(Testimony of Ruth Hyde Paine Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
the other one an address sticker of Sears, Roebuck & Co., No. 4017, addressed to Michael R. Paine.
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
And so, the wrapping paper in which those two shades are wrapped came from Sears, Roebuck & Co. and not from any roll of paper that you keep in your home?
Mrs. Paine.
That's correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, are there any other paper-wrapped packages on that shelf?
Mrs. Paine.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
It was your impression as you testified last week that you had some curtain rods on the shelf wrapped in a paper wrapping?
Mrs. Paine.
Well, I testified that.
Mr. Jenner.
That was your impression, was it not?
Mrs. Paine.
And as part of the testimony I said they were very light and might not deserve their own wrapping.
Mr. Jenner.
You, of course you did state it was possible they might not be separately wrapped?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Is there another shelf below the shelf on which you found the first two packages?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; there is.
Mr. Jenner.
And, Mr. Howlett, that shelf is about how far below the upper one on which we found the two packages?
Agent HOWLETT. About 10 1/2 inches.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, we all see, do we not, peeking up what appears to be a butt end of what we might call a curtain rod, is that correct?
Mrs. Paine.
That's correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Is that correct, Mr. Howlett?
Agent HOWLETT. Yes, sir; that's correct.
Mr. Jenner.
Painted or enameled white?
Agent HOWLETT. Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you reach back there and take out what appears to be a curtain rod, Mr. Howlett-- how many do you have there?
Agent HOWLETT. There are two curtain rods, one a white and the other a kind of buff color or cream colored.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, would you please search the rest of that shelf and see if you can find any other curtain rods or anything similar to the curtain rods, and look on the bottom shelves, Mr. Howlett, will you please?
While he is doing that, Mrs. Paine, I notice there is on your garage floor what looks like a file casing you have for documents similar, at least it seems substantially identical to those that we had in Washington last week.
Mrs. Paine.
This is a filing case similar, yes, slightly different in color to one that you had in Washington. It contains madrigal music. It was on November 22 at the apartment where my husband was living.
Agent HOWLETT. I have just finished searching both shelves and I don't find any other curtain rods.
Mr. Jenner.
Mrs. Paine, are the curtain rods that Mr. Howlett has taken down from the lower of the two shelves, the two curtain rods to which you made reference in your testimony before the Commission last week?
Mrs. Paine.
Yes; they are.
Mr. Jenner.
And you know of no other curtain rods, do you, in your garage during the fall of 1963?
Mrs. Paine.
No; I do not.
Mr. Jenner.
And in particular, no other curtain rods in your garage at any time on the 21st or 22d of November 1963?
Mrs. Paine.
None whatsoever.
Mr. Jenner.
May we take these curtain rods and mark them as exhibits and we will return them after they have been placed of record?
Mrs. Paine.
All right.
Mr. Jenner.
Miss Reporter, the cream colored curtain rod, we will mark Ruth Paine Exhibit 275 and the white one as Ruth Paine Exhibit No. 276.
The curtain rods referred to were at this time marked by the reporter as
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