(Testimony of John P. Adamcik)
Mr. Adamcik.
I don't recall then at all. I left the house after awhile and went with, I believe it was, Mrs. Paine. I went with her to one of the neighbor houses to see about the children, leaving the children there. I left and went with her.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?
Mr. Adamcik.
Coming back, Mrs. Frazier, I believe it was, drove up to the house as I was coming back with--no, it was Mrs. Bill Randle. She (Mrs. Randle) was a neighbor there and she was driving up to the house, so I asked her whether she knew anything about what had happened, and whether she had seen Lee Oswald, and she did tell me that Lee Oswald rode to work with her brother, which is Wesley Frazier, who was staying with her, and he rode to work with him that morning.
She told me that she saw--she was up early in the morning and was drinking coffee, and saw Lee Harvey Oswald go across the front yard, across the yard carrying like a long package wrapped in something, carrying it from the Paine house to Wesley's car.
Mr. Belin.
Did she say how he was carrying the package?
Mr. Adamcik.
No; she didn't. I think we got an affidavit. In fact, I know we did, but I didn't take it.
Mr. Belin.
Did she say about how long the package was?
Mr. Adamcik.
No; she said it was long and wrapped in a paper or a box.
That is all I remember her saying.
Mr. Belin.
Anything else on there? Did she say anything that it was unusual for Oswald to be home at all during the week?
Mr. Adamcik.
Yes; she did say that. That Oswald usually spent the weekends over there, and it was unusual for him to be there on a Thursday night and go to work with him on Friday.
Mr. Belin.
Anything else you remember offhand?
Mr. Adamcik.
No; I don't believe I do.
Mr. Belin.
Then what did you do?
Mr. Adamcik.
By then we went ahead and took these people and put them in a car. I think Mrs. Oswald took both the children. Mrs. Paine got a neighbor to keep her children, and Mrs. Oswald and her two children were put in our car, the city police car, and Mrs. Paine also went with us, and Michael Paine, Mrs. Paine's husband, went with the county officer, and we proceeded to go to the city police station.
Mr. Belin.
Then what?
Mr. Adamcik.
We took them up to the homicide and robbery bureau office and conditions were very crowded there, so we moved up to the forgery bureau next door, and we put them in the interrogation room and waited a pretty good while.
By this time it was approximately 6 p.m., and I think they were trying to get an interpreter and question Mrs. Oswald. That was the reason for the wait.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Adamcik.
Oh, yes, after talking to this Mrs. Randle, we wanted to talk to Wesley Frazier, and she said that he was at Parkland visiting his sick daddy.
So when we got back to the station, we checked with Parkland and couldn't find anybody by that name over there, so we checked with the clinic there in Irving, I believe it was, Irving Professional Center, and found out that he was there. The nurse checked the room, and he was there at the time, so some of the detectives called out there and had him placed in custody at that time so we could get an affidavit from him or question him.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Adamcik.
However, I didn't go back over there and get him.
Mr. Belin.
When you got down to the station, you were with Mrs. Paine?
Mr. Adamcik.
Right. When we got to the station, there was Mrs. Paine, Mrs. Oswald and her two children, and Michael Paine.
Mr. Belin.
Was Mrs. Oswald questioned at all or not?
Mr. Adamcik.
Mrs. Oswald, yes; she was. She was questioned that same evening.
Mr. Belin.
What did she say?
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