(Testimony of Edith Whitworth)
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember being interviewed by two agents of the FBI about the middle of December on this whole question?
Mrs. Whitworth.
On a Saturday; yes, sir.
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes; Saturday, December 14, 1963.
Mrs. Whitworth.
I do remember; it was a Saturday that they came out.
Mr. Liebeler.
And do you remember the names of the agents?
Mrs. Whitworth.
No; I don't. They were just two tall fellows and I don't even know the names--I didn't take them down and I didn't think it was that important.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember telling those two men specifically that when this man's wife came in, when Oswald's wife came in, that Oswald told you that his youngest child had been born on October 20, 1963?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Probably so--somewhere, you know, it was along that time, but you know it has been so long now that I have forgotten the dates.
Mr. Liebeler.
And do you remember telling the FBI agents specifically the date October 20, 1963?
Mrs. Whitworth.
I believe so. Now, like I say, I wouldn't swear to that but if I told them, that's what he had told me. I haven't reviewed this, like I say, before I come over here, so I'm just telling you what I think absolutely is true--the truth.
Mr. Liebeler.
Right; and I want to try and find the state of your recollection as to just what this man told you about the date of birth of this young child, and if you remember specifically that he told you that the child was born October 20, 1963, I want you to tell me that, and if you can't remember that, I want you just to say that and it is very important that you give me the exact state of your recollection on that.
Mrs. Whitworth.
Now, I'm not going to say that I remember him telling me that because it has been too long ago, you know, it has been too long back to say it was October 20--like when I come over here and you asked me my grandson's birthday that I had forgotten and there is too much that goes through my mind in that length of time. We talked about it and I'm sure he told me the birthdays of the babies, but it has been too long now and I wouldn't say that he told me October 20, but the baby was 2 weeks old when he was in the store and it was the first week in November that he was in the store and I don't know what date that would have been that he was in the store.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was there anybody else in the store besides you and Mrs. Hunter and this man Oswald and the wife and the two little children during this time?
Mrs. Whitworth.
No; I don't believe there was. There was someone out in front of the store, you know, there always was. I remember something about that, but I wouldn't swear that there was anyone out there in front, any particular person out in front, but there usually was two or three men that kind of hung around there because that was on the corner and had been the bus station and, you know, people just walk in and walk out there, you know, and they ask for information for first one thing and another, you know, in my store and I was always real good about giving them information and like I probably told him where he could go get the gun part he was looking for.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember whether you directed him to another gunshop or not?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Just to be sure about it, I don't know now, but I'm just almost sure that I did if he asked me.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember where you told him to go?
Mrs. Whitworth.
If I directed him, it would have been east of me, probably at the Irving Sports Shop or even down on the highway at some pawnshop or something like that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know the man who owns the Irving Sports Shop?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Yes; Woodrow Greener.
Mr. Liebeler.
How long have you known him?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Oh, I have known Woodrow for about 20 years, I guess.
Mr. Liebeler.
Are you a good. friend of his or close to him at all?
Mrs. Whitworth.
No; I wouldn't say real close I just knew him. He had
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