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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 258« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Gertrude Hunter)

Mrs. Hunter.
the aisle, nearly to where Mrs. Whitworth and this man was, she looked down at her and said something, but I didn't understand what she said. She kind of whispered it to her. Now, I don't know what she said or--she said shhh--or something like that to her--I didn't understand, but she did look down.
Mr. Liebeler.
The mother did look down to the little girl?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
How long were these people in the store altogether--the family in the store altogether?
Mrs. Hunter.
Oh, I don't know--I would be scared to say about that, because, not expecting anything--they come and went so much in there I didn't pay no attention to about how long they was in there.
Mr.. LIEBELER. Were you along with them when they were looking at the furniture?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; I was sitting in the platform rocker.
Mr. Liebeler.
But the woman went back and looked at furniture with her husband?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; she didn't--that's what I say--she just walked along there and she didn't pay that furniture any mind.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you have any feeling that there was any argument going on between them or hostility between them or anything like that?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, now, I just think to myself--what is he looking at that for, she isn't interested. That's just the opinion that I got.
Mr. Liebeler.
You thought he seemed to be much more interested in the furniture than she did?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did it seem strange to you that these people were in the store there for the period of time that they were and there was not a single word exchanged between this man and woman?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; I didn't think nothing about that. I don't know--I don't pay too much attention to anything like that, because while they were back there, I got up and got out of my chair before they went back to the car and walked to the door, and was standing looking out the door up toward the bus that comes in for people to get off of, and I didn't pay them any more mind until they went out to get in the car.
Mr. Liebeler.
So, they went out and got in the car and what happened then?
Mrs. Hunter.
Well, when they got in the car--he said something to her, but I couldn't hear that because I was standing in the door and he turned like he was going to go back down that way and. I said, "Don't go that way, it's a one-way street, you'll have to go through the red light and turn left." And he looked at me and he didn't say thank you or nothing and he just backed out and went on down and I watched him--he turned at the red light--turned down Main Street.
Mr. Liebeler.
He drove east down Irving Boulevard; is that right?
Mrs. Hunter.
He was going down toward Plymouth Park, I believe it was west--it's a one-way street and you have to go out and come down south.
Mr. Liebeler.
Which way does Irving Boulevard run--it runs east and west, doesn't it?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes; I would say that it did.
Mr. Liebeler.
And it's a one-way street, and it's a one-way street running toward the west; is it not?
Mrs. Hunter.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
So, that he got into the car--
Mrs. Hunter.
He got in the car and backed out here and he acted like he was going to turn this way and I said, "Uh-uh, don't go back that way, that's a one-way street and you will have to go down here to the red light and turn to the left," and he went down and turned down Main Street to the left.
Mr. Liebeler.
He went down the street against the traffic, going the wrong direction?
Mrs. Hunter.
No; he went down with the traffic, down toward Plymouth Park. I would say he drove west with the one-way traffic. He was going to go back opposite, and he went on down to the red light on Main Street and turned to the left. Now, where he went to from there, I don't know. I didn't pay him any
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