Mr. JENNER. After this 40-minute interval? I am just sticking for the
moment to the time that he returned to your home after 40 minutes.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. JENNER. He had put his name in your register and in your presence,
in the living room, and turned and left your home and returned in 40
minutes; now, is that right? It's that point that I am concentrating
on. When did you become aware that he had returned on that occasion and
how?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I don't know--I guess he come and put the things in
the icebox. I don't even remember where I was.
Mr. JENNER. I see. So, that you didn't see him return to your home?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I didn't see him come in.
Mr. JENNER. Didn't see him come in?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. JENNER. And you didn't know what he had with him at that point?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. JENNER. To the best of your ability where was he in your home when
you became aware of his presence on his return after that 40 minutes?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I must have been in the kitchen and he came back there
and put the milk in, I guess.
Mr. JENNER. Did he have milk with him after he returned that 40 minutes?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No, not the 40 minutes. That was the bag.
Mr. JENNER. See, this is what I'm trying to concentrate on for
the moment, before you get the milk. And I am trying to take it
sequentially. He paid the $7 and signed the register in your living
room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And without any further words to you he turned and left
your home, is that accurate?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; that's about right.
Mr. JENNER. He returned in 40 minutes?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Mr. JENNER. Now, sticking right to that point, when did you become
aware of the fact that he was then back in your home, that is, at that
point?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. That he--he hadn't gotten the milk yet?
Mr. JENNER. No; this is when he first returned.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I don't know. I was just around the house. I didn't
pay any attention to him.
Mr. JENNER. So, I take it, then, when he made that first trip back, you
didn't see him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. JENNER. You don't know what he had with him on that occasion?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I guess he had the bag, didn't he?
Mr. JENNER. I want to stick with what you knew at that instant of time.
What you found out afterwards, I'll go into that in a moment.
You didn't see him return?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. JENNER. You don't know what he had with him when he returned?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. JENNER. At that instance, because you didn't see him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. JENNER. But, you were aware; now, you became aware of the fact that
he did return?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have a conversation with him at that point?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Mr. JENNER. When did you become aware and I gather from your earlier
testimony you became aware that he had brought that into your home, or
there was in your home some additional luggage. When you first saw him
he had this soft canvas bag, or canvas bag, whether it was soft or not
that is uncertain.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And then you became aware later that day that there was
another piece of luggage, and, am I correct about that?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Now, I think he said he was going to get some more. He
was going to get some more and he had some boots, too, in his hand.
I--maybe he brought those the last time. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. What kind of boots?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, they looked like they were about up to here
[indicating].
Mr. JENNER. Up to the knee?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No; about there [indicating].