(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
Would you locate on that, and I would like to have you place an X at the point in that picture that you first saw the package?
Mrs. Paine.
Underneath that box.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. You have written an arrow or X next to "on floor" and it is underneath the box that is on the floor.
Mrs. Paine.
It was in front as I recall it; this was the buzz saw I was talking about, right here.
Mr. Jenner.
Right here the witness is pointing to the right hand upper middle section of the photograph
Mr. Dulles.
Is this the first location of the package?
Mrs. Paine.
It was over on that side of the garage, towards the door or--
Mr. Dulles.
The first location of it?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Toward what door, Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Paine.
Toward the front of the garage.
Mr. Jenner.
Where did you see it on the second occasion?
Mrs. Paine.
Part of it in front of this work bench, one right under this box here.
Mr. Jenner.
Put a double X here, between this workbench and this bandsaw.
Mrs. Paine.
On the floor.
Mr. Jenner.
The workbench and the bandsaw to which the witness is pointing are on the left hand side of the photograph,, the bandsaw being about the upper middle. Is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. The package was farther to the interior from the bench.
Mr. Jenner.
It was toward the back rather than toward the door?
Mrs. Paine.
It was the other side of the bandsaw so it was farther to the interior than its first location.
Mr. Jenner.
I offer in evidence as Commission Exhibit No. 429 the document which the witness has identified which in turn was identified as Commission Exhibit 429.
Mr. Mccloy.
It will be admitted.
(The photograph referred to, previously identified as Commission Exhibit No. 429, was received in evidence.)
Mr. Jenner.
For the record, I am placing the rifle in the folded blanket as Mrs. Paine folded it. This is being done without the rifle being dismantled. May the record show, Mr. Chairman, that the rifle fits well in the package from end to end, and it does not--
Mrs. Paine.
Can you make it flatter?
Mr. Jenner.
No; because the rifle is now in there.
Mrs. Paine.
I just mean that--
Mr. Jenner.
Was that about the appearance of the blanket wrapped package that you saw on your garage floor?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; although I recall it as quite flat.
Mr. Jenner.
Flatter than it now appears to be?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes. But it is not a clear recollection.
Mr. Jenner.
You have a firm recollection that the package you saw was of the length?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes, definitely.
Mr. Jenner.
That is 45 inches, approximately. You had no occasion when you stepped on the package--
Mrs. Paine.
I stepped over it.
Mr. Jenner.
You always stepped over it?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; until the afternoon of the 22d.
Mr. Jenner.
By accident or otherwise, did you happen to come in contact with it?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
You don't know whether there was anything solid or hard in it?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Dulles.
Did it look about the way this package looks?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Mccloy.
Except for the fact it had some cord around it?
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