Miss DOUTHIT. I know, but it is hard for them to ask these particular
questions, because they don't know exactly what happened. All they want
to do is to say that you were in the room with him, and put this little
bag down and hung up his clothes, and came across the hall and signed
the register, see.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, that's all. I don't know whether he put his clothes
and what in the other room. I don't know whether he put his bag----
Miss DOUTHIT. Was there a closet in there?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Miss DOUTHIT. Well, were you with him when he put the clothes in the
closet, or did you go on across the hall and leave him?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Oh, no; I didn't pay any attention to him.
Miss DOUTHIT. Did you leave his presence--Mary, pardon me, I am
not--this is not for the record.
Mr. JENNER. No; that's fine, leave it on the record.
Miss DOUTHIT. All right. When the man was on your front porch.
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Yes.
Miss DOUTHIT. He had a blue bag in there?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Uh-huh.
Miss DOUTHIT. And you don't know whether it was round or bulging, you
just don't know?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Miss DOUTHIT. You don't know whether it had a long strap or a little
handle, do you?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. I think it had a handle.
Miss DOUTHIT. But, it wasn't one you sling over your shoulder?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Miss DOUTHIT. All right, can you go ahead?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Clothes were sort of hanging over here [indicating].
Miss DOUTHIT. Uh-huh. Not covered or anything?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Miss DOUTHIT. You couldn't tell anybody about what color the clothes
were, could you?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. No.
Miss DOUTHIT. Did you stand in the yard and talk to the young man? Or
immediately go into the room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, I immediately--I was talking to him, but I had to
go in immediately, because he wanted to see the room.
Miss DOUTHIT. All right. How far is it, Mrs. Bledsoe, from where you
met this man at the front door until you showed him the room?
Mrs. BLEDSOE. Well, it is about 25 foot, and all that time I had to
size him up, you see.
Miss DOUTHIT. You were talking to him as you went down the hall?