Mr. GERACI. Everything I know?
Mr. LIEBELER. Met you and everything you know about it, what the
conversation was, who was there.
Mr. GERACI. Well, we were--Vance and me went in there, Vance and I,
we went into there, I introduced Vance to Carlos, and Carlos started
talking to him about, you know, freedom and all that, democracy and
everything. Then later on while we were talking, Lee Oswald came in,
you know, while we were talking, and he came in a little while later.
He was by himself and he seemed a little nervous. I remember he was
dressed just like in that picture there shows. [Indicating photograph.]
Mr. LIEBELER. You are referring to a picture here on the table?
Mr. GERACI. Yes, sir; well he was dressed something like that.
Mr. LIEBELER. Which has previously been marked as Exhibit 1 to the
affidavit of Jesse J. Garner. I show you that picture. [Exhibiting
photograph to witness.] You say Lee was dressed something like that
when you met him?
Mr. GERACI. Yes; you know, he had on a tie and a shirt, short sleeved
shirt, and sort of like dress pants. I don't know the color of them,
but they were sort of like dress pants, just about as much as this.
[Indicating photograph.]
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you recognize that individual in the picture as being
the man that you saw in the store that day?
Mr. GERACI. Well, tell you the truth, when I first heard about it in
the papers and on the TV, I didn't recognize him. See, I forgot that I
met this guy over there, you know, I forgot about it, and I thought I
didn't meet him. It wasn't until the FBI man came to my house and he
showed me a picture of him when he was first under arrest, and he got
arrested in August, the 4th I think.
Mr. LIEBELER. He showed you a picture that had been taken of Lee when
he had been under arrest here in New Orleans?
Mr. GERACI. Yes; it was one of those things with three things, showing
him from the front, the side, and his face.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you then recognize the man in the picture that they
showed you as being the man that you met in the store that day?
Mr. GERACI. Well, you see, I didn't exactly recognize him maybe, but
anyway I was pretty sure it was him though. He said--he showed me that
and said, "Do you ever remember an ex-marine--and then I remembered
there was a guy who was dressed something like that who was an
ex-marine who came in, and he did have a funny name, you know, like
Lee. It's a little unusual, it's kind of rare, and I remembered the
last name was a little hard, so it just fits that that was him.
Mr. LIEBELER. Now what kind of conversations did you have with this
fellow or what did you talk about?