And then when Robert came, I gave Robert the $50 bill and he went downstairs to pay the bill.
Now, the representatives had not paid the bill. Robert used the $50 to pay the bill. The bill was not paid. So we were really stranded. Those men left two women stranded.
Now, let me see if there is anything I have forgotten.
Mr. Rankin. Where did you put the $50 after the Puerto Rican brought it back?
Mrs. Oswald. In my uniform pocket, because that was all the clothes I had. I kept it in my pocket.
Mr. Rankin. When you washed your uniform——
Mrs. Oswald. I naturally took it out of my pocket to wash my uniform, because I stated I gave Robert the $50 bill to pay the hotel. But that was all the clothes I had. You have to visualize that all of this is really rush business. We are doing all this in a hurry.
So I didn't even put it in my pocketbook. And I would not be the type to put it in my pocketbook, because it is a $50 bill and all the money I have to get out of the hotel—I don't know if I am going to get help—so I want to keep it on my person, just like I keep my important papers right now on my person.
I took it out of my pocket to wash the uniform, I know. This can be proven by the bellhop who brought the food. And he went to the drug store, and the drug store was closed on Sunday. And we did not get the lotion. And I gave him the $50 bill to buy the things with.
Mr. Rankin. And then after you paid the bill there——
Mrs. Oswald. Robert paid the bill.
Mr. Rankin. What happened next?
Mrs. Oswald. Nothing was said about the bill. I didn't know then that the representatives had not paid the bill. Robert took the $50 and checked us out. Then the Secret Service——
Mr. Dulles. Could we have the time when you checked out?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes—approximately 11:30 to 12 o'clock, on Sunday.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us the amount of the bill?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. Since then I have called Robert and Robert said the amount of the bill was 40-some-odd dollars—about $48, I believe. That is what Robert told me. I have no way of knowing, otherwise than what Robert told me.
And I would think so. If I remember correctly the rooms were $17.50. I told you before that they put us in exclusive suites, and two. And the rooms were $17.50. And we had some meals. So that would make it about 40-some-odd dollars.
Mr. Rankin. And then after Robert checked you out, what happened?
Mrs. Oswald. Then Robert got in a car with Secret Service, and then Marina and I and Mr. Gregory were in another car, with two Secret Service agents in the front.
Mr. Rankin. And did you go someplace?
Mrs. Oswald. Here comes me again. They wanted to take us—as soon as we got in the car Mr. Gregory says, "We are taking you to Robert's mother-in-law's house."
Now, they live out of Boyd, Tex., in the country. Boyd, Tex., is a little bit of country town. But they live in a little farm house. They are dairy people—Robert's in-laws. And they wanted to take us there, which would have been approximately 45 miles from Dallas.
And I said, "No, you are not taking me out in the sticks, in the country. I want to be in Dallas where I can help Lee."
"Well, for security reasons, this is the best place. Nobody would ever find it."
I said, "Security reasons? You can give security for me in a hotel room in town. I am not going out in this little country town. I want to be in Dallas where I can help Lee."
And so I am not being well liked, because all the arrangements was made, that we were going to go to this little farm house. But I would not go.
I could not survive if I was 40 or 50 miles away and my son was picked up as a murderer. I had to be right there in Dallas.
Mr. Rankin. Now, this was after——
Mrs. Oswald. When they left the Executive Inn, when we got in the car.
Mr. Rankin. And this was after your son was killed?
Mrs. Oswald. Well, yes, but they didn't know this.
Mr. Rankin. And Robert didn't know that?
Mrs. Oswald. They kept it from us—I guess being women. Marina and I did not even know he was shot.
I will go on to that story and tell you. No, sir, we did not know.
Mr. Rankin. The Secret Service people didn't tell you either?
Mrs. Oswald. No, sir; nothing was said. They wanted us for security reasons——
Mr. Dulles. If the time is 11:30——
Mr. Rankin. They left at 12 or 12:30, I thought.
Mr. Dulles. You said 11:30 to 12.
Mrs. Oswald. Approximately that time.
Mr. Dulles. It might not have taken place.
Mrs. Oswald. I know Lee was shot. But at this time I am telling you I don't know this.
This has to go in sequence, sir. Lee was shot, or else we wouldn't have had all these Secret Service men around. But I know then after that Lee was shot. Not now—I do not know this.
Are there any questions? I am willing to answer anything you want to ask.
If you will bear with me, I can go into——
Mr. Rankin. Did you later learn at what time of that Sunday he was shot?
Mrs. Oswald. No, sir; I did not.
Mr. Rankin. You never did?
Mrs. Oswald. Not until about 3 days later. That is what I was telling you about Six Flags. I am trying to explain to you why I don't know these things is because we did not sit down and watch television and read papers. Marina and I—I had two sick babies there. There was a doctor coming in twice a day. I was a very busy woman. And the men were not telling us anything. They were not interested in us.
Mr. Rankin. Now, after you told them that you wanted to stay in a hotel, you could be protected there, what happened?
Mrs. Oswald. Then, of course, nothing was said that they were going to give me my way. But we needed clothes—Marina and the baby needed clothes. So then they decided that they should go to Irving, through my suggestion and so on, and pick up clothes for Marina and the baby, because we were short on diapers. So they are going to Irving.
We got to Irving. There is police cars all around. So that is why I feel sure my son was shot.
Mr. Rankin. How far away is that from this Executive Inn?
Mrs. Oswald. I would think—now, this is just hearsay. But I would think it is about 12 to 15 or 18 miles.
When we reached there, they brought us to the chief of police's home. And there were cars all around.
As soon as the car stopped, the Secret Service agent said, "Lee has been shot."
And I said, "How badly?"
He said, "In the shoulder."
They brought Marina into the house.
Mr. Rankin. Did you ask him how he knew that?
Mrs. Oswald. It came over—I thought he had the radio in the car, Secret Serviceman, and he had talked to someone. This was all set up, sir, and I can prove to you. They didn't want us to know. They are now telling us this, Marina and I.
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