Miss DOUTHIT. Let me ask her this question about that bag, if it was
puffed out, or approximately what shape it was, also, as to any further
conversation that she had as to his background, how much she knows. If
you are interested. You might not be.
Mr. JENNER. Mr. Robert Davis of the attorney general's office of Texas
has come in, and I am not seeking to press you, but we have some
problems of the highest degree of exactitude that we can obtain. And at
the risk of boring you, I would like to go back to that bag again.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Oh, that; I didn't pay much attention to it.
Mr. JENNER. When you first saw him at the door at your front of your
home, he had the bag?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Was it resting on the porch, or was he standing before the
door with bag in hand when you first saw him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I come around the house, you see, and I don't know. I
didn't pay--I don't know, couldn't tell you whether he was carrying it
or what, but he did have these things on his shoulder, on his hangers.
It--maybe had it sitting down, I don't know. I guess he did. I didn't
pay any attention to it.
Mr. JENNER. And at that point you were asking why he was there?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No; he asked me if I had a room for rent.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. And I said, "Yes," and I thought, "Well, are you
married?" And he said, "Yes," and----
Mr. JENNER. You asked?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. JENNER. You inquired of him as to his history?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. What did you inquire of him, and what did he say?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I wanted to find out something about him, and he
said, "Well, I just want the room for a week or two, because I am going
to get a job and then I will have my wife here."
Mr. JENNER. He told you at that time and informed you that he was
unemployed?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And he would be seeking work?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And he said that he was going to bring his wife?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And--when and if he obtained employment?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. And so, that give me a lead, something to talk about, and
I said, "Well, what kind of work do you do?
"Oh, I do electronics," he said, and I said, "Well, there is some good
jobs because you are young, and you can get a good job a young man like
you."
And then went on. Then something about him being in the Marines, and I
said, "Well, that is wonderful. My son was in the Navy."
And talking about him, you know, just getting to know him, and--but,
"here is a picture of my wife, and picture of the girl, and the baby."