Mr. Belin.

Just grade school. And then did you go to work?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Did you ever have any Army service at all?

Mr. Johnson.

No.

Mr. Belin.

Just by general background, has your general occupation been a carpenter for most of these past 20 or 30 years?

Mr. Johnson.

No; I've been a carpenter for about--uh--well, about 20 years, I guess.

Mr. Belin.

Before that, what did you do?

Mr. Johnson.

I was raised on a farm.

Mr. Belin.

And you worked on a farm then?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

And you and your wife have this house at 1026 North Beckley and have people that room there by the week?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

About how many people do you have that room there?

Mr. Johnson.

Well, when it's full, we have 17.

Mr. Belin.

Has it been full within the past 6 months at all, or not?

Mr. Johnson.

No, no, It hasn't

Mr. Belin.

By the way, how long have you been married, Mr. Johnson?

Mr. Johnson.

Seventeen years.

Mr. Belin.

You've been married 17 years?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Belin.

Now, sometime last fall, a person came to your house to rent a room who you knew by the name of O. H. Lee. Is that correct?

Mr. Johnson.

That's right.

Mr. Belin.

When he first came, were you all full at that time or not--or don't you know?

Mr. Johnson.

I believe that--uh--the little room. he took was the only room available at that time.

Mr. Belin.

Had he come any earlier to try and find a room earlier---or not?

Mr. Johnson.

Uh---Mrs. Roberts said he had been by once before.

Mr. Belin.

And was that little room available then, or not---or don't you remember?

Mr. Johnson.

I don't remember exactly, I believe, though, that--uh--I believe he looked at it and decided he'd wait awhile. But the next time he came back, why he decided he'd take it.
My wife told him that--uh--if he wanted to take that room, why he could, you know, when we had a larger room and more convenient for him, why he could have it. And so he just--after he got this little room, why he just decided he'd stay in it.

Mr. Belin.

Could you describe that little room for us?

Mr. Johnson.

Well, it's just a--a small room. I believe it's about 8 by 12, or something like that. It was a library room.

Mr. Belin.

Does it have any windows in it?

Mr. Johnson.

It has--uh--three four windows, I believe.

Mr. Belin.

On one side, two sides, three sides?

Mr. Johnson.

One side.

Mr. Belin.

They're all on one side?

Mr. Johnson.

All on one side.

Mr. Belin.

Do you have any curtains on those windows?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

Did you have curtains at that time on the windows?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

How were the curtains put up--by curtain rods, or by what?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes. Curtain rods. Yes. They were just on regular curtain rods.

Mr. Belin.

There were already curtain rods in the room, then, when this O.H. Lee came there is that correct?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes, uh-huh.