Miss DOUTHIT. Mary, why don't you pull up your chair and be comfortable
while you are doing this. Now, you are all right.
Mr. BALL. Now, you have a calendar here?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. That is my calendar.
Mr. BALL. That is the calendar for December 1963, and I notice it has
dates and names and dates. Is that the way you keep books on your rooms?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; but I don't now. I did then, because I just had
started. The first one I got was in September.
Mr. BALL. September of 1963?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. BALL. He put his name on the calendar?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, got it in September. He got it, my son sold it for
$5, and I didn't even know that he tore that out.
Mr. BALL. Now, let me see here in this calendar. It runs from January
1963, to December of 1963, but October of 1963, has been torn out?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh. And he said his name was Lee Oswald was what his
name was, and I said, "Well, I can't think of that name Oswald, I will
call you Lee."
So, he put it down on the 4th. Just rented for a week, you see, the 7th.
Mr. BALL. You said the 4th?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. On the 7th.
Mr. BALL. On the 7th of October? That is the first day you ever saw him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Ever saw him.
Mr. BALL. On the 7th of October you rented the room to him, didn't you?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. BALL. And is that the date that he put his name on the calendar?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; that is the day.
Mr. BALL. He paid you $7?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. $7 in money.
Mr. BALL. That was the rental?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. For one room.
Mr. BALL. For one room for 1 week?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. When did he move into the room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Right then.
Mr. BALL. Did he have his things?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Had his things on his hand and had his bag, but after he
paid my $7 he went out--I don't know, I think this YMCA, but I am not
supposed to know where, and brought back another bag, and then he said,
"Well, where is the grocery store?"
Well, I said, "It is down that way," but I didn't want him to use the
kitchen, so, he said, "I'm going to get some milk," and so, I didn't
like that much, but I didn't say anything about it because I wanted to
get along with him.
Mr. BALL. Let me ask you some questions before we commence the grocery
store part of it.
When you first saw him, did he have his luggage with him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. BALL. What did he have with him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. A bag.
Mr. BALL. Will you describe the bag?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I don't remember where--seemed like it was a kind of a
duffelbag.
Mr. BALL. The kind the men in the service put their clothes in?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; and had some on his arm, these coathangers, you know.
Mr. BALL. Had some things on a coathanger?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. And had a clock.
Mr. BALL. Had what?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. A clock, wrapped up.
Mr. BALL. What color was this duffelbag?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I think it was blue.
Mr. BALL. That was the only bag he had with him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No, he went off to town and got another one.
Mr. BALL. Then he went off to town and brought another bag back, would
you describe that?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No, I didn't pay any attention to it.