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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 425« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mary E. Bledsoe)

Mrs. Bledsoe.
you had no other conversation with him. Now, just remember these facts that you had no conversation with him after he paid you the money and signed the register.
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well, I wouldn't say, because I don't know what he did. I don't remember.
Miss DOUTHIT. All right, how long after--when he brought his bag back and put it in this room, how long did he stay in that room until he left to go to the grocery store, if that is where he went?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Was that the first when he went and got the other bag?
Miss DOUTHIT. Uh-huh.
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well, 20 or 30 minutes.

Miss DOUTHIT. Did he go and use the telephone, or just stay in his room all that time?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No, didn't use the phone until--I think he used it after.
Miss DOUTHIT. Did he use your telephone on Monday?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
After the, yes; after he got everything settled, I think he did. Two or three times every day. Called his wife, supposed to be.
Miss DOUTHIT. You don't know who he called?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No; I don't know who he called.
Miss DOUTHIT. But,: 'you don't know anything at all about when you gave him this information about the grocery store? We are just trying to get the order here in which this happened, Mrs. Bledsoe, is all, if you can just remember?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Oh, Lord.
Miss DOUTHIT. That is the reason I asked you if you could, to write these things down.
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well---
Miss DOUTHIT. I am sorry, but I thought in--I might help you.
Mr. Jenner.
Did he make a telephone call after he became settled?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Uh-huh.
Mr. Jenner.
On the 8th of October?

Mrs. BLEDSOE. I wouldn't say for sure, but I guess he did, because he called his wife, supposedly--supposed to have been all the time, but in the morning he called some people about jobs.
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Because he talked on the phone and talked gruff, talked gruff to those on the phone, and talked about a job. I heard that.
Mr. JENNER. Then, one of the occasions when the gentleman interviewed you--were Secret Service and FBI people there is a notation that you recalled that on Monday afternoon that he did call his wife?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Uh-huh.
Mr. JENNER. Now, does that refresh your recollection, that he did call her the same day that he moved in here on
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well, I guess he did, uh-huh.
Mr. Jenner.
And, were you aware of the fact that he was using the telephone?

Mrs. BLEDSOE. Oh, I told him he could use the phone to get him a job and call his wife.
Mr. JENNER. And were you aware of any occasion on Monday when you had your own mental conception that he was actually talking with his wife?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Well, it didn't---I wasn't interested at all. He---I wasn't---I didn't think about it at all. When I got interested is when he called, talking in that foreign language.
Mr. JENNER. Now, the first time you heard him talking in the foreign language was when?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
As well as I can guess, it was a Wednesday.
Mr. Jenner.
Wednesday?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
Wednesday afternoon, but he came on----
Mr. JENNER. Now, so you assume that the other calls he made on Monday, since he did not, I take it, did not speak in a foreign language, or you didn't hear him speak in a foreign language on Monday?
Mrs. Bledsoe.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
And you didn't hear him do so on Tuesday?

Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
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