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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 443« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Earlene Roberts)

Mr. Ball.
Mr.. ROBERTS. No.
Mr. Ball.
You never even heard his name?
Mrs. Roberts.
No.
Mr. Ball.
You never even heard his name?
Mrs. Roberts.
No--I never heard his name.
Mr. Ball.
And had never seen him?
Mrs. Roberts.
No, sir.
Mr. Ball.
Did a police car pass the house there and honked?
Mrs. Roberts.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
When was that?
Mrs. Roberts.
He came in the house.
Mr. Ball.
When he came in the house ?
Mrs. Roberts.
When he came in the house and went to his room, you know how the sidewalk runs?
Mr. Ball.
Yes.
Mrs. ROBERTS. Right direct in front of that door-there was a police car stopped and honked. I had worked for some policemen and sometimes they come by and tell me something that maybe their wives would want me to know, and I thought it was them, and I just glanced out and saw the number, and I said, "Oh, that's not their car," for I knew their car.
Mr. Ball.
You mean, it was not the car of the policemen you knew?

Mrs. ROBERTS. It wasn't the police car I knew, because their number was 170 and it wasn't 170 and I ignored it.
Mr. Ball.
And who was in the car?
Mrs. ROBERTS. I don't know--I didn't pay any attention to it after I noticed it wasn't them-I didn't.
Mr. Ball.
Where was it parked ?
Mrs. Roberts.
It was parked in front of the house.
Mr. Ball.
At 1026 North Beckley?
Mrs. Roberts.
And then they just eased on--the way it is-it was the third house off of Zangs and they just went on around the corner that way.
Mr. Ball.
Went around what corner?
Mrs. Roberts.
Went around the corner off of Beckley on Zangs.
Mr. Ball.
Going which way--toward town or away from town?
Mrs. Roberts.
Toward town.
Dr. GOLDBERG. Which way was the car facing?
Mrs. Roberts.
It was facing north.
Dr. GOLDBERG. Towards Zangs?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Towards Zangs--for I was the third house right off of Zangs on Beckley.
Mr. Ball.
Did this police car stop directly in front of your house?

Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes--it stopped directly in front of my house and it just "tip-tip" and that's the way Officer Alexander and Charles Burnely would do when they stopped, and I went to the door and looked and saw it wasn't their number.
Mr. Ball.
Where was Oswald when this happened?
Mrs. Roberts.
In his room.
Mr. Ball.
It was after he had come in his room?
Mrs. Roberts.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Had that police car ever stopped there before ?
Mrs. Roberts.
I don't know--I don't remember ever seeing it.
Mr. Ball.
Have you ever seen it since?
Mrs. Roberts.
No--I didn't pay that much attention--I just saw it wasn't the police car that I knew and had worked for so, I forgot about it. I seen it at the time, but I don't remember now what it was.
Mr. Ball.
Did you report the number of the car to anyone?

Mrs. ROBERTS. I think I did---I'm not sure, because I--at that particular time I remembered it.
Mr. Ball.
You remembered the number of the car ?
Mrs. ROBERTS. I think it was--106, it seems to me like it was 106, but I do know what theirs was--it was 170 and it wasn't their car.
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