Miss DOUTHIT. One question. Ask her how long he was gone and you will
know how far he went. That is what I wanted to know.
Mr. BALL. When he left to get this second bag, how long was he gone?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, not over an hour. About an hour. It wasn't a
long--I wondered then where he went, but it wasn't none of my business.
Mr. BALL. You say now not over an hour. Do you think it might have been
less than an hour?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; I believe less than an hour.
Mr. BALL. How much less?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I'd say 40 minutes, anyway, at most.
Mr. BALL. This was in the afternoon, was it?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; started at 3 o'clock.
Mr. BALL. At 3 o'clock he came to your home?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. BALL. And then he came back the second time with the second bag
before 4, did he?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; I'm sure he did.
Mr. BALL. Did you talk to him any about the use of the refrigerator?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, he said he was going to put something in there, and
I said--I didn't have anything to say, and I hemmed-and-hawed, I said,
"Well, no; I don't have a very big refrigerator."
Well, he said, "I won't use it after this time." He was very, very
congenial.
Mr. BALL. Did he go down to the grocery store?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. BALL. What did he buy?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. He bought some peanut butter and some sardines, and some
bananas and put it all in his room, except the milk, and he ate there,
ate in his room. I didn't like that either.
Mr. BALL. He was there how many days?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. He was there 5 days, just 5 days.
Mr. BALL. He was there--what day of the week was the day that he came?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Monday and Tuesday he stayed home and went to bed, and
stayed--I didn't pay any attention to him----
Mr. BALL. Monday night he stayed home?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; after he went to the grocery store.
Mr. BALL. What about Tuesday?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Tuesday he went out at 9:30 and come home at 2:30. He was
looking for a job, and called on the phone, wanted different ones, and
I got the book, and papers, and tried to look for him a job, because he
was a nice looking boy, and wanted a job.
Mr. BALL. Now, he went out at 9-9:30 in the morning and came back at
2:30?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Let's see. 1:30. I have my nap then, and it kind of
interfered, but I didn't say anything.
Mr. BALL. You say you have a what?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I have a nap then.
Mr. BALL. You take a nap in the afternoon?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; I had a stroke, you see.
Mr. BALL. And it interfered with your nap when he came back?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; but I didn't say anything then, but then the next
day----
Mr. BALL. Let's finish Tuesday.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. All right. That's all.
Mr. BALL. Did he go out again after he came home at 1:30?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. BALL. Stayed in his room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. All the time, and stayed there that night, too.
Mr. BALL. All the time? What about Wednesday?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. He left about 9 o'clock, and went off dressed. Had a
white shirt and white tie and white--white trousers, and looked very
nice. Went off Monday about 2 o'clock.
Mr. BALL. This is Wednesday.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Wednesday. Then he got back at 1:30.
Mr. BALL. Let me see, he left at 9?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. BALL. Come back at 1:30?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. BALL. And did he go out again that day?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No; but then he talked to somebody on the phone, and
talked in a foreign language.
Mr. BALL. You mean when? Wednesday?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. On Wednesday, I guess it was Wednesday, but I am sure
it must have been Wednesday. I was in my room, and the telephone is
over there [indicating], and I didn't like that, somebody talking in a
foreign language and, so I told my girl friend, I said, "I don't like
anybody talking in a foreign language."
Mr. BALL. What time of day did he call on the phone and talk in a
foreign language?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. He come home at 1:30 and talked about 2 or 2:30, talked
like that.
Mr. BALL. Did he go out again that day?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No; went to bed.
Mr. BALL. Went to bed that night and stayed there?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. And I didn't fix his room either, that is why I didn't
see his luggage. I didn't go in his room at all because they take care
of their own rooms.
Mr. BALL. What about Thursday?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Thursday, he went out at 10 o'clock or 10:30, and I was
out in the yard, and he come out and I said, "Oh. I thought you had
gone."
"Oh, no," he said, he didn't go, but he came home a little bit early,
and after I said he got into my nap, he come home at 2 o'clock, or
2:30, you see, and didn't leave until 10.
Mr. BALL. And did you tell him that he interfered with your nap?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. BALL. What day did you tell him that?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I told him that, I guess must have been Thursday.
Thursday and then he----
Mr. BALL. You mean Thursday morning?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. BALL. Well, then Thursday morning is when he left a little later
than usual?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. BALL. And you told him that he had interfered with your nap before
that day?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No; I think it was--it must have been--no; it was that
day. It was after I had that call. I didn't like that and he never said
a word, and then I interviewed him when he first came in and thought he
was all right, and he never spoke--I had one boy on the back. He never
saw him and he would run to the bathroom and go to the icebox and get
some ice, and didn't like that. Went too much to the icebox, but----