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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 260« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Gertrude Hunter)

Mrs. Hunter.
No; the first time I seen her, she looked just common, just like she did down there at the store that day, and I guess it was when they fixed her up-it must have been after the funeral and she was meeting with these people or something, because it was quite a discussion about how pretty she was and why she let herself go before, because we had discussed it that maybe he didn't want her to fix up or something.
Mr. Liebeler.
How long was it after the assassination that you noticed this difference between Marina Oswald as she appeared on television and in the paper?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, now, you may think I'm funny, but I didn't pay no attention at all to that television--my television wasn't on when he got killed or the parade or nothing. I was sitting at the table and after it happened, I wouldn't watch the television--I didn't watch none of the burial procedures or anything--any of that.
Mr. Liebeler.
But at some point you noticed that Marina Oswald looked different than she had the day she was in the store?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
My question is, when did you first notice that?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, it was undoubtedly quite a few days or several days after Oswald--after Jack Ruby killed Oswald.
Mr. Liebeler.
As much as a week after that?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well--it was just after that--I wouldn't say just definite what time it was, because, you don't notice anything like that. Naturally, it's going to pop in your mind when you do notice something like that, but just as soon as I seen her fixed up on TV, I just noticed it was quite a difference of how she looked then and before.
Mr. Liebeler.
You think it was within a week after the time Ruby shot Oswald, is that right?
Mrs. Hunter.
I wouldn't say--not now, it has been too long ago.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you now do have some doubt in your mind after having seen her as to whether you would even recognize her as the same person that was in the store, is that right?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, with the way her features looked on television now and the way I seen her in the store yes; because she dresses nice and she's real cute. She dresses cute and she was sloppy in the store that day.
Mr. Liebeler.
Her face hasn't changed any, has it, she has the same face.
Mrs. Hunter.
Oh, her hair makes a difference now. I might recognize her--I wouldn't say I wouldn't or I would, but I don't know---I've made the remark two or three times that she doesn't look like she did the day I seen her in the store.
Mr. Liebeler.
But you still don't have any doubt in your mind that it actually was she that was in the store the day you saw her?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, I will say this, that the one I seen in the store and the first time I seen her on television the first time was the same woman--let's put it that way.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever tell anybody that Oswald actually turned down Irving Boulevard and went against the traffic when he came out of the store and went against the traffic?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, no; I didn't tell them that he went east. I told them he started to turn east and I told him he was going the wrong direction and he would have to turn back. Now, that woman from England that came here--
Mr. Liebeler.
Were you there that day she came?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes; she come to my house that night.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember what you told her about that?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, just the same thing--about the same thing I have told you, because that's about all I know. I might have remembered a few different little points then that have slipped my mind now, but that's just like what I told you, I guess a few little ends and odds have slipped, but that's just about all I know, because I wasn't expecting that and I wasn't looking for nothing like that and I just didn't think too much about it.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Mrs. Whitworth see these people get in the car and drive away, do you know?
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