Mrs. Whitworth.

thanked me for my time when he walked out--you know, he thanked me for the time I had spent with him, more so than anyone else. I mean, very few people will thank anyone for their time in a store like that, you know, but he did. He thanked me for his time.

Mr. Liebeler.

Isn't it a fact that a newspaper reporter came into your store one day and talked to you about this?

Mrs. Whitworth.

A lady.

Mr. Liebeler.

When was that?

Mrs. Whitworth.

She was before the FBI men came and talked to me and I don't have her name, but one of the FBI men called me and asked me if I remembered her name and I don't. The only thing, she came in a little foreign car and another gentleman was driving the car for her and she showed me her credentials, just who she was, and she told me she was a White House correspondent.

Mr. Liebeler.

Would you remember her name if I suggested it to you?

Mrs. Whitworth.

I don't know whether I would or not.

Mr. Liebeler.

How about Coleman, does that seem familiar to you?

Mrs. Whitworth.

Might have been.

Mr. Liebeler.

Do you remember when she came by, was that after you had seen Ryder on television telling about Oswald?

Mrs. Whitworth.

No; that was before.

Mr. Liebeler.

It was before?

Mrs. Whitworth.

Yes; it was before.

Mr. Liebeler.

And did you tell this lady reporter the same story you told us--exactly?

Mrs. Whitworth.

Yes; and she took it down at that time and this gentleman that was with her, he had a tape recorder and he took down everything that I said.

Mr. Liebeler.

They took it down on a tape recorder?

Mrs. Whitworth.

Yes; he sure did, and she wrote it down in a little notebook, you know, but she accidentally stopped in the store. I had never told anyone, you know, had ever made the statement to anybody that he was in there. Of course, it was discussed, I'm sure, to people that I knew, you know, I said, "Well, I had seen him," but there are a lot of people in Irving I'm sure that had seen him and his wife both.

Mr. Liebeler.

Did it occur to you after you became aware of the fact that Oswald had been in your store asking for some repairs about a gun that you should call the FBI or the Dallas Police Department and tell them about this?

Mrs. Whitworth.

No; it really didn't. I just figured I would wait and see if anybody got to looking for him. I didn't contact anyone. I waited until they contacted me. I didn't know where I could be any help to them at all.

Mr. Liebeler.

So, the Oswalds walked out of the store?

Mrs. Whitworth.

Yes.

Mr. Liebeler.

And then you said Mrs. Oswald, I believe, and the children went out first; is that right?

Mrs. Whitworth.

They were ahead of him.

Mr. Liebeler.

How long was Oswald in the store how long did he stay in the store after they left?

Mrs. Whitworth.

Well, he followed them right on out, but they were in line. She started out before he did, with the children, and the little girl--the little 2-year-old, you know, was ahead of all of them and I had a little stepoff there and the mother kind of waited until she stepped off of that, but Oswald himself never did help her with the children or anything like that while she was in the store, you know.

Mr. Liebeler.

And during the time they were in the store she didn't say one word?

Mrs. Whitworth.

She never uttered one word that I knew about. I caught him at one time looking at her and I kind of felt like they were exchanging glances or something like that, you know, but she never uttered one word, either whether she liked it or whether she didn't like it, and I made the remark after they left, after we talked about trading the children, you know, jokingly, and