(Testimony of Bernard William Weissman Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
Mr. Chief Justice, I offer in evidence the exhibits which have been identified--I will read the exhibit numbers. Commission Exhibits Nos. 1031 through 1052, both inclusive, with some of the envelopes designated with subletters A, and one of the other documents designated with the subletter B. I ask that those exhibits be admitted in evidence with the exhibit numbers which appear on them, each of which has been recited in the record.
The Chairman.
They may be admitted under those numbers.
(The documents referred to, heretofore marked for identification as Commission Exhibits Nos. 1031 through 1052 inclusive, were received in evidence.)
Mr. Jenner.
I have no further questions of the witness. Mr. Flannery, do you have anything?
The Chairman.
Mr. Dulles, do you have any questions you would like to ask?
Mr. Dulles.
Just one general question. From the questions which have been addressed to you, Mr. Weissman, you have a general idea of what the Commission, the area of search of the Commission is so far as you are concerned.
Mr. Weissman.
.Yes.
Mr. Dulles.
Did anything occur to you of any significance which you could add or would like to add to the answers you have made to the questions you have already given?
Mr. Weissman.
Excuse me. please. There is just one thing but it is a question of--it is not a positive identification or anything like that. But on the day I went to the post office to pick up the mail there was a gentleman waiting, observing the box, the post office box in the Dallas post office. Now, Bill Burley was waiting in my car outside, driving around the block because the traffic was quite heavy. I went in with Ken Glazbrook, who had just come to Dallas about a day or so before by bus from the East Coast. He got off a freighter from Sweden. And this individual seemed to be about--I would put him at about 60 years old. And I thought about it since. And I said that might have been Jack Ruby, because he was short enough to be. But my recollection of the individual that followed me, when we subsequently lost in the crowd, and jumped into the car and took off, was that one time not more than 3 feet away from me--though I did not stare into his face, because I did not know if this fellow was going to shoot me or say something.
Mr. Jenner.
You were then frightened; were you not?
Mr. Weissman.
Yes, sir. And we went across through traffic and up a street and down a street and lost this individual and jumped into the car and took off back to the apartment. And to this day I do not know whether it was Ruby--because frankly my recollection of the individual on the pictures I have seen of Ruby in the newspapers, they do not seem to jibe--just the size. This fellow was about 5 foot 6 or so. He was wearing tan clothing with a Stetson hat, a tan Stetson hat.
Mr. Jenner.
A typical Texas western hat, sometimes called a 10-gallon hat?
Mr. Weissman.
That's right. And this is about the only thing else I have to add.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he follow you?
Mr. Weissman.
He followed us from the box down the steps of the post office to the traffic light. We crossed the street, he walked up the other side of the street adjacent to the post office, directly opposite us. And we were going halfway up and he started to cross the corner. We quickly ran back to the corner, across which we came. At that time Bill had come around the corner in the car, he knew nothing about it, we jumped in, sat down low and went in a straight line, made the turn and went back to the apartment. And I have never seen the individual since.
Mr. Dulles.
This post office box from which you were taking the mail, was that box the one that was advertised in the paper?
Mr. Weissman.
Yes.
Mr. Dulles.
So that the number of that box was known.
Mr. Weissman.
Yes; it was. This individual was obviously waiting for me. I did not see him. Ken pointed him out to me. We expected possibly some sort of trouble there. And Ken was walking about 6 feet to the right of me, on another side of the post office tables that are in the middle of the aisle. So if I got in any difficulty he would be there to help. And he noticed this individual
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