Mrs. Oswald. No, this was in September.
Mr. Rankin. Did he do whatever writing he did in connection with the study of the Spanish language in Exhibit 17 at New Orleans in August or after that date?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Do you want to know whether this was earlier than August or later?
Mr. Rankin. Yes.
Mrs. Oswald. No, not earlier. This was in September, not in August.
Mr. Rankin. And did he do anything in the writing of what is in Exhibit 17 in the study of the Spanish language at Dallas, that you know of?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Mr. Rankin. I offer in evidence Exhibit 17.
The Chairman. It may be marked with the next number and received in evidence.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 17, and received in evidence.)
Mrs. Oswald. How a simple notebook can become a matter of material evidence—the Spanish words in it, and June's scribbling on it.
Mr. Rankin. Returning to the time that your husband came back from Mexico City to Dallas, can you tell us what type of luggage he brought back with him?
Mrs. Oswald. He had a military type raincoat with him and a small bag with a zipper, blue in color.
Mr. Rankin. As far as you recall he did not have two bags that he brought back with him from Mexico?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Mr. Rankin. Did he spend the first weekend of October 4 to 6 with you at the Paines?
Mrs. Oswald. No, not the whole weekend. When he returned he stayed overnight and then he went to Dallas. But he returned on Saturday or Friday evening. And he remained until Monday.
Mr. Rankin. Did you notice any change in your husband after this trip to Mexico?
Mrs. Oswald. In my opinion, he was disappointed at not being able to get to Cuba, and he didn't have any great desire to do so any more because he had run into, as he himself said—into bureaucracy and red tape. And he changed for the better. He began to treat me better.
Mr. Rankin. Will you tell us how he treated you better?
Mrs. Oswald. He helped me more—although he always did help. But he was more attentive. Perhaps this was because he didn't live together with me but stayed in Dallas. Perhaps, also because we expected a child and he was in somewhat an elated mood.
Mr. Rankin. Did your husband have any money with him when he returned from Mexico?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, he had some left. But I never counted how much money he had in his wallet. That is why I don't know.
Mr. Rankin. Was it a small or a large amount or do you know that?
Mrs. Oswald. What would be a large amount for me would not be a large amount for you.
Mr. Rankin. Well, can you give us any estimate of what you think he had?
Mrs. Oswald. He might have had $50 or $70, thereabouts. It is necessary sometimes to make a joke. Otherwise, it gets boring.
Mr. Rankin. After the first weekend, after your husband returned, which he spent at the Paines, as you have described, where did he live in Dallas?
Mrs. Oswald. He said that he rented a room in Oak Cliff, but I don't know the address. I didn't ask, because I didn't need it.
Mr. Rankin. Do you know that he lived with a Mrs. Bledsoe at any time in Dallas?
Mrs. Oswald. In what sense do you mean "lived with"?
Mr. Rankin. I mean roomed in her home.
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Mr. Rankin. That was a place on Marsallis Street?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know about it.
Mr. Rankin. How did he return from Irving to Dallas at that time?
Mrs. Oswald. Ruth met him at the bus station at that time and drove him home. By bus.
Mr. Rankin. You said before that you learned about the depository job at some neighbor's home, is that right?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. In whose home was that?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know her last name. When you walk out of the Paine house, it is the first house to the right. I am trying to remember. Perhaps later I will.
Mr. Rankin. Was it the lady of that house who told you, or someone that was a guest there?
Mrs. Oswald. Perhaps you know the name.
Mr. Rankin. We don't know the name of the lady next door. We know a number of names, but not by the location.
Mrs. Oswald. Her first name is Dorothy. And there was another woman there, another neighbor, who said that her brother worked at the depository, and that as far as she knew, there was a vacancy there.
Mr. Rankin. And what was the name of that neighbor whose brother worked at the depository?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know.
Mr. Rankin. Was that Mrs. Randle?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know. I might know her first name if you mention it.
Mr. Rankin. Is there a Linnie Mae Randle that you remember?
Mrs. Oswald. No.
Mr. Rankin. Was she a sister of Mr. Frazier?
Mrs. Oswald. I don't know such people.
Mr. Rankin. Do you know a Mr. Frazier that had a job at the depository?
Mrs. Oswald. I didn't know his name. I knew that it was a young man. I don't think he was 18 yet.
Mr. Rankin. And was he the brother of this friend who was at the neighbor's house?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. And he was the one that your husband rode from Irving into Dallas from time to time to go to work, did he?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, after Lee was already working this boy would bring Lee and take him back with him to Dallas.
Mr. Rankin. And when did he take him, ordinarily?
Mrs. Oswald. 8 o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Rankin. And did he take him on Monday morning?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Usually each week he would take him on Monday morning?
Mrs. Oswald. When Lee came for a weekend, yes.
Mr. Rankin. And then when did he bring him back from Dallas?
Mrs. Oswald. At 5:30 on Friday.
Mr. Rankin. Did your husband ever come in the middle of the week?
Mrs. Oswald. No, only during the last week when all of this happened with reference to the assassination of the President—he came on a Thursday.
Mr. Rankin. Did Mrs. Paine have anything to do with your husband getting this job at the depository?
Mrs. Oswald. She had no direct connection with it, but an indirect connection, of course. I lived with her and she talked to a neighbor and mentioned that Lee was out of work.
Mr. Rankin. Was it Mrs. Paine that found out about the job, then?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. And she telephoned there and asked whether they had a job available. They didn't say anything specific but they asked that Lee come there on the following day.
Mr. Rankin. Did you find out whether your husband did go there the following day?
Mrs. Oswald. On the following day he went there, had a talk with them, and he telephoned that he had already received