Miss DOUTHIT. Just one interruption, but find out if this conversation
took place at the door, or after he got in the room.
They are in this room, you see.
Mr. JENNER. You went inside the house almost immediately?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; I did.
Mr. JENNER. When he first made an inquiry?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And you took him to show him the room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And your inquiries were--with respect to his history were
in the room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; uh-huh.
Mr. JENNER. And he showed you the picture while you were in the room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I think so.
Mr. JENNER. And I take it, am I correct, when you went into the room he
had that bag, and he had the articles of clothing?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And had them with him, didn't leave them on the porch?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. What did he do with the bag when he entered the room? Did
he put it down on the floor?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Didn't pay any attention.
Mr. JENNER. Didn't pay any attention? What did he do with the articles
of clothing on the hangers?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I wasn't paying any attention to it. I guess he hung them
up. Just a young boy, and I was trying to see if he was clean, and if
he was very intelligent, and he was going to go to work, so, I didn't
have too much to work on. Told me he had a nice wife, so, I didn't have
anything to say.
Mr. JENNER. When your son was in the Navy, did he have a duffelbag?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No. Now, it was so long ago--it was--I don't know whether
he did. I don't think he did. He didn't. He was an instructor at TI.
Mr. JENNER. Was he stationed here in Dallas?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No, TI. Treasure Island.
Mr. JENNER. Oh, Treasure Island. How long did this discussion with him
in the room take?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Oh, I guess 10 minutes because those--he was--you know,
old people, they want to get you out of the way. They don't want to
listen to you, but I wanted to find out, so, I think I maybe asked him
too many questions, but I wanted him to say something to me and he said
something about his--I said, "Do you have a family here," and he said,
"Yes, my family lives here."
Well, he wouldn't say his mother or anything, and I didn't ask him
everything.