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.