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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 273« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Edith Whitworth)

Mrs. Whitworth.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Would you be willing to come back again on Friday morning and meet with Marina Oswald and the children to see if those really were the people that were in your store?
Mrs. Whitworth.
This Friday morning?
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes.
Mrs. Whitworth.
I like you to put it up early enough--I go to work at 12 on Friday and if you would make it real early, and I have another appointment real early Friday morning that I could put off, I guess, or maybe do it in the morning. I have an appointment to get my hair fixed on Friday and I have that every Friday morning and I go to work at 12 and I would like for this not to interfere any more than is possible, you know, with my job. I work for J. C. Penney's there in Plymouth Park and they are real nice. They have given me time off because they had to, you know, but I would rather it not interfere with that.
Mr. Liebeler.
What time would be convenient for you on Friday morning--about 9 o'clock?
Mrs. Whitworth.
I I would like to meet with her--that would be all right. Really, I would like to meet with her one time, you know, to---of course, I have only seen her on television and I saw her there at the store and I would like for her to tell me that she went into that store. I believe she would if she's telling what she did--she might not recognize me now, you know, out of the store, but I believe that woman would tell you that she went in that store if she saw that store. I believe she would--that little girl, the oldest one, isn't she a dark headed girl, and at that time she wore she had her bangs cut.
Mr. Liebeler.
I don't know; I have never seen the little girl.
Mrs. Whitworth.
Well, she was real attractive and I am attracted to little girls, you know, I just love them. Of course, I love little boys, too, you understand, because I've got one of them, but little girls mine I used to sew for them and I have always wanted another little girl and I always made over little girls more so than I did little boys, that that little girl, as well as I remember, she had straight hair and she had little bangs in the front and she was just a real cute child, but I would really like to meet with them again and I would like for her to tell me that she went in that store. She would remember it; I'm sure that she would remember it. There isn't any doubt in my mind but that she wasn't in there and him too.
Mr. Liebeler.
Then, we will meet with you again at 9 o'clock on Friday morning.
Mrs. Whitworth.
All right.
Mr. Liebeler.
By the way, how long would you say that the husband and wife

were in the store from the time that they came back in the second time?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Well, 30 or 40 minutes--maybe.
Mr. Liebeler.
That was during the time that they were looking at furniture?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Yes; she didn't come in, now, until he went back to the car.
Mr. Liebeler.
My question is: From the time that he went back out and she came in, how long were the two of them in the store together?
Mrs. Whitworth.
I'd say 30 or 40 minutes, which is a long time.
Mr. Liebeler.
Yes; and did she seem interested in any of the furniture what did she do during this 30 or 40 minute period?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Well, she walked back where we were and I had moved some beds to show her, pulling them around and showing them to her, and as well as I remember, I had a little red maple suite back there and I had some dark walnut suites and I was showing them used furniture because they looked like people that would buy used furniture and she stood there and looked and, like I say the little girl was whining around and I would see him exchange glances at her, you know, kind of look up and down but I never did see her--I never did catch her but I thought they were exchanging glances at one another and she was not interested and she walked back up and around in the other part of the store and I stayed back there and I talked to him.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you have the feeling that there was any hostility between these two people that they weren't getting along too well ?
Mrs. Whitworth.
Well, she just didn't say anything. She wasn't interested
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