, actually, I guess for September, because I had stayed there one night and I had looked back to see which room I was in and I was just curious and in looking back--later on--I saw there was a Lee H. Oswald. He was in room 601, because I looked at it last night after the man called me and it is still on the desk.
Mr. Jenner.
He occupied the room 601 when?
Mr. Barnhorst.
Until the morning or early part of the afternoon of the 4th of October. I say that because the clerk who was on was Eva Marshall. Her name was beside the checkout. So, she was the one who would have checked him out and she works on the day shift and at that time she was working day shift and that would have been about 10 days, I guess, before I went to work there and- she was filling in there because the clerk had quit, which is why they hired me. I don't know who the clerk was. I only found the checkout, I didn't ever see the check-in--I think I did see it one time. And I think it was October 3, the day before.
Mr. Jenner.
The check-in was October 3?
Mr. Barnhorst.
I remember that from sometime ago, but I just happened to see the checkout.
Mr. Jenner.
Tell me what kind of records you keep--you keep a receipt?
Mr. Barnhorst.
Well, maybe I can describe these when he checks in to see step by step What happens, because there is a little blue card with a stub on it and we call this a transient register card. He fills in his name and the phone number and membership, if any, and a number of other details, if it has anything to do with such as when his membership expires, if he is in the service, his service number or some other things, and then we fill out a triplicate receipt for his room rent. In this case he paid for 1 night and then we give him a receipt and a .receipt stays in the register and a receipt goes in the drawer and, of course, we fill out the rest of the stub--the receipt number, the amount paid, and we fill out his name and his room number on the stub and the price of it and so forth for the operator to put his name up on the board, and he came in fairly early on the 3d, because the operator----
Mr. Jenner.
What is the board you mentioned something now about? You mentioned something new.
Mr. Barnhorst.
This is a board we have-for locating anyone in the building at that time, who is staying in the. building. It is a PBX machine and is in the nature of a board up on the wall and it has several sections. It is a flip type board and you put a little narrow Slip of paper with their name and room number on it. That's for the telephone operator.
Now, he must have come in fairly early on the 3d, if he came in in the evening, because in fact, he did come in in the evening. Mr. Barker, checked him in because I know the evening operator typed his name in and so that would place him coming in in the evening- sometime before 10 o'clock, because that's about when she leaves, and after that they are typed up by the---either the night clerk or the next operator in the morning. Then. in the evening, it is put on a ledger sheet and we have two types--we have one for the permanent guests for their
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