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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. IX - Page 415« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)

Mr. Jenner.
What was your impression as to whether she was surprised?
Mrs. Paine.
My impression is she was surprised.
Mr. Jenner.
Did she say so?
Mrs. Paine.
Not specifically.
Mr. Jenner.
Did she say she had not expected him?
Mrs. Paine.
That's the feeling I gathered.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, from her facial expression, her mannerisms, her attitude--you had the very definite impression that his arrival was unexpected as far as she was concerned?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
As well as yours?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, as I recall your testimony, you entered the garage that evening--you don't know how many times--you do have an icebox or deep freeze in the garage, do you not?
Mrs. Paine.
It's a deep freeze.
Mr. Jenner.
And is it not a fact that the deep freeze is located right up against the wall separating the garage from the dining room portion of the kitchen-dining room area, is that not correct, Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And that deep freeze, John Joe, is what in length?
Agent HOWLETT. Three feet four inches.
Mr. Jenner.
And that length extends southwesterly from the garage dining room wall toward Fifth Street; correct?
Agent HOWLETT. Correct.
Mr. Jenner.
And the deep freeze is how deep?
Agent HOWLETT. It is two feet six inches deep.
Mr. Jenner.
And the deepness extends from the door jam, west edge of the door jam, westerly; is that correct?
Agent HOWLETT. Yes; to the wall.
Mr. Jenner.
And how high is the deep freeze?
Agent HOWLETT. The deep freeze stands 3 feet 3 inches tall.
Mr. Jenner.
And Mrs. Paine, is that deep freeze the type of deep freeze that you uncover from the top, that is, the lid opens?
Agent HOWLETT. That's right.
Mrs. Paine.
It is known as a chest style.
Mr. Jenner.
In preparing dinner, or even after dinner, your present recollection is--since it is so much your habit---you can't remember the number of times--it is your present recollection that in the ordinary course of attending to your home and preparing a meal that evening you would enter the garage at least going into some part of the deep freeze?
Mrs. Paine.
I think it highly probable.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you prepare the meal that evening?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you do anything else that evening in the garage?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
What did you do?
Mrs. Paine.
I lacquered two large box blocks.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you obtain, if you can, from the box of blocks which I notice now in your living room, the two blocks you lacquered?
Mrs. Paine.
This is one.
Mr. Jenner.
You say you lacquered two boxes or two blocks?
Mrs. Paine.
It's the same thing, yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Mrs. Paine has produced still another thing, and I take it, Mrs. Paine, that you meant two boxes?
Mrs. Paine.
I considered them blocks, but they do have the shape of a box. They are what I call a large hollow block.
Mr. Jenner.
They in turn are processed in building to be solid blocks?
Mrs. Paine.
That's all right. I describe them as--they are sets anything a child wishes to make it into for play.
Mr. Jenner.
One of them right now in your living room contains wooden blocks, does it not?
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