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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 279« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Lee Harvey , Edith Whitworth, Oswald)

Mrs. Hunter.
*Mrs. OSWALD. No; I don't remember Irving.
Mrs. Hunter.
This was before I would say it was in September or October. It was before just a little while, I know, before your baby came, because I won't tell you the remark I made, but anyhow, I know it was pretty close-almost due time you could tell from the way you were carrying the baby, it was almost time for the baby.
*Mrs. OSWALD. I can't remember her [indicating Mrs. Whitworth].
Mr. Liebeler.
Didn't you see this other woman at all, Mrs. Hunter?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; she got out and had her back to me and if I'm not badly mistaken the woman had on a dark dress, but what the woman looked like, it wasn't even dawning on me, because I wasn't even interested. The only thing I seen that she was very uncomfortable and what I thought she was saying was that she was going to have to have help when the baby comes.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Excuse me, but I would like to ask her a question; may I?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Mrs. Hunter, what is your full name, please?
Mrs. Hunter.
Gertrude Hunter.
Mr. Mckenzie.
What is your husband's name?
Mrs. Hunter.
John T. Hunter.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Do you work with Mrs. Whitworth there in the store?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; just visiting her.
Mr. Mckenzie.
You were not in the store on this particular occasion that Mrs. Whitworth has described; is that correct?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes; I was there.
Mr. Mckenzie.
You were there?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes.
Mr. Mckenzie.
And What were you doing in the store that morning or that day?
Mrs. Hunter.
We go to football games together and we were down discussing whether we was going to have, what do you call it, caravan cars or charter a bus, and it was after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, because I never did leave the house only after 2. My daughter works at Commercial Title and she calls me before she goes back off of her lunch hour at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Liebeler.
So, this was after 2 o'clock and prior to the football weekend; is that correct?
Mrs. Hunter.
On Wednesday or Thursday--I won't say just which day.
Mr. Liebeler.
Now, On that occasion when you were in the store with Mrs. Whitworth at the Furniture Mart, did Mrs. Oswald or her husband buy any clothes or anything of the sort?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, she went to talking about the cafe. It used to be a bus station and it has the counter and the chairs for the cafe. The only thing she had there was the candy, and there was some used clothes and a church or welfare or something had had them there, they had their used clothes there, and there were some shoes there. Now, she might have thought she was in a cafe or a drygoods store.
*Mrs. OSWALD. No.
Mr. Mckenzie.
At that time I'm asking you about, did either Mrs. Oswald or her husband buy any clothes; do you recall?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; they didn't buy anything.
Mr. Liebeler.
You had seen Mrs. Oswald before; is that correct?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes; but I didn't know who she was until now--I do now--I would know her eyes.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Of course, you have seen many pictures of her since then.
Mrs. Hunter.
No; I'll be honest with you, I have only seen her once on television and that was in Washington, and day before yesterday I wanted to be sure that .this woman had the long hair, and the way it looked there. Now, I'm honest with him about that. I didn't watch the run of it on television.
Mr. Mckenzie.
By "him" you are referring to Mr. Liebeler here?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, I don't know what his name is.
Mr. Liebeler.
That's right.
Mr. Mckenzie.
Now, on this occasion when she was in the store with the two children and her husband, that Mrs. Whitworth has described, did you notice the automobile that they came in?
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