Mr. Hubert.

this deposition, but the rules adopted also provide that a witness may waive this 3-day notice if he sees fit to do so. Now, I must first ask you if you wish to receive the 3-day notice, or whether you are willing to waive it?

Mrs. Robertson.

I am quite willing to.

Mr. Hubert.

Will you rise then, and raise your right hand so that I may administer the oath?
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

Mrs. Robertson.

Yes; I do.

Mr. Hubert.

Will you please state your full name, please, ma' am?

Mrs. Robertson.

My name is Mary Jane Robertson or Mrs. Jim G. Robertson, as I go by.

Mr. Hubert.

What is your present residence address?

Mrs. Robertson.

619 Lacewood, L-a-c-e-w-o-o-d [spelling] Drive, in Dallas, of course.

Mr. Hubert.

And your occupation?

Mrs. Robertson.

I am classified as a clerk-typist with the city civil service.

Mr. Hubert.

That's Dallas?

Mrs. Robertson.

Yes--Dallas--and I work in the special service bureau of the Dallas Police Department.

Mr. Hubert.

In other words, you are a civil service employee but assigned to the Dallas Police Department?

Mrs. Robertson.

Right.

Mr. Hubert.

How long have you been so assigned?

Mrs. Robertson.

Just about a year and a half---October the 1st I started to work there, so just about a year and a half.

Mr. Hubert.

Now, were you there on Friday, November 22, 1963?

Mrs. Robertson.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

The day the President was killed?

Mrs. Robertson.

Yes; I certainly was.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you remember what time you went to work there and what time you left?

Mrs. Robertson.

Yes; at that time I was coming to work at 7:15 and leaving at 4:15--those were my hours.

Mr. Hubert.

At 7:15 in the morning?

Mrs. Robertson.

At 7:15 in the morning and leaving at 4:15 in the afternoon. Now, as to the exact time I left that afternoon, I cannot-tell you to the minute because, well, further on in the testimony you will probably want to ask, but Jack Revill, Lieutenant Revill, asked me to take a letter for him, the exact time of which I cannot tell you, but I do remember this very well--my husband had a vacation. He had been on a hunting trip and he was at home, so when Jack asked me to write this letter I went in and phoned home and I said, "I might run just a few minutes late because I don't know if this will be a long letter or a short letter, or what it will consist of," and I did have the car, and ordinarily I would have been home, say, leaving the office at 4:15, in 20 or 25 minutes, you know, but I did get home more or less around 5 o'clock--which was the usual time. I mean, I didn't run, you know, real late or anything, but that part--I definitely remember, and my husband does, too.

Mr. Hubert.

And the letter of Lt. Jack Revill you just talked about was the thing that caused you to be delayed?

Mrs. Robertson.

That was what I stayed to write yes.

Mr. Hubert.

And that is a fact?

Mrs. Robertson.

That is a fact.

Mr. Hubert.

So, that was the last thing you did that day?

Mrs. Robertson.

Yes; when I completed the letter.

Mr. Hubert.

Normally, you would have left at 4:15?

Mrs. Robertson.

Yes; and I am saying that I didn't run too much after 4:15--the point of it--now, exactly what time I started on that--I don't know.

Mr. Hubert.

Normally, how long would it take you to get to your home from your office?

Mrs. Robertson.

Well, you see, if I leave at 4:15 I make a little better time than if you wait until 4:30 because the more traffic starts then, and it's hard to