Mr. Belin.

Now,- what was the occasion of Mrs. Roberts telling you that?

Mr. Johnson.

Well, I--just general conversation, I suppose, you know. Uh--after she found out who it was----

Mr. Belin.

Oh, she told you this after she found out that this was Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Johnson.

Uh-huh; that he did come in and get his coat.

Mr. Belin.

Well, did she tell you this before the police came to your house?

Mr. Johnson.

No; because she had no idea. Her sister I believe it was, called her and told her to turn the television on, that Kennedy had been shot. And she was over there working with the television, tuning it in, when Oswald came in.

Mr. Belin.

When did she tell you this?

Mr. Johnson.

Uh--just after we found out that it was--Oswald.

Mr. Belin.

After you found out that O. H. Lee was Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Johnson.

That's right.

Mr. Belin.

Well, you started to tell me how you found this out. I believe you said the police came sometime after you got home?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes. And I saw his picture on television, you know. As quick as we found out who he was, why Mrs. Roberts just said Something about that he had come by the house here.

Mr. Belin.

Well, let me backtrack a minute, now.
How soon after you got home did the police come--approximately?

Mr. Johnson.

I'd say within 30 minutes.

Mr. Belin.

All fight. 30 minutes after you got home the Police came. And what did the police say to you?

Mr. Johnson.

They asked if uh--we had anyone by that name living there.

Mr. Belin.

By the name of Lee Harvey Oswald?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

And what did you tell them?

Mr. Johnson.

we told them, "No."

Mr. Belin.

All right. And then what did they say?

Mr. Johnson.

Well, they wanted to see the rooms. They had described his age, his build, and so forth, and we had two more boys rooming there. Uh-- and my wife was going to let them see the rooms.

Mr. Belin.

Your wife was going to let them see the rooms that you had--and you had a total of 17 roomers, I believe you said?

Mr. Johnson.

Well, no. I don't know just how many roomers we had. We have 17 bedrooms--but I don't know just, at that time, how many roomers we had.
But, anyway, we had a couple of boys around his age that had moved in Just a few days before, and, so, she was going to let them see their rooms.

Mr. Belin.

All right. And then what happened?

Mr. Johnson.

Well, I saw his picture on television and I hollered at them and told them. They were out in the back, stared around the house to the--uh--basement where these boys room. The bedrooms are all in the basement. And they were going back there.
And--uh--I just called them and told them, I said, "Why, it's this fellow that lives in here."

Mr. Belin.

You told them that you had seen the picture of this man on television?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

And did you tell them what this man was known to you as?

Mr. Johnson.

Yes.

Mr. Belin.

What did they say?

Mr. Johnson.

Well, they wanted to see the records, and we showed them--the register, I mean--and we showed them the register. And then they searched his room.

Mr. Belin.

You showed them the register with this name of O. H. Lee?

Mr. Johnson.

That's right.

Mr. Belin.

When was it, after that, that Mrs. Roberts said that he had been there that day?