Mr. Rankin. You have told us all you know about the gun?
Mrs. Oswald. That is all I know about the gun. And Robert bought the gun from Lee, gave him $10.
Mr. Rankin. You haven't told us whether you thought your son killed Officer Tippit.
Mrs. Oswald. I strictly do not believe that Lee killed Officer Tippit.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us why?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. I am sorry to have to elaborate so, but this, as you know, is very important.
Mr. Lane and myself are investigating, with hundreds of investigators. I have over 1,500 letters. We have reporters and people investigating for us, that are not satisfied with the whole case. And Mr. Lane has a lot of affidavits. I cannot say what Mr. Lane has. But he is doing a very good job about this. And we have come to the conclusion that Lee is not guilty of Officer Tippit.
Now, I gave you a picture yesterday—you might have it there, I don't know, Mr. Rankin—that could possibly be Marina and the child. We have found out that the Book Depository Building—Mr. Lane has this information—it is owned by the city of Dallas—I should not go into that, I don't know. He has all of this information. Or it is a lease. It is government-owned some way or other. I should not say. Mr. Lane has all of this. We have been investigating night and day.
The Chairman. Well, we have the picture, Mrs. Oswald.
Mrs. Oswald. All right. On the picture, then—and I have talked to Mr. Doyle about this—you might think I am crazy to say so. The first thing I saw in this picture—this picture was sent to me by a woman with a letter telling me to look at the picture carefully. I did not read the letter. I did not want her opinion, or other people's opinion about this picture. We have a lot of comments about this picture. I immediately looked at the picture when I opened it. The first thing I saw was my son Lee and Marina and the child. Then when I called this woman long distance. I said, "You want to know what I saw in the picture?" and I told her. She says, "No, that is not what I see."
Representative Ford. Did you say your first reaction was that you saw Lee, Marina and the child?
Mrs. Oswald. That was my first reaction. And, if I am correct—I don't say I am correct—but if I am correct, this would be the solution. Lee was escorted out of the building. Kennedy is shot now—I will have to show you the picture. He has passed the window where Lee's rifle is supposed to be. And he is shot in the neck. He has passed this particular part. He is shot in the neck. And then this man that I think is Lee—and I wish I could swear to it, but I am fully convinced—is being escorted out of the building and could be escorted—I am speculating, sir—I have no proof of this. I wish I did. Could be escorted out of the building by a policeman.
Mr. Rankin. Is the picture you are looking at the one you referred to?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, sir, it is—Exhibit 203.
Mr. Rankin. That is Exhibit 203?
Mrs. Oswald. Now, this is who I think Lee is.
Mr. Rankin. That is——
Mrs. Oswald. There is no face.
Mr. Rankin. That is the man right in the doorway?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, sir. This is Lee's build and everything. The first thing I saw.
Now, they think this is Lee.
No, sir, I do not.
Everybody thinks this is Lee.
Mr. Rankin. When you say they think—it is the man leaning against the side of the doorway, is that right?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. That is the picture that everybody is convinced is Lee.
Mr. Rankin. And you think it is the one next to him that doesn't show any face? It shows the arms over the head?
Mrs. Oswald. He has his arms up in the air.
Now, that is what I saw immediately—against everybody else seeing it. And this woman and child could possibly be Marina.
Now, to explain this—whether I thought Lee shot Officer Tippit or not—Lee could be escorted out of this building with a gun in his back possibly. I am just speculating, sir. But there is a lot of speculation in this case all over the world. From foreign countries I have letters. And that is how he got out of the building. And this same officer could have been killed, because he was involved in this, and then he could have been killed, to be kept quiet. There is a possibility of this, gentlemen.
Mr. Rankin. Mrs. Oswald, will you take this blue pencil and carefully mark on Exhibit 203?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't mean to be telling this Commission what to do. And I cannot do it. But I would like to have this picture printed. And I am willing—I have some few dollars—I have been selling some pictures. I am willing to give a reward of $1,000 if this picture can be printed and these people come—it would have to be Secret Service, FBI, and state their names.
I would like to have the people here—let us find out who those people are.
Mr. Rankin. Will you mark the letter "A" above the part that you have circled on Exhibit 203, that you say are Marina and the little girl?
Mrs. Oswald. All right.
Mr. Rankin. And "B" over what you circled as being your idea of Lee Oswald being there.
Mrs. Oswald. Now, that is what I saw, and nobody else has seen this. They see the man next to him.
Would you want me to put the man next to it that they see as Lee? He has the same clothes on as Lee.
Mr. Rankin. Well—you can testify the man that other people said was Lee Oswald, that you pointed to before on Exhibit 203, would be the one in between, would that be right?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. He has the same clothes as Lee.
Mr. Rankin. Mr. Chairman, we offer in evidence Exhibit 203 as now marked with the identification.
(The document referred to was received, as indicated, as Commission Exhibit No. 203.)
Mr. Rankin. Do you have any other reasons why you think that Officer Tippit was not killed by your son Lee Oswald?
Mrs. Oswald. I do not.
But, gentlemen, Mr. Mark Lane has affidavits. And we are investigating this—if you will have his testimony. He has pertinent information to this. I intend, when I finish here—I am going to be very quiet about what happened here, with no comments. But when I finish here, I am going on speaking tours. I am going to continue the investigation of the shooting. This is for you. But I intend to continue as long as this Commission is in session, to investigate, like we have been doing, we have come up with some very——
The Chairman. Some very what?
Mrs. Oswald. Very important factors in this case.
The Chairman. Well, I thought that is what you were here to tell us about.
Mrs. Oswald. I am not the investigator. Mr. Lane is the investigator. Mr. Lane is my son's attorney, representing my son. And he is investigating the death of President Kennedy and the consequent murder of my son.
And he is making tours. And we have these reporters. And we have people giving us their opinions. We have many, many letters from expert riflemen. And I have in my possession—they also write to me—that have gone through this particular instance, and say it cannot possibly be done in that length of time and so on and so forth. We have a lot of expert opinions.
Mr. Rankin. Are you willing to give those to the Commission?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, sir, we want to. This is what I say is our American way of life. This boy was shot down handcuffed, within a few hours time, without trial or jury or counsel, even. He did not have a right to defend himself. So Mr. Lane immediately started to defend this boy. And people have come to our rescue.
When I read Mr. Lane's brief, and I realized