(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Senator Cooper.
Do you remember at anytime after that whether or not you were hanging clothes alone?
Mrs. Paine.
That is what I am not certain about. I could well have been.
Mr. Jenner.
At anytime that afternoon, in any event, up to the time that the policeman rang your doorbell, did you observe or were you aware that Marina had entered the garage?
Mrs. Paine.
I wasn't aware that she had entered, if she did.
Mr. Jenner.
I take it from your testimony it is possible that Marina, after you advised her that the shot was thought to have come from this Texas School Book Depository, that she might have been inside your home while you were still out in the yard?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
And, of course, if that is so, then she could have entered the garage while she was inside your home, and you were out in the yard hanging clothes?
Mrs. Paine.
And I would not have seen her; that is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, this clothes-hanging occurred in the rear, the yard portion in the rear of your home; is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Is it possible is there a window in the garage opening on the rear of your home on to that yard area, or is the wall blank?
Mrs. Paine.
The window one can look into from the area where one hangs clothes goes to the dining area. From where I stood, I could not have seen the door entering the garage, which would be just beyond--
Mr. Jenner.
You are talking about the inside door?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
First I would like to know this
Mrs. Paine.
The answer to your question is clear if you see the plan of the interior of the house. No part of the garage shows, no wall or window or any part of the garage shows from the back--
Mr. Jenner.
There is no opening from the rear of the garage, is there?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
So you can't see into the garage, at least from--
Mrs. Paine.
From the back of my house you can't; no.
Mr. Jenner.
There are windows opening from your kitchen into the back part, into the yard, are there not?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And being in the yard, could you see when somebody passed across that window, let us say, headed for the garage area?
Mrs. Paine.
No. Heading for the garage area, you would not pass across that window.
Mr. Jenner.
You would not. In any event, you had no consciousness at any-time that day or afternoon of Marina having entered the garage up to the time the police came?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that true of the time in the morning that you have been describing?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
At anytime from 7:30 in the morning, from the time you awakened until the time the police came, you have no consciousness that Marina was in the garage?
Mrs. Paine.
No consciousness of that.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you enter the garage during this period of time?
Mrs. Paine.
I have no specific recollection of having done so.
Mr. Jenner.
And you have given us Marina's total exclamation or response to your advising her that the shot had come from the Texas School Book Depository?
Mrs. Paine.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
You have recounted that your next-door neighbor, Mrs. Robert--or is it Roberts?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Came over. Was Marina present----
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