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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 257« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Gertrude Hunter)

Mrs. Hunter.
have any way to get in the house. I locked the house and she would get to the house before 4 and I would try to be back at the house before 4 and there was just one or two evenings that I didn't get to the house before she come in.
Mr. Liebeler.
You say you would always try to get back home by 4 o'clock?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes; so I could unlock the door.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you hear the conversation between Mrs. Whitworth and this man who came in about the gun?
Mrs. Hunter.
He just asked for the gunsmith and she told him the gunsmith had moved down the street and she went out in front and pointed down to where to go and told him where to go and showed him where it was at. I didn't go out the door. I was just sitting in a platform rocker and he thanked her and he just went back to the car.
Mr. Liebeler.
And after he went back to the car, then, they all came back again and went in the store?
Mrs. Hunter.
He came back in and then her and the children got out and followed him in.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know whether Mrs. Whitworth told him where the gunshop that used to be in the furniture store had moved or did she direct him to another gunshop?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; she told him that this man had gone and she thought he was down in those sport shops or some kind of a shop down the street, or that there was one down there.
Mr. Liebeler.
Are you familiar with where it is?
Mrs. Hunter.
She was over at the front and I was back here, but I heard the conversation, you know, what he was asking for and all that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you remember whether he had anything in his hands when he came in?
Mrs. Hunter.
It seems to me like I'm not positive that he had something and it come to me that it was wrapped in brown paper. Now, I'm not positive about that, but it was just something like you handle he didn't have it up in his arms--he just had it in his hands.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you have any idea how long the package was, or do you remember that clearly?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; I just remember there was something in his hands.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know where the Irving Sport Shop is located?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; I sure don't--I have never been there.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know Mr. Woodrow Greener?
Mrs. Hunter.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you know Dial Ryder?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; I don't know too many people, I guess, you would call me selfish, but I don't know too many people in Irving--period. There are just a very few that I know--just the grocery store where we trade and the man that runs the bus station and Mrs. Whitworth and one or two I met going to the football games--I have been there 2 years.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was there anybody else in the store during the time these people were there?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; just me and her.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Mrs. Oswald say anything while she was in the store?
Mrs. Hunter.
I never did hear her open her mouth.
Mr. Liebeler.
How did the little girl, the 2-year-old, behave? Was she well behaved?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes; she just went along holding her mother's dresstail. He didn't help her with either one of the babies and she was walking along. You know, she is kind of shy and it was in a strange place and she was kind of holding to her mother's coattail when they were up there where I was at--where the table went around and I don't know--I just---they was kind of dressed bummy or something--I don't know what you would call it. She was kind of clean. He looked pretty nice. I just thought--why was she dressed like that--you know how you will notice that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you hear the little girl say anything at all to her mother or her father?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; I didn't hear her say anything. Now, when they went down
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