Mrs. GARNER. Well, I didn't talk to him any more than that, because I
noticed how he was, wouldn't answer you when you say good morning or
good evening, hello or good morning, so I just never bothered. The only
thing, at night he used to come past behind the house and always wore
trunks, yellow trunks with thongs, no top shirt, and he used to stuff
all my garbage cans and all the garbage cans on the street, and never
would talk to anybody, pass right by the door of the apartment of the
other people and never did talk to anybody.
Mr. LIEBELER. You never had any conversation with him after this time
when you asked him about the rent?
Mrs. GARNER. No, that's about it. The most I talked to him was when he
rented the apartment, that is the day he took it, and that lady done
most of the talking. In fact, she had given me her phone number to let
me call and let her know how Oswald was doing, and the wife when the
wife would come in. I figured what in the world I want that for and I
just threw it away and didn't bother with it. I didn't think anything
like this was going to come up.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did Oswald ever have any visitors to his apartment, do
you know?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes. As I said, I never did see anybody else around there
myself except this middle-aged man and middle-aged woman like I said
that come and picked him up one weekend on a Saturday and come back
that Sunday after, because I happened to be sitting on the box and saw
them come up.
Mr. LIEBELER. Would this have been in July?
Mrs. GARNER. About in July, I imagine. I know there was a lot of
mosquitoes around that time; I think it was July sometime. I am really
not sure. It was hot.
Mr. LIEBELER. How many times did these people come to see Oswald?
Mrs. GARNER. That is twice I seen, once I seen both of them come in the
evening one night, and they didn't stay very long, but I was sitting
outside. And that weekend, it was just him come to pick him up.
Mr. LIEBELER. You saw the man come to pick up Oswald on two different
occasions? Is that right?
Mrs. GARNER. One occasion they came.
Mr. LIEBELER. The man was with a woman on one occasion?
Mrs. GARNER. At night one time, and then when he come to pick him up
for the weekend he was by himself.
Mr. LIEBELER. Altogether, he was there twice?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Once by himself?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. And once with a woman; is that right?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes. If they was there before that, I didn't see them.
Mr. LIEBELER. You only saw him come twice?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Approximately how old was this man?
Mrs. GARNER. I don't know. Like I say, I am not too good at judging
ages. I would say in his late fifties or early sixties, something like
that. He had a high forehead, a high peak right here, and kind of
greyish.
Mr. LIEBELER. Could you describe him for us, please? Was he a white man?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he appear to be Spanish or Cuban extraction to you?
Mrs. GARNER. No, no, no.
Mr. LIEBELER. He was fair complected?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Are those the only two people you ever saw visit Oswald?
Mrs. GARNER. Well, there was that Cuban or Spanish looking guy one time
rang my bell in the late afternoon, kind of short, very dark black
curly hair, and he had a stack of these same pamphlets in his hand he
was spreading out on Canal Street there on the porch, and he had a
stack of them in his hand and he asked me about Oswald, and I said he
was living around on that side where the screen porch is, and I saw
those things in his hand and I said, "You are not going to spread those
things on my porch," and that was all, and I closed the door and went
on about my business. I don't know, but I guess he went over there.
Mr. LIEBELER. How many pamphlets did this man have in his hand?
Mrs. GARNER. I don't know. You know how thin those things are, and he
had a stack about that high.
Mr. LIEBELER. About 5 inches or 6 inches, maybe?
Mrs. GARNER. About that high.
Mr. LIEBELER. About the width of your hand?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. What color were they, do you remember?
Mrs. GARNER. That I can't remember. They looked like yellow and pink,
all different colors.
Mr. LIEBELER. Approximately how old was this fellow?
Mrs. GARNER. Well, he was young. I don't believe he was young as
Oswald, but he was young, in his thirties I guess.
Mr. LIEBELER. Was he as tall as Oswald?
Mrs. GARNER. No, he was shorter.
Mr. LIEBELER. Shorter than Oswald?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he wear sunglasses, if you remember?
Mrs. GARNER. No, he didn't have sunglasses on because it was so late in
the evening, just about dark.
Mr. LIEBELER. Was he of a light build, or was he heavy set?
Mrs. GARNER. No, I wouldn't say. He wasn't light, wasn't heavy; he was
in between that.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he have an accent, do you remember?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes. That's why I said he was either Spanish or Cuban. I
don't know. He speaks broken English, like.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you tell the FBI about this gentleman coming there?
Mrs. GARNER. Yes.