(Testimony of Glenn Emmett Smith)
Mr. Smith.
Now I didn't know Oswald. He showed us his picture, but I didn't know him. He had been through there but I didn't recognize him.
Mr. Liebeler.
The FBI showed you Oswald's picture?
Mr. Smith.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
And you didn't recognize him?
Mr. Smith.
No, sir.
You see, sir--to my knowledge, I have never seen he or his wife.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you hear Mr. Taylor discussing this rifle that he bought from this fellow, before the FBI fellow talked to him?
Mr. Smith.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember when the FBI man came to the station? Would that have been in about the middle of December of 1963?
Mr. Smith.
I'd be afraid to commit myself. I don't remember when he was there. It's been about 2 or 3 months ago or something like that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember the man's name?
Mr. Smith.
No; I don't.
Mr. Liebeler.
Would it refresh your recollection if I suggested that his name was Morris J. White? Do you remember that was his name or don't you remember?
Mr. Smith.
I don't remember.
Mr. Liebeler.
Don't you remember that you told the FBI agent that you had heard conversation that Taylor had purchased a rifle from some customer, and that that customer was thought by Taylor to be Lee Harvey Oswald? Didn't you tell that to the FBI agent?
Mr. Smith.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
You did not?
Mr. Smith.
No, sir; absolutely not. I am absolutely positive.
Mr. Liebeler.
The first time you ever heard. anything about this rifle that Taylor was supposed to have purchased was when the FBI agent was interviewing Taylor, isn't that your statement?
Mr. Smith.
That is right.
Mr. Liebeler.
You never heard anything about it from Taylor or anyone else prior to that time?
Mr. Smith.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you discuss this question of the rifle with Taylor after the FBI agent was there?
Mr. Smith.
Nothing more than he told me that let's see now, Bob said he had traded a rifle, and that is about all. We were busy, and he said he traded a rifle, and that was the day that he showed the picture to me, the picture that the FBI man showed me, and that was all that was said about it.
Mr. Liebeler.
Taylor told you afterwards that the FBI agent had showed him a picture and this picture was supposed to be a picture of Oswald?
Mr. Smith.
He showed both of us the picture.
Mr. Liebeler.
He showed beth of you the picture?
Mr. Smith.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And Taylor told you after the FBI agent left that the picture that the FBI agent showed you was a picture of the man from whom Taylor had. purchased the rifle, is that correct?
Mr. Smith.
He told the FBI man that. He didn't tell me that after he left, but he definitely told him that in my presence. I heard him.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you have any discussions with Taylor after the FBI agent left about this question?
Mr. Smith.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you have any discussions with anybody else about it?
Mr. Smith.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever see the rifle that Taylor supposedly purchased from this man?
Mr. Smith.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Taylor ever tell you what kind of rifle it was?
Mr. Smith.
No, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
And you never heard from anybody what kind of rifle it was?
Mr. Smith.
I never heard anything about it at all.
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