That is right, the 10th. Oswald was there the 10th. He was there the 17th. The 10th was the turkey shoot. And I contacted him three or four times trying to get him to pay a dollar and get in the turkey shoot. Ten men were paying a dollar a shoot, and he commented he could win the turkey but he didn't have the dollar.

Mr. Liebeler.

This was on the 10th, is that right?

Mr. Slack.

But had no direct contact no more than asked him like the 10 other fellows I talked to. That was my impression of him.
The next, the 17th is where he and I had the run in, where he shot target. I paid two bits and put up a target, and before I got ready to there would be somebody shoot a hole in it. ,So Lucille, my wife, she me. She was keeping score. We got to noticing who it was, and maybe shoot anybody's target, and I raised the devil. I didn't see why I have to pay my two bits and pay for a new target sheet and I'm shooting No. 9, and the rifle range operator came and told him not to shoot my target after that, and that is how I remember the part in his hair and the look on his face.
And I told him, I said, "You are not going to win no turkey shooting rapid fire."
He shot rapid fire about three or four times, aria they had a cap full of shells and they were shooting--I mean he was burning up the ammunition. And I talked about that going back to Snug Harbor, because somebody is going to get hurt, because everybody shooting everybody's target.
And there was a bunch of ruffians shooting pistols, and there was lots people. And I remember when I told him that, he give me a look that I would forget it. That is the only reason I remember him when they showed him on television. It made me sick and I tried to figure out. It took me a day to figure out where I had seen him.
I said, Lucille, we own the waterworks and we know a lot of men and do lot of things. We have a fish hatchery and we contacted maybe five or people we don't know every day, and I didn't sleep at night for 3 nights until I pinned down where we saw him.
And I went to the rifle range and these four or five other people knew he had been there, but they were afraid to say anything about it.
But when I asked the manager, I said, "Oswald was over here," and he said "Yes, I know he was." And they were afraid it would hurt their business.
And I told Charlie Brown and Doc Carter where I saw the fellow, and I think it was; everyone doubts if they knew anything at all on him, so they met me over there and between the three, they admitted sure.

Mr. Liebeler.

Who is this Charlie Brown that you referred to?

Mr. Slack.

He is the FBI man. He and Doc Carter, they came out two different times and I talked to them.

Mr. Liebeler.

Carter is also an FBI agent?

Mr. Slack.

One was Secret Service and one was the FBI.

Mr. Liebeler.

You mentioned there were other people out at the range who saw Oswald. Do you remember their names?

Mr. Slack.

No, sir; because I was not taking their names. But I do know that they got the boy that worked on his rifle scope on Wednesday. That was in the middle of the week, between the 10th and the 17th. They got his deposition, because the boy, I know, put his scope on his rifle for him.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you know the boy's name?

Mr. Slack.

No, sir; I don't know his name. Never tried to find out his nine. I never talked about it, because Charlie Brown and Doc Carter asked me not to tell what I knew, and that is all. I had nothing to gain. In other words, they took it up, what they found, I never knew.

Mr. Liebeler.

When you mentioned this-fellow that put the scope on the rifle how do you know? Tell us what you know about that?

Mr. Slack.

Because I read it in the paper about a week afterwards.

Mr. Liebeler.

You have no direct knowledge yourself about the the scope?

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