(Testimony of Mary E. Bledsoe)
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Train station, and she was worried about trying to get off, you know, trying to get there, and then we were hearing her, and I said, "Well, why don't you walk over there. It's just a little ways." Because the crowd was so bad we still didn't know the President had been killed, and finally she got off, but I think it was---it was before---I mean after Oswald did.
Mr. Ball.
Did she ask for a transfer?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Yes; she had the man give her one, because she caught the bus before she got to the train station.
Mr. Ball.
How do you know that?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well, I saw her.
Mr. Ball.
You saw her catch another bus?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
She got on when we did. She rode a block.
Mr. Ball.
Did anybody get off when the lady got off? Any body that was going to the train station?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No.
Mr. Ball.
Was there traffic? Was the traffic heavy?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Oh, it was awful in the city, and then they had roped off that around where the President was killed, shot, and we were the first car that come around there, and then all of us were talking about the man, and we were looking up to see where he was shot and looking---and then they had one man and taking him already got him in jail, and we got----"Well, I am glad they found him."
Mr. Ball.
You were looking up at where?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
At where the boy was shot.
Mr. Ball.
You mean the Texas Book Depository?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Yes, uh-huh.
Mr. Ball.
School Book Depository?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Uh-huh, because we were right four blocks from there, you see.
Mr. Ball.
Can you tell me the location of the bus with reference to a cross street on Elm where Oswald got off?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No; I can't, because they have changed that street, so, they have torn down things and I don't go town very much now and so I don't-----
Mr. Ball.
Was it in the middle of the block, or at a regular bus stop?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well, they said it was.
Mr. Ball.
I want to know what you remember.
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No; I don't remember.
Mr. Ball.
Do you remember whether it was a regular bus stop or not?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No; I didn't pay any attention.
Mr. Ball.
Did Oswald get on at a regular bus stop?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
I didn't pay any particular attention to him.
Mr. Ball.
Do you remember anyone knocking on the door, and as a result, the motorman opened the front door?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No.
Mr. Ball.
You don't remember that?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
I don't remember.
Mr. Ball.
You are not able to say whether Oswald got on at a regular bus stop, or at a point between blocks?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No.
Mr. Ball.
And you are not able to tell us whether he got off at regular bus stops, or between.
Mrs. Bledsoe.
That's right.
Mr. Ball.
Now, had the bus gone as far as Lamar Street, when Oswald got off?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Yes. No; I think before we got to Lamar Street.
Mr. Ball.
How far?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well---
Mr. Ball.
Close to Lamar?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Yes, close.
Mr. Ball.
How close?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well, I couldn't say.
Mr. Ball.
Within a half block, or block?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No; within a block.
Mr. Ball.
About a block from Lamar, you think?
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