(Testimony of Bernard William , Accompanied By Weissman)
Mr. Weissman.
Mr. JENNER, That is all you did in the downtown area?
Mr. WEISSMAN, Yes; so far as I can recollect.
Mr. Jenner.
Approximately what time of the day was that?
Mr. Weissman.
That was in the morning. That was early in the morning--- about 8 or 9 o'clock, I guess, in the morning.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you receive any telephone calls at your apartment that day?
Mr. Weissman.
I received--Larrie called us, I know. I don't recall what was said. It was just like, "What is happeningeverything okay?"
On Monday I received a letter----
Mr. Jenner.
Excuse me. Have we now accounted from the time you got up Saturday morning until the time you went to bed that evening?
Mr. Weissman.
I don't recall. Bill and I might have gone out for a hamburger a couple of blocks away. We didn't go anywhere near downtown. We might have gone to Larrie's apartment that night. I am not sure.
Mr. Jenner.
The 22d--we picked you up in your car with Mr. Burley around 12:30. Now, what happened that morning?
Mr. Weissman.
That morning?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes--the 22d. Where were you the morning of the 22d, up to 12:30 o'clock in the afternoon?
Mr. Weissman.
Let's see. I left the apartment at about--I guess it was a little after 9. We had a 10 or 10:30 sales meeting scheduled, or 9:30. Anyway, I got there on time for the sales meeting.
Mr. Jenner.
That was the carpet company by which you were employed?
Mr. WEISSMAN, Exactly.
Mr. Jenner.
Name it.
Mr. Weissman.
AN. Carpet Engineers.
Mr. Jenner.
And you had obtained that job when?
Mr. Weissman.
A.bout a week after arriving in Dallas.
Mr. Jenner.
And that was located where?
Mr. Weissman.
1002 South Beckley, in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas.
Mr. Jenner.
In the Oak Cliff section?
Mr. Weissman.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
On Beckley?
Mr. Weissman.
On Beckley.
Mr. Jenner.
What was the address?
Mr. Weissman.
1002. I know what you are getting at. Oswald also had a room on Beckley, but he was on the opposite extreme. I think he was on North Beckley. I was on South Beckley.
Mr. Jenner.
Give us the distance approximately between the location of the carpet company by which you were employed which is on South Beckley, and Oswald's address on North Beckley.
Mr. Weissman.
At least a few miles. I don't know. I had never been on North Beckley.
Mr. Jenner.
At no time while you were in Dallas were you ever on North Beckley?
Mr. Weissman.
Not as far as I know, unless I got lost and didn't know where I was. But as far as I know, I have never been there.
Mr. Jenner.
And you were a salesman of carpeting?
Mr. Weissman.
That is right.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ever sell any carpeting?
Mr. Weissman.
Not a one.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you make any effort?
Mr. Weissman.
I made a lot of effort. This is where most of my money went--for gas and things like that.
Mr. Jenner.
Your associate, Mr. Burley, was he a salesman for this company also?
Mr. Weissman.
He quit about 2 weeks--about several days before the 22d. And he was looking---of course, one of us had to make money. We both were blanking out with the carpets.
Mr. Jenner.
I take it, however, he had been employed by the same carpet company?
Mr. Weissman.
Yes, sir.
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