Mr. BELIN. This would have been on November 22, 1963?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And can you state what happened?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, they just came down there looking for--uh--Oswald.
Mr. BELIN. Did they say what his full name was?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes, I believe they did.
Mr. BELIN. Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. JOHNSON. I believe they did.
Mr. BELIN. Did they say how they happened to come there?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, uh--after he was--uh--apprehended out there, they
searched him and found my address in his pocket.
Mr. BELIN. Your address of 1026 North Beckley?
Mr. JOHNSON. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. All right. What happened when the officers got there? They
asked you if Lee Harvey Oswald lived there?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. How long had you been at the house when the officers arrived?
Mr. JOHNSON. Oh, probably 30 minutes.
Mr. BELIN. Do you remember about what time of the day they arrived?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, it must have been around 1:30 or 2 o'clock--the best
I remember.
Mr. BELIN. When did you get home that day from your work?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, it was around 1 o'clock or maybe a little bit after.
Mr. BELIN. At the time you had gotten home, had you heard that the
President had been shot?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes. I heard that before I went home.
Mr. BELIN. Did you hear that the President had died before you went
home?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. So you got home sometime after you had heard that the
President had died?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Where were you when you heard that the President had died?
Mr. JOHNSON. 1029 Young Street.
Mr. BELIN. And is that a business?
Mr. JOHNSON. We have a little restaurant there.
Mr. BELIN. You and your wife have a restaurant there?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Was your wife there, too?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; we work together.
Mr. BELIN. And did you hear this on the radio?
Mr. JOHNSON. No. Uh--we have a friend that is a policeman, works for
Cotton Belt Railroad. And he called us--called up here and told us. Of
course, we had heard all the sirens and everything, you know, going,
and we couldn't imagine what it was. And Nicholson called us and told
us that he had heard it over the radio.
Mr. BELIN. He had heard over the radio that the President had been shot?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And then, did you turn on your radio?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes. We don't have one there in the place, so we went out
in the car and sat there in the car and listened.
Mr. BELIN. All right. And was it while you were sitting in the car that
you heard that the President had died?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; we didn't leave until we--it was announced that he
was dead.
Mr. BELIN. How soon after that announcement did you leave?
Mr. JOHNSON. I'd say 5 minutes.
Mr. BELIN. All right. Then, how long did it take you to get to 1026
North Beckley?
Mr. JOHNSON. It takes us about 5 minutes.
Mr. BELIN. So that about 10 minutes after you heard on the radio that
the President had been shot, you arrived with your wife at 1026 North
Beckley?
Mr. JOHNSON. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. Did you see anyone? Was Mrs. Roberts there?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes; she was there--at the television.
Mr. BELIN. She was watching television?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Had this man, O. H. Lee, was he there when you got there?
Mr. JOHNSON. No; he had been there just--uh--before we got home.
Mr. BELIN. Did Mrs. Roberts tell you that he had?
Mr. JOHNSON. She told us that he come in and got a--uh--little coat or
something and just walked in his room and right back out the door.
Mr. BELIN. Now, what was the occasion of Mrs. Roberts telling you that?
Mr. JOHNSON. Well, I--just general conversation, I suppose, you know.
Uh--after she found out who it was----
Mr. BELIN. Oh, she told you this after she found out that this was Lee
Harvey Oswald?
Mr. JOHNSON. Uh-huh; that he did come in and get his coat.
Mr. BELIN. Well, did she tell you this before the police came to your
house?
Mr. JOHNSON. No; because she had no idea. Her sister, I believe it was,
called her and told her to turn the television on, that Kennedy had
been shot. And she was over there working with the television, tuning
it in, when Oswald came in.
Mr. BELIN. When did she tell you this?
Mr. JOHNSON. Uh--just after we found out that it was--Oswald.
Mr. BELIN. After you found out that O. H. Lee was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. JOHNSON. That's right.
Mr. BELIN. Well, you started to tell me how you found this out. I
believe you said the police came sometime after you got home?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes. And I saw his picture on television, you know. As
quick as we found out who he was, why Mrs. Roberts just said something
about that he had come by the house here.
Mr. BELIN. Well, let me backtrack a minute, now.
How soon after you got home did the police come--approximately?
Mr. JOHNSON. I'd say within 30 minutes.
Mr. BELIN. All right. 30 minutes after you got home, the police came.
And what did the police say to you?
Mr. JOHNSON. They asked if--uh--we had anyone by that name living there.
Mr. BELIN. By the name of Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. JOHNSON. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And what did you tell them?