Mr. JENNER. Do you remember the color?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No. One of them was blue, and I don't know which one or
anything about it.
Mr. JENNER. I see.
Miss DOUTHIT. Let me ask her something.
Mary, would it help you to remember this if you would just begin, you
were out in the yard, and you went around and interviewed this man
there, did you stand in the yard, or go in your room and talk? Did he
put up his things then before he came across the hall to talk to you?
When did he ask you about groceries? After he signed your register
did he go back in his room and hang his clothes up, or what happened?
Would it help if you just sit here idly without anybody asking you
questions and see? Did you go back out in the yard after he paid you
the money, and while he was gone--if you can, just retrace your steps
without anybody interrupting you. Could you begin and go again out in
the yard, and went around and saw this man here, and he told you he
wanted to rent a room, whether you stood on the porch and talked to
him, or whether he brought his things and you went on and showed him
the room? How far is the room from where your front door was? If you go
down a hall, how far? Did you go over there and talk to him and make
arrangements about the rent of the room? Did he hang up his clothes
while he was in the room?
Did he--if you can just trace your steps and give it to him. I ask you
to do that, and I know it is confusing, but that's all he wants.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I am getting tired.
Miss DOUTHIT. All he wants is the truth, and I thought maybe you might,
for the sake of the record, you know----
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I would have--we have said most everything.
Miss DOUTHIT. I know it, but just do it one more time. The man was
standing at your front door----
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I am getting tired, because I have had a stroke, you see.
Miss DOUTHIT. Did you go back out in the yard?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No; I stayed in.
Miss DOUTHIT. Did he leave your house twice? Now, you said he went and
got a bag and brought it back?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes; he did, brought back the bag.
Miss DOUTHIT. Then he went back again?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Miss DOUTHIT. How long was he--all I want to know is just, if you can
just tell that in your own words without any questions. Could you just
do that?