Mr. Pizzo.

Now, this was previous to the assassination--I would say between a period of a week and a half to 2 weeks, and I would guess I would be right. After the man was worked on to buy a car----

Mr. Jenner.

By Bogard.

Mr. Pizzo.

By Bogard, Mr. Bogard brought the man to my office and I'm sitting like you are and he brought him to the door. Mr. JENNER. Was this the same day?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes; this was within 2 hours, within a period of 2 hours.

Mr. Jenner.

This all occurred within a period of 2 hours.

Mr. Pizzo.

This all occurred within a period of 2 hours and he brought the man to the door.

Mr. Pizzo.

My office door, and I get up from behind my desk and walk the door, and he says, "He doesn't have the down payment, but he will have $200 or $300 in a couple or 3 weeks."

Mr. Jenner.

And this conversation you are now relating occurred after Bogard had demonstrated the car?

Mr. Pizzo.

Had demonstrated the car.

Mr. Jenner.

And had come to you and asked for the minimum?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes; for the minimum.

Mr. Jenner.

And then he had gone back to the customer?

Mr. Pizzo.

And the customer told him he didn't have the down payment.

Mr. Jenner.

And then he brought the customer to the door of the office?

Mr. Pizzo.

Right. So, it was just 2 or 3 minutes I was very busy, we had other deals going, and I said, "Okay," and just let it go at that.

Mr. Jenner.

What did that mean--"okay"?

Mr. Pizzo.

There was nothing we could do with the customer if he didn't have the down payment. I said, "Okay," to Al Bogard, which means---follow him up, use him as a prospect, call him later--that's what we do, we call a man later and try to work something out and this is strictly automobile business.

Mr. Jenner.

I appreciate that; yes.

Mr. Pizzo.

Now, what else do you want to know now? What happened later?

Mr. Jenner.

Have you now completed relating the incident on the particular date you have in mind?

Mr. Pizzo.

On that day; yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

And your recollection at the moment is that Bogard was seeking to interest him in a Comet?

Mr. Pizzo.

I think so.

Mr. Jenner.

That's the Ford compact, is it not?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes; that's the Mercury compact. The Caliente we had a red. Caliente, I believe, and I believe it was a red Caliente he went for a ride not that he was selling that particular car, but we had just gotten the new line of the hot compact, which was the Caliente, and we bought them all red and that's what he went for a ride in.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you say "hot" or "hard"?

Mr. Pizzo.

Hot---Caliente means hot, and that was the hot model of the year--it had just come out.

Mr. Jenner.

You have a little bit of New England accent or Rhode Island or the Boston area?

Mr. Pizzo.

You can't miss it--you can't hide it.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, you volunteered there a second that the man had token a ride in the Comet Caliente?

Mr. Pizzo.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

On what do you base that statement?

Mr. Pizzo.

On what Al Bogard told me, that that was the car he had taken him for a fide in.

Mr. Jenner.

You had not seen this man in the car?

Mr. Pizzo.

In the car or drive off either. May I tell you the normal procedure that every salesman follows? He talks to the customer, gets him interested in a car, takes him out for a ride and pure him in a booth to see if he can sell him a car, and that's the routine he followed.